Mobile Toy Library one of 23 projects to strengthen NSW communities
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda Vanstone$241,750 for a Mobile Toy Library in the Bega Valley Shire is just one of the projects funded in New South Wales under the Howard…
Support for young children and families one of five projects to strengthen Tasmanian communities
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda Vanstone$216,666 for a project in Waverley and Ravenswood to support the development of young children and help local families is just one of the projects…
Tomato pickers’ $200,000 welfare scam turns rotten
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneCentrelink has cancelled, suspended or reduced the payments of 33 people for failing to declare earnings stemming from a cash economy field investigation near Bowen,…
Support for volunteers one of 20 projects to strengthen SA communities
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda Vanstone$69,412 in funding for volunteers who help South Australians facing financial crisis is just one of the projects funded in South Australia under the Howard…
Awards capture the Australian can do spirit
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneAustralians are renowned for their capacity to ‘have a go’ and pull together to get things done, particularly in adversity. We would never have survived…
Homelessness amongst secondary school students
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneToday the Salvation Army in Melbourne put out a report that claims, over 8 years since 1994, there’s been an 8% increase in homeless kids.…
Child care – 36% more funding and 63% more places than Labor
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneLabor has got no legs to stand on when it talks about child care. The simple fact is that Commonwealth funding for child care was…
Poultry plant swoop plucks 29 undeclared incomes
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneToday Centrelink cancelled 12 Newstart Allowance payments and a further 17 customers had their welfare entitlements suspended pending investigation following a raid on a poultry…
Commonwealth puts extra disability funding on the table
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneThe Commonwealth recognizes the need for increased accommodation services and is determined to see this need catered for. The CSTDA streamlines management and administration responsibility…
Donate your old coat to the homeless
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPMinister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, today encouraged Canberrans to dig out a coat and donate it on 2002 Commonwealth Bank National Coat…
The Need for Disability Reform
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneReform of the Disability Support Pension is long overdue. Just about everybody recognises the importance of a sustainable and fair income support system for people…
Launch of the Personal Support Programme
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneToday’s launch of the Howard Government’s new Personal Support Programme is the biggest ever increase in services to help people who have serious personal issues…
Child Support Agency top Public Service awards
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPThe Child Support Agency scooped the pool at the Service Charter Awards for Excellence – the awards for Commonwealth Government Agencies excelling in service delivery…
Centrelink’s new service approach to 6.4 million customers
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneCentrelink is providing new and vastly improved information to its 6.4 million customers. Information will now be packaged and presented according to a customer’s needs…
All aboard for 12 young Aussies
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPThe search for twelve motivated and enthusiastic young people to represent Australia on the fifteenth Ship for World Youth program was launched today by Minister…
A New Voice for Rural Women
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneThe National Rural Women’s Alliance has won the tender to establish the National Rural Women’s Secretariat. This initiative will give women living in rural and…
One week to claim 2000-01 Child Care Benefit
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPThousands of families who paid child care fees in full in the 2000-01 financial year have one week to claim their share of Child Care…
One suicide is one too many
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPWe need to deal with the facts of suicide and not the sensation Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, said at the opening…
Funding Boost to Commonwealth Disability Services
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneThe Howard Government will provide additional support to the disability sector by making a one-off payment to all of the 950 disability services across Australia…
Women 2002 – A Centenary Of Women’s Suffrage
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneToday’s release of Women 2002is a special Centenary of Women’s Suffrage issue. Not only does this annual publication provide the latest information about Australian women,…
Increase to Family Tax Benefit a Boost for families
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneAround 2 million families will benefit from an increase of 3.1 per cent for the Family Tax Benefit from 1 July this year to help…
Boost to Centrelink services in southern Fleurieu
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneResidents of the southern Fleurieu Peninsula and Kangaroo Island will benefit from a boost to Centrelink services in the region from July 1. As a…
Pension boost from 1 July
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneAround 820,000 Australians currently receiving less than the maximum rate of the pension are expected to get a boost to their payments from the beginning…
Helping Broken Hill’s Youth
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPFederal Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, today visited a youth homelessness prevention service and met with early childhood service providers in Broken…
Four Month Extension of Current Disability Agreement
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneThe current Commonwealth State Territory Disability Agreement is due to expire on 30 June 2002. The Commonwealth is presently in negotiations with the States and…