Commonwealth offers landmark housing deal
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneAt today’s meeting with State and Territory Housing Ministers in Hobart I issued a challenge to the State and Territory governments by offering a new,…
Centacare To Combat Indigenous Family Homelessness In Salisbury
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneI am pleased to announce that Centacare has been chosen to deliver early intervention services designed to prevent Indigenous family homelessness in the Salisbury area.Indigenous…
Carers Week
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneCarers Week will be celebrated from 20-26 October 2002. The theme is ‘Are You a Family Carer?’ with the focus being on reaching hidden carers…
entrelink provides 24-hour help for Bali Disaster victims
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneCentrelink has extended the operating hours of its Bali Disaster hotline to 24 hour per day to ensure victims and their families get speedy access…
Centrelink Wins National Call Centre Award
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneCentrelink has been recognised as one of Australia’s leading organisations, outdoing the toughest private sector competition in the nation to win the coveted Teleservices Centre…
Disability Funding – the next steps
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneIf today’s Communique represents a genuine start by the States and Territories to detail their five year funding commitments, then I welcome it. The Commonwealth…
Youth Allowance supporting more young Australians
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPMinister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, today said the Coalition Government had fulfilled its promise to better support young Australians through Youth Allowance.…
Helping families parent from a distance
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPParents spending significant periods away from their families will be assisted by a new book launched today by Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry…
Government Welcomes Ombudsman’s Report
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPActing Minister for Family and Community Services, Larry Anthony today welcomed the release of the Ombudsman’s report into the administration of Social Security breach penalties.…
New social security agreement with USA starts today
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPPeople who have divided their working lives between Australia and the United States of America will benefit from the start of the first ever social…
Evaluation of Young Offenders Pilot Program
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPAn evaluation of the Coalition Government’s Young Offenders Pilot Program shows that with flexible, intensive and co-ordinated support, the prospects for young offenders are considerably…
Helping families tackle child obesity
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPWith rates of childhood obesity in Australia at one of the highest amongst developed nations, the Federal Government has launched a newsletter to help families…
Domestic Violence Campaign for people from Non-English Speaking Backgrounds
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneToday I am launching an important $500,000 national campaign to increase community awareness of domestic violence in non-English speaking background (NESB) communities. Starting this week,…
Future directions for child care
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPFor child care workers to be valued, child care needs to be seen as more than just baby sitting Minister for Children and Youth Affairs,…
National agenda for early childhood
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPThe Federal Government’s commitment to children and their early development has been confirmed with the first step being taken towards a National Agenda for Early…
National Youth Roundtable 2002
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPThe 50 members of the fourth National Youth Roundtable have been a direct and valuable link between young Australians and the Government Minister for Children…
Personal Advisers Start Today: More Help for the Most Vulnerable
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneMany Australians on income support will receive even more personalised services with the launch of Centrelink’s Personal Advisers, as part of the Australians Working Together…
Voices of Australian women – Australian women speak 2003
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneFollowing the success of the inaugural national Australian Women SpeakConference held in Canberra in August 2001, I am pleased to announce that a second conference…
Groundhog Day? Swan wrong again… and again…
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneWayne Swan’s criticism of the Family Tax Benefit changes demonstrates that he completely misunderstands what we are planning to do. He either hasn’t properly read…
Wayne Swan Wrong Again
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneThe Family Tax Benefit changes announced yesterday give families greater choice over how they receive their payments. Families’ entitlements have not been changed. No one…
FTB fine-tuning – More choice and flexibility for families
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneThe Government has listened to Australian families who have asked for more flexibility in the Family Tax Benefit (FTB) and Child Care Benefit (CCB) system.…
Good report card from ANAO for Child Support Agency
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPThe Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) report tabled in Parliament today acknowledges efforts by the Child Support Agency to improve business operations and client service…
Youth Roundtable to resume this week
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPMinister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, today said he was looking forward to meeting again with 2002 National Youth Roundtable members when they…
Invest in children to value the future
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPMinister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, called on the community to ‘value the future’ by investing in the early years of a child’s…
Taxi rank raid on welfare cheats
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneCentrelink has cancelled, suspended or reduced the welfare payments of 25 people following a swoop on taxi drivers completed in Brisbane this morning. The two-day…