Tony Abbott demonstrated his lack of understanding of the real pressures facing Australian families and households with his failure to mention housing affordability or homelessness…
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott should explain to Tasmanians during his whirlwind visit to the State today how he plans to take away thousands of dollars…
The health of Aboriginal children in remote communities in the Northern Territory is improving, the latest Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory Monitoring Report…
The Minister for Disability Reform, Jenny Macklin and the Member for Corangamite, Darren Cheeseman have announced that around 80 people will be employed in and…
A Gillard Government initiative is saving Austins Ferry pensioner Carleen Jacobson almost $3,400 on rent each year. Minister for Housing and Homelessness Brendan O’Connor today…
The Minister for Families, Jenny Macklin, and Member for McEwen, Rob Mitchell, today visited new mums in Doreen in Melbourne’s north-east to discuss how the…
Tony Abbott has confirmed his plans to take the Schoolkids Bonus away from families – leaving 1.3 million Australian families worse off. This Labor Government…
Tony Abbott must come clean in his speech to the National Press Club today about his real plan to slap a new tax on Australian…
A summit bringing together world leaders, policy makers and researchers to examine the urgent needs of people with disability across the world took place in…
The Minister for Disability Reform, Jenny Macklin, and Member for Newcastle, Sharon Grierson, today visited local disability service provider, ConnectAbility Australia, to discuss how the…
Families and stores in Newcastle are feeling the benefits of the Gillard Government’s first Schoolkids Bonus cash payment which has been rolling out this month.…
The Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers, Senator Jan McLucas will today leave for South Korea to participate in a series of bilateral meetings in…
The Australian Government will invest an additional $2.75 million to help Australian Disability Enterprises (ADEs) as they move toward the Australian Government’s vision for supported…
Tony Abbott’s policy light ‘plan’ released today has failed to include his real plans for Australian families – to slash the Schoolkids Bonus and claw…
The Australian Government is providing a total of $90,000 to support this weekend’s Saltwater Freshwater Festival which will celebrate Indigenous culture and help build public…
Three Queensland athletes are preparing for their departure to South Korea later this week, ready to compete in the the tenth Special Olympics World Winter…
The Mirarr Traditional Owners and Aboriginal people in the wider Kakadu and West Arnhem region will benefit from a suite of new agreements for the…
The Member for Sturt, Christopher Pyne, today told SKY News that an Abbott Government will hurt families by cutting the Schoolkids Bonus. His comments come…
Prominent businesswoman and philanthropist Carol Schwartz AM is leading consultations with business and other interest groups on the reporting requirements for the Australian Government’s landmark…
The Minister for Community Services, Julie Collins, has today welcomed a $2.1 million investment by energy provider AGL in the Australian Government’s Home Energy Saver…
Families and stores across Australia are feeling the benefits of the first Schoolkids Bonus cash payment rolling out this month. With kids going back to…
Premier Campbell Newman and the Queensland LNP Government are robbing Peter to pay Paul by announcing today that they will divert $12 million from a…
Premier Campbell Newman and the Queensland LNP Government are robbing Peter to pay Paul by announcing today that they will divert $12 million from a…
On my advice, today the Governor-General has appointed a six-member Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Child sexual abuse is an evil…
More than 5000 homes in remote Indigenous communities have now been refurbished or rebuilt by the Australian Government, nearly two years ahead of schedule. The…