Run with It – National Youth Week 2004

Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MP

Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony has officially launched the National Youth Week 2004 websiteand the national talent competitions giving young Australians the…

Labor to cut $47 million from youth services

Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MP

Leader of the Opposition, Mark Latham has announced that a Labor Government would axe funding to essential youth services and redirect it to fund public…

Australian Government continues support for volunteers

Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MP

 Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, today announced a new round of the Volunteer Small Equipment Grants and $100,000 to support volunteering in…

Reports expose Beattie doing child protection on the cheap

Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MP

Two authoritative reports released recently clearly outline serious shortfalls in the Queensland child protection system, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, said today.…

Stamp Duty Relief To Boost Housing Affordability

Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay Patterson

The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today called on States and Territories to direct some of their windfall stamp duty gains…

Labor’s child care promise to cost $3 billion

Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MP

Labor Party’s policy to provide free child care to all children under the age of five years and take over the preschool system is economically…

Government already has $4.4 million mentoring program

Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MP

Mark Latham has again failed to acknowledge the Coalition Government as his inspiration for his Party’s new children and youth policies, Minister for Children and…

New tool to monitor Australian children’s development

Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MP

Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, today announced Australian Government funding of $900,000 for four years for the development of an Early Development…

Child Protection Figures Too High

Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MP

Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, today expressed his concern with the growing number of child protection cases being reported in Australia. Child…

ALP to restore failed child care policies

Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay Patterson

The Labor Party today revealed they will revert to their old child care policies that would see families receiving less assistance for their child care…

No Threat to Disability Pension

Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay Patterson

The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today reassured people who receive the Disability Support Pension (DSP) that their payments were not…

Labour to scrap community grassroots projects

Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay Patterson

Labor will scrap funding for local community grassroots projects that strengthen families and support communities, the Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson,…

Australia’s womens’s rights record lodged with UN

Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay Patterson

Australia’s report on actions to end discrimination against women has been lodged with the United Nations. The report is an assessment of Australia’s performance against…

New Social Security Agreement with Slovenia

Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay Patterson

The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today announced that the Social Security Agreement between Australia and Slovenia will come into effect…

Government welcomes Child Custody Inquiry report

Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MP

The Australian Government welcomes the report released today by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Family and Community Affairs on the Inquiry into child…

Centrelink Data-Matching saves taxpayers $139 million

Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MP

Centrelink’s Data-Matching Program saved Australian taxpayers $139.3 million during the 2002-03 financial year, Minister for Youth and Children’s Affairs, Larry Anthony announced today. The Data-Matching…