Media Release

Delivering essential Social Housing for South Australia

Media Release by The Hon Brendan O’Connor MP

The Gillard Government has exceeded its target of delivering more affordable rental homes for vulnerable Australians under its Social Housing Initiative (SHI) with 17,800 homes…

Delivering essential social housing for Tasmania

Media Release by The Hon Brendan O’Connor MP

The Gillard Government has exceeded its target of delivering more affordable rental homes for vulnerable Australians under its Social Housing Initiative (SHI) with 17,800 homes…

Delivering essential Social Housing for Northern Territory

Media Release by The Hon Brendan O’Connor MP

The Gillard Government has exceeded its target of delivering more affordable rental homes for vulnerable Australians under its Social Housing Initiative (SHI) with 17,800 homes…

Delivering essential social housing for New South Wales

Media Release by The Hon Brendan O’Connor MP

The Gillard Government has exceeded its target of delivering more affordable rental homes for vulnerable Australians under its Social Housing Initiative (SHI) with 17,800 homes…

Other Film Festival Brings Disability To The Screen

Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

Arts Minister, Simon Crean and Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers, Senator Jan McLucas today announced combined funding of $186,700 towards Melbourne’s Other Film Festival…

Helping families in Lalor Park

Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

Tens of thousands of families in Greenway have benefited from the Gillard Government’s household assistance package – including increased payments and new tax cuts. The…

Extra support for vulnerable families in Shepparton

Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

The Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, today visited Shepparton to discuss new programs to help vulnerable families, including the introduction…

Celebrating NAIDOC week

Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

The Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, today visited the Austin and Mercy Hospitals in Heidelberg to join with community members and celebrate NAIDOC Week.…

Helping families get ready for work in Broadmeadows

Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

The Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, today visited UnitingCare in Broadmeadows to speak to parents about the Gillard Government’s new…

More support for Australia’s carers

Media Release by Senator the Hon Jan McLucas

From today 560,000 carers across Australia will receive a $600 boost to help ease the costs of caring for a loved one. Carers across Australia…

Tony Abbott reaches into pockets of pensioners

Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

Today Tony Abbott’s Liberals have re-confirmed they will claw back hundreds of dollars from Australian pensioners. The Member for Curtin, Julie Bishop confirmed on Channel…

More support for Australia’s carers

Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

From today 560,000 carers across Australia will receive a $600 boost to help ease the costs of caring for a loved one. Carers across Australia…

NAIDOC Week 2012

Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

The Australian Government today welcomed the start of National Aboriginal and Islanders Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) Week with an announcement of more than $1.6 million…

Supporting people with a disability to find work

Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

From today, Australians with disability will receive even greater support from the Australian Government to find and keep a job. All Disability Support Pension (DSP)…

Australia’s Clean Energy future

Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

The Gillard Government has achieved a major milestone in its plan for Australia’s clean energy future with today being the first day major greenhouse gas…

Helping Australians with their everyday expenses

Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

Millions of hard working Australians will start receiving more money in their pay packets, with new tax cuts starting tomorrow. The tax cuts will be…

New measures to boost skills and workforce participation

Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

Important new measures introduced as part of the Gillard Government’s $3 billion Building Australia’s Future Workforce (BAFW) skills and workforce participation package come into effect…

Extra support for parents moving into work

Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

The Australian Government is investing $5.7 million in family and children’s support services to help parents who will start looking for work from 1 January…