Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness Mark Arbib today welcomed the launch of public consultation on a national regulatory system for community housing providers. The…
Forced marriage and slavery-like practices will become a crime under draft legislation to combat people trafficking and slavery, released as part of today’s Fourth National…
A national youth homelessness conference is bringing together Governments, homelessness services, advocates and young people who are united in a desire to end youth homelessness.…
The Gillard Government has welcomed the tabling of the Australian Human Rights Commission’s Annual Native Title and Social Justice Reports in Parliament today. The Social…
The Australian Government has today announced further initiatives to tackle alcohol abuse in the Northern Territory and ensure licensed premises operate properly and do their…
Changes to store licensing in the Northern Territory announced by the Australian Government this week will mean better access to healthy food for more remote…
Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Jenny Macklin today recognised the important role business can play to help strengthen Australian communities. Minister…
Nine outstanding individuals and organisations were honoured today for their work to improve the lives of people with disability at the annual National Disability Awards.…
Supporting people with a psychosocial disability is the focus of report released today that will help to further develop mental health policy in Australia. Parliamentary…
Nine outstanding individuals and organisations were honoured today for their work to improve the lives of people with disability at the annual National Disability Awards.…
The Parliamentary Secretary for Community Services, Julie Collins, today congratulated Families Australia for a decade of support to Australian families. Ms Collins applauded Families Australia’s…
The Impairment Tables used to assess people’s eligibility for the Disability Support Pension will be able to be updated for the first time in more…
Anglicare Tasmania will receive a $333,000 boost from the Gillard Government to expand its telephone financial counselling services to vulnerable Tasmanians. The Parliamentary Secretary for…
Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness Mark Arbib and Member for Sydney Tanya Plibersek today opened the Camperdown Common Ground building providing permanent housing and…
An exhibition unveiling the lost childhoods of the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants will today be officially opened by the Minister for Families, Housing,…
New research funded by the Australian Government shows that children of younger mothers are more likely to experience poor outcomes compared with those of older…
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) communities in NSW will benefit from an educational campaign funded through the Australian Government’s National Plan to Reduce…
Vulnerable Australians in Western Sydney will now have a place to call home thanks to $29.6 million from the Australian Government for 125 new social…
The Australian Government has today announced new initiatives to tackle the priority issues for Aboriginal people living in remote communities in the Northern Territory. The…
Aboriginal people in remote communities across the Northern Territory will have greater employment and economic opportunities under a $19.1 million jobs package announced today. This…
Educational outcomes for children across the Northern Territory will be improved under an expanded initiative that links income support payments with school attendance. The Australian…
One million litres of milk will be going to people in need under an historic new partnership between Foodbank Australia and the Australian dairy industry,…
The National Disability Insurance Scheme was the hot topic at a community forum hosted by Member for La Trobe Laura Smyth. Minister for Families, Housing,…
The Australian and Northern Territory Governments have welcomed an Australian National Audit Office report released today on the National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing…
An independent evaluation of the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) has found Aboriginal people living in remote communities in the Northern Territory feel safer and…