The Gillard Government is continuing to deliver support to carers of children and teenagers with disability through the popular MyTime and Outside School Hours Care…
*** E & OE – Proof only *** SABRA LANE: How would you describe the state of Aboriginal housing in Australia right now? JENNY MACKLIN:…
The Gillard Government is continuing to deliver support to carers of children and teenagers with disability through the popular MyTime and Outside School Hours Care…
The Gillard Government is delivering $6.6 million to continue family support services for drought affected families across Australia. In the past year, the Government’s Family…
Information about custody arrangements can now be shared with state and child protection agencies to help protect and support children at risk of abuse or…
The Gillard Government is delivering $21 million in local grants to support volunteers at community organisations across Australia. More than 250,000 volunteers from over 6000…
The Australian and Northern Territory Governments today announced the commencement of the buy-back of three take-away liquor licences in Alice Springs. The licences held by…
The Gillard Government is delivering $21 million in local grants to support volunteers at community organisations across Australia. More than 250,000 volunteers from over 6000…
Leaders of the housing industry, disability sector and community have today agreed to an aspirational target that all new homes will be built to disability-friendly…
The Gillard Government is investing around $25 million over the next three years to continue supporting young carers across Australia. Young carers deserve the same…
Indigenous women and children in Alice Springs who are experiencing domestic and family violence will receive improved services and support through the Alice Springs Women’s…
Indigenous families in remote communities across the Northern Territory will benefit from new family support services as part of a $12.5 million partnership between the…
A film and music project in Borroloola in the Northern Territory and the upgrade of infrastructure for youth programs and activities in the Alice Springs…
Vince Coulthard has been recognised for being a life long advocate for his country and his people at the 2010 National Aboriginal and Islander Day…
I am pleased to announce the appointment of Victorian barrister, Jane Macdonnell, to the position of Principal Member of the Australian Government’s Social Security Appeals…
Eleven remote Northern Territory communities will have improved access to financial services and financial literacy through a $14 million Aboriginals Benefit Account (ABA) grant to…
Community organisations delivering child and parenting support services across the country will share in $1.8 million from the Gillard Government to upgrade their information and…
Eleven Indigenous youth projects will share in more than $1.4 million, as part of the Gillard Government’s commitment to tackle family violence and support healthy…
Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector Senator Ursula Stephens met with key leaders from the community at the final meeting of the…
New research released today shows the pattern of spending by families when children are born changes significantly after the birth of the first child, and…
The Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR) will head a team of nineteen leading academics to undertake a comprehensive and independent evaluation of the Gillard…
The Australian Government today released draft national standards to safeguard the health, safety and wellbeing of children living in foster homes and other formal out-of-home…
Minister for Housing, Tanya Plibersek today inspected a five unit development that will provide new affordable homes in Pialba. The project has been developed by…
Minister for Housing and Status of Women Tanya Plibersek today visited the Salvation Army (Queensland) Property Trust’s ‘Experience the Change’ project in Bundaberg. The Salvation…
Minister for Housing Tanya Plibersek today inspected a 10-unit development that will provide new affordable homes in Bundaberg. The project has been developed by Dream…