Every Child Is Important
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPMinister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, today launched the Australian Childhood Foundation’s Every Child Is Important campaign for Queensland. Mr Anthony said the…
Road Map For Raising Kids
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPParents and carers will be assisted to better understand and communicate with younger children with the help of a new Australian Government booklet, Minister for…
Government’s Personal Adviser Program gives jobs boost to parents and older unemployed people
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonThe Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today welcomed independent research showing that the unemployed were benefiting from the Howard Government’s new…
South Australia considering Howard Government offer of assistance for self-funded retirees
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonFamily and Community Services Minister, Senator Kay Patterson, today encouraged the South Australian Government to continue working together with the Howard Government, to provide new…
National Health and Wellbeing Seminar
Speech by The Hon Larry Anthony MPIntroduction Ladies and gentlemen Thank you Ian (Grainger, CEO of Fitness Australia) for your kind introduction. Good morning everyone. I want to join the previous…
Children’s health and wellbeing on the agenda
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPMinister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, today welcomed participants to the National Health and Wellbeing seminar in Sydney. “Around 1.5 million Australian children…
Minister promotes women in science in Tasmania
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonSenator Kay Patterson, the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women, today launched in Tasmania a DVD encouraging young female students to…
Supporting Tasmania’s disadvantaged youth
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonThe Minister for Family and Community Services, Kay Patterson, today officially launched the new Job Placement, Employment and Training (JPET) program to help young people…
$291,000 funding for Salvation Army Trust in Devonport
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonMinister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson today announced Australian Government funding of $291,000 for the Salvation Army Property Trust to provide support…
Taskforce to examine child support scheme
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPMinister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony today announced the terms of reference and membership of a Ministerial Taskforce and Reference Group to examine…
New easy guide to Government’s Family Assistance Payments
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonThe Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today released a new guidebook, which gives families and communities detailed information on the Government’s…
2004 National Youth Week National Talent Competition Winners Announced On International Youth Day
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPOn International Youth Day Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, announced the winners of the National Youth Week Talent Competitions – RockIT, WriteIT,…
Project to monitor child development commences
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPMinister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, today announced the first seven communities to commence a project that will measure the progress of young…
Government saves taxpayers $49 million per week on welfare cheats
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonMinister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson today announced that the Howard Government was saving $49 million a week on welfare fraud. ‘As…
Labor scaremongering over Carer’s Allowance, still no Labor policy
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonMinister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson said the Labor Party’s scaremongering over Carers Allowance was causing unnecessary distress for carers. ‘Claims that…
Picture of Australia’s Children
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPMinister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, today outlined the considerable steps taken on developing an authoritative and reliable source of information on how…
Government committed record funding to early childhood
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPLabor’s claims that the Australian Government has not committed any funding to early childhood development and the National Agenda for early Childhood are wrong, Minister…
Building a National Agenda for Early Childhood
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPMinister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, today said the Australian Government had started discussions with the state and territory governments to build a…
Value of Family Tax Benefit will be maintained
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonThe Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today announced that an amendment to legislation will be introduced to ensure that the value…
More Labor scaremongering, no Labor policy
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonThe Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, was outraged over Labor’s scaremongering today in the House of Representatives, which will cause unnecessary…
National Aboriginal and Islander Children’s Day
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPNational Aboriginal and Islander Children’s Day today is a timely reminder of the need to continue to invest in our children’s future, Minister for Children…
Government committed to supporting foster carers
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPThe Australian Government is committed to supporting families, including our valuable and important foster carers, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony said today.…
Centrelink effectively managing customer debt
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPMinister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony said that the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) report released today found Centrelink’s debt management practices to…
Centrelink better resourced, more efficient
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPShadow Minister for Family and Community Services, Wayne Swan and Commonwealth Public Service Union President, Mark Gepp have today brazenly turned Centrelink staff into a…
$5000 reward for Mosman student
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonMinister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today announced the winners of the Prime Minister’s Community Business Partnership Corporate Social Responsibility Essay Competition…