The Australian Government is investing more than $1 million to support workforce innovations under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). The Hon Jane Prentice, Assistant…
I sincerely thank Mr Finn Pratt AO PSM for his dedicated service as Secretary of the Department of Social Services (DSS) and congratulate him on…
Thank you for inviting me to attend the Disability Employment Australia annual conference. I am sorry I cannot be with you today – especially as…
The Turnbull Government’s welfare reforms will help people over 55 into work. Minister for Social Services, Christian Porter, rejected claims by Labor’s Brendan O’Connor and…
The Hon Jane Prentice MP, Assistant Minister for Social Services and Disability Services has announced $700,000 to expand the BuyAbility website with a new search…
Western Sydney will be the location for the head office of the new National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Quality and Safeguards Commission. Minister for Social…
Selected organisations specialising in business sector growth and transition have been invited to submit applications for leading a new $33 million Australian Government investment in…
The Turnbull government has always been committed to improving the 1800RESPECT service. We initially inherited a service where call wait times were more than 10…
Mandurah in Western Australia is to be the third and final location to trial drug testing of new job seekers. Minister for Social Services, Christian…
Community Services Ministers met in Darwin today and unanimously agreed more needs to be done at all levels of government to improve the safety and…
Assistant Minister for Social Services and Multicultural Affairs, Senator Zed Seselja, welcomed the unanimous agreement amongst the states and territories at today’s Community Services Ministers…
Community Services Ministers met in Darwin today and unanimously agreed more needs to be done at all levels of government to improve the safety and…
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E&OE Subjects: Drug Testing; cashless debit card; MINISTER PORTER: I’m here with the Human Services Minister and David Coleman, the Member for Banks, and we’re…
The Turnbull Government has announced Logan as the next location to trial drug testing of new job seekers and have access to a dedicated treatment…
E&OE Subjects: Drug testing MINISTER PORTER: I would like to start off by thanking you Bert – so we’ve been in consultation with Bert for…
Organisations seeking to increase inclusion and support people with disability are invited to apply for a national grant program. As part of the National Disability…
The Turnbull Government today announced Canterbury-Bankstown in western Sydney as the first location to be identified for a trial of drug testing of new job…
E&OE Subjects: North Korea; Drug Testing KARL STEFANOVIC: Let’s get a reaction to that now. Government Minister, Christian Porter, joins us. Good morning to you,…
E&OE Subjects: Drug Testing Trial ALAN JONES: Well, Christian Porter is a West Australian Cabinet Minister and he’s the Social Services Minister. Today, he’ll go…
E&OE Subjects: Drug Testing; Citizenship. SABRA LANE: The Canterbury Bankstown area, in south-western Sydney, has been chosen as the first location for the Federal Government’s…
E&OE Subjects: Drug Testing LEIGH SALES: The first of three locations for a controversial trial to drug test welfare recipients was announced today in Western…
E&OE Subjects: Drug Testing KIERAN GILBERT: Welfare recipients in Sydney’s southwest could be randomly tested for drugs from the start of next year; the Turnbull…
E&OE Subjects: Drug Testing NATALIE BARR: The Federal Government will target Western Sydney with its plan to drug test new job seekers. The random drug…
E&OE Subjects: Drug Testing; Citizenship; Australia Day MICHAEL ROWLAND: Now, as we’ve been reporting this morning, the Federal Government is today announcing the trial sites…