Children across the Northern Territory will continue to have better access to improved education, with a $583 million investment over ten years as part of…
Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin has paid tribute to singer Jimmy Little AO. Jimmy was an icon of the Australian music scene, best known…
Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin has honoured the work of remarkable Australian and Aboriginal elder Ned Cheedy. Mr Cheedy died yesterday at age 105.…
Australia’s first national peak body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability was launched in Sydney today by the Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities…
Grassroots support services for vulnerable children and their families will benefit from access to a $5 million funding boost from the Australian Government. Organisations working…
An early learning centre in Sydney’s south-west established by the Australian Government is helping local children with autism get the best start to life. Ahead…
The Southern Sydney community today threw their support behind a National Disability Insurance Scheme. Local people with disability, their families and carers, local service providers…
The Australian Government is investing $2.31 million to tackle the impact of drug and alcohol abuse in Katherine, Tiwi, the Daly region and greater Darwin.…
Aboriginal Australians in the Northern Territory will continue to have better primary health care and improved access to dental and allied health services, with a…
The Australian Government is investing more than $443 million over 10 years to strengthen the safety and wellbeing of Aboriginal children, youth and their families…
Outstations and homelands in the Northern Territory will benefit from a $221 million investment in basic essential and municipal services over ten years as part…
Strengthened remote policing, community night patrols and legal assistance services are critical to continuing to improve safety and build stronger futures for Aboriginal people in…
Seven community organisations from across Australia have been recognised for their work in preventing and addressing homelessness at the inaugural National Homelessness Services Achievement awards…
Hundreds of events will be staged across the country today to mark National Close the Gap Day. The Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous…
Legislation introduced into the parliament today will give eligible dads and partners financial support to take time off work to bond with their new baby…
Tomorrow is World Down Syndrome Day, an opportunity for people across Australia to take the time to become more aware about Down syndrome. “World Down…
From today more than 4.5 million Australians, including 3.4 million pensioners, will begin receiving an increase in their income support payments to help meet their…
Clean Energy Advance – Common Pension Rates Clean Energy Advance – Youth Disability Support Pension – (under 21 – no dependent children) – Rates Clean…
The Minister for Families Jenny Macklin joined the Governor General Quentin Bryce today at Scullin Jellybeans Playgroup in Canberra to launch National Playgroup Week with…
A new report shows more than 50 projects funded by the Australian Government have been established in 29 remote communities across Australia, helping to close…
Affordable community housing, community store infrastructure and equipment to help maintain remote roads to outstations are some of the thirteen projects to receive funding totaling…
More than 70 remote Indigenous communities in Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania will receive new and refurbished houses and housing related infrastructure over…
A new development to showcase Tiwi culture and the work of established and emerging artists was officially opened in Milikapiti today, with support from an…
Minister for Sport, Senator Kate Lundy and Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers, Senator Jan McLucas today congratulated Special Olympics Australia for winning the right…
The Australian Red Cross will receive a $1.2 million boost to help victims of human trafficking, under the Australian Government’s Support for Trafficked People program.…