Pensions to Rise on March 20
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonAround 3.8 million pensioners and adults receiving income support will benefit from a further rise in the pension and adult allowance rates from 20 March…
Capital Grants for Community Based Child Care
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPMinister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony today announced funding of $3 million to assist community based child care services to upgrade their facilities.…
Helping organisations to protect children
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPMinister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, today announced an extra $300,000 in Australian Government funding for a project helping children and youth organisations…
Strong jobs growth and targeted programs the keys to tackle hardship
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonPoverty summits and setting targets are no substitute for strong growth in jobs and programs aimed at tackling the causes of financial hardship and poverty,…
States ignore problem gambling – a key cause of hardship
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonThe Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today called on the States and Territories to spend more of their record gambling profits…
Swan – a policy-free zone with 48-hour used-by date
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonLabor’s call for poverty summits and setting targets is no substitute for strong economic growth and programs targeted at tackling the causes of hardship, the…
$225,000 Available For Disability Conference Funding
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonDisability organisations are eligible to apply for up to $225,000 in funding to enable people with a disability to attend conferences in Australia the Minister…
More help for separated men
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPMinister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, today said that men going through separation are more likely to seek help than they were just…
Swan Is Scaremongering Over Data Matching
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonOpposition spokesman on family and community services, Wayne Swan, has once again stooped to blatant scaremongering by claiming that the Government will force pensioners to…
Families To Be Tax Agents Under Labor’s Heavy-Handed FTB Plan
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonThe Labor Party wants to make Australian families tax agents under a heavy-handed plan to require people to reconcile their Family Tax Benefit payments every…
Labor’s child care promises will break the Budget
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPLabor’s child care promises have reached a new high and have left them with only two options – to raise taxes or go into debt,…
Pension bonus provides more funds for retirement
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonOlder Australians can receive a tax-free bonus of up to $27,666 over and above their age pension if they choose to stay longer in the…
Women’s Wages Grow Three Times Faster Under Coalition
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonWomen’s wages have grown three times faster under the Coalition Government than under Labor, the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on the Status of Women,…
International Women’s Day (8 March)
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonThe Australian Government will provide $95,000 in sponsorship for a national sexual assault conference to be held in Melbourne in September, Senator Kay Patterson, Minister…
More rewards for people who move from welfare to work
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonAbout 60,000 people every fortnight have more money in their pockets – more than $500 in some cases – because they are able to keep…
Wayne Swan stands by Labor’s economic record
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonGiven the opportunity to distance himself from the economic mismanagement of the previous Labor Government and prove that Labor under Latham had learned some lessons…
Swan picks new fight with Latham
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPShadow Minister for Family and Community Services, Wayne Swan, today picked a new fight with Labor Leader, Mark Latham, over child care workers wages, Minister…
Wayne Swan is a policy free zone!
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonOther than Mark Latham’s Reading Aloud to children policy, the Labor Party has not released one single policy initiative in Wayne Swan’s Family and Community…
Lifeline For People Experiencing Domestic Violence
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonLifeline will receive $500,000 funding to help assist victims of domestic violence Senator Kay Patterson, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on the Status of Women,…
Helping communities find local solutions to local problems
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPMinister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, today welcomed the announcement by the Prime Minister of more than $1.5 million for 16 new projects…
Swan admits he was wrong
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPWayne Swan’s statement today regarding the Australian Government’s Stronger Families and Communities Strategy is yet another example of Labor flip flop politics. At the start…
Helping organisations to protect children
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPMinister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, today announced an extra $300,000 in Australian Government funding for a project helping children and youth organisations…
Canberra Lights Up For International Women’s Day
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonFrom tonight, some of Canberra’s landmarks on Lake Burley Griffin will glow with purple in celebration of International Women’s Day on 8 March. The High…
50 Young Australians Ready For Roundtable
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPMinister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, today announced the 50 young Australians chosen to be members of the National Youth Roundtable 2004. Mr…
Boost in disability funding – Now it’s time for Mr Latham to act
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonThe Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today called on the Labor Party to pass vital reforms which would assist people with…