Federal Member for Corangamite and Assistant Minister for Social Services, Housing and Disability Services, Sarah Henderson, congratulates Richard Harris and Craig Challen on winning the…
The Liberal-National Government today announced $2.4 million in funding for the Digital Work and Study Service, to provide thousands of young Australians with mental illness…
Ten more institutions, including six Anglican institutions, have officially joined the National Redress Scheme. Federal Minister for Families and Social Services, Paul Fletcher, welcomed the…
The Australian Government has announced it will provide $100,000 per year over three years to 2020-2021, to support people with disability and their representatives to…
Today, the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) has officially launched a new National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) website to improve users’ experience online. Minister for…
The Liberal-National Government will help more young Australians with mental illness to enter the workforce, allocating $17 million of increased funding for an innovative trial…
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has reached a major milestone with more than 250,000 Australians now receiving support under the world-leading Scheme. This includes…
The Federal Liberal-National Government has unveiled a $1.83 million project in Western Sydney to reconnect at-risk young Indigenous people with their culture to boost their…
The Liberal-National Government is investing $5.4 million in a program to improve engagement between fathers and their children. The Fathering Project was founded in Western…
E&OE EDWINA BARTHOLOMEW: Well, we all know dads have a big impact on the way kids grow up but as life gets busier…
The Liberal-National Government has announced the opening of the National Disability Conference Initiative grants, with organisations set to share in $315,000 of funding. The grants…
Western Australian children with a developmental delay or disability will benefit from an investment of more than $25 million to deliver front line Early Childhood…
The Western Australia government has entered the National Redress Scheme. Federal Minister for Families and Social Services, Paul Fletcher, said this was a significant milestone…
Federal Minister for Families and Social Services, Paul Fletcher has welcomed the news that another group of Catholic institutions has completed the steps to participate…
A number of changes introduced by the Liberal-National Government taking effect from tomorrow will make the welfare system more effective, sustainable and stronger. Minister for…
All eligible Tasmanians now have access to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) with the Scheme becoming available on 1 January 2019 to the last…
All eligible Victorians now have access to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) with the Scheme rolling out on 1 January 2019 in the last…
All eligible Queenslanders now have access to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) with the Scheme rolling out in the last remaining regions in Queensland;…
Minister for Families and Social Services, Paul Fletcher, has announced the implementation of new rules that make it easier to offer scholarships approved for ABSTUDY…
The Liberal-National Government is backing the work of its newly established National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Participant Employment Taskforce with $19.9 million of grants for…
Assistant Minister for Social Services, Housing and Disability Services, Sarah Henderson, today announced the findings of a new research report to understand and uncover relevant…
The Commonwealth and Western Australian (WA) Governments have agreed to provide additional time for people to transfer from the WA Government’s State-based National Disability Insurance…
Australians with disability are set to benefit from a new approach to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Information, Linkages and Capacity (ILC) Building program.…
The Commonwealth and New South Wales (NSW) Governments have jointly announced a comprehensive review of the National Regulatory System for Community Housing (the Review). Commonwealth…
Our Government has today tabled the first Annual Progress Report. The Report highlights the progress being made across the Australian Government to implement the recommendations…