The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today announced new deeming rates to apply to pension and allowance payments from 20 March…
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today welcomed the launch of the Government’s Statement “A more flexible and adaptable retirement income…
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today announced that the popular Centrepay ‘No Interest Loan Scheme’ (NILS) pilot had been extended…
An ACOSS report into the cost of care for babies and young children has failed to include Government assistance to Australian families of an average…
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today launched the National Pancake Day UnitingCare SHARE Appeal in Victoria. Senator Patterson said UnitingCare’s…
ACOSS research released today on the costs of child care requires a good understanding of the fine print, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry…
Centrelink will get an extra $7.8 million to assist it to deal with customers who have private trusts and companies claiming social security benefits. The…
Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony today announced $3.2 million for a range of projects that will inform the Australian Government how it…
Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, today released an evaluation report on the Australian Government’s Early Intervention Parenting Program that highlights its success…
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, said the Opposition Leader Mark Latham is at odds with his Family and Community Services…
Mark Latham’s speech to the Press Club today was a glowing endorsement of the Government’s highly successful Stronger Families and Communities Strategy and focus on…
Compared with the same time last year some 12 per cent more families have received a top-up payment and 14 per cent fewer families have…
An independent report on the Family Homelessness Prevention Pilot shows that 90 per cent of families who were assisted by the targeted program stayed in…
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, has called on the Labor Party to guarantee top-up payments, which deliver around $800 a…
Wealth in Australia is mainly held by middle-aged working people who are saving for their retirement, according to a new major survey on wealth and…
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, said today that her Department had found that South Australia had complied with the formal…
The Howard Government has supported and strengthened families with a record $19 billion of annual assistance to help families with the cost of raising their…
Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, today announced that the Australian Government will waive a large number of Youth Allowance overpayments that have…
Strong economic growth and job opportunities have resulted in a 5.5% fall in the number of people claiming unemployment benefits in the year to January…
E&OE Ladies and gentlemen. Thank you Professor Sanson for your introduction. It’s a pleasure to be here this morning to mark the beginning of the…
The Australian Government will increase assistance for people who have a disability to participate in community life and paid work, the Minister for Family and…
The Howard Government has supported and strengthened families with a record $19 billion of annual assistance to help families with the cost of raising their…
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today called on state and territory governments to accept a revised Australian Government offer that…
Ninety-six per cent of four-year-olds are read to by a family member at least once a week, preliminary findings of a new major study have…
Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, today welcomed the release of the final report that highlights the success of the Australian Government’s youth…