Media Release

Update on NDIS and coronavirus – 1 October

Media Release by The Hon Stuart Robert MP

Below is the daily update on NDIS participants and workforce and COVID-19 for Thursday, 1 October 2020. The reporting will ensure accurate and timely information is being…

Update on NDIS and coronavirus – 30 September

Media Release by The Hon Stuart Robert MP

Below is the daily update on NDIS participants and workforce and COVID-19 for Wednesday, 30 September 2020. The reporting will ensure accurate and timely information is being…

Update on NDIS and coronavirus – 29 September

Media Release by The Hon Stuart Robert MP

Below is the daily update on NDIS participants and workforce and COVID-19 for Tuesday, 29 September 2020. The reporting will ensure accurate and timely information is being…

Safe places for women and children escaping violence

Media Release by Senator the Hon Anne Ruston

About 700 new safe places for women and children escaping domestic violence will be built across the country under the Morrison Government’s $60 million Safe…

Update on NDIS and coronavirus – 28 September

Media Release by The Hon Stuart Robert MP

Below is the daily update on NDIS participants and workforce and COVID-19 for Monday, 28 September 2020. The reporting will ensure accurate and timely information is…

More support for grieving families

Media Release by Senator the Hon Anne Ruston

Parents of stillborn babies will have improved access to bereavement payments under changes to support for families dealing with the personal, social and financial impacts…

Update on NDIS and coronavirus – 25 September

Media Release by The Hon Stuart Robert MP

Below is the daily update on NDIS participants and workforce and COVID-19 for Friday, 25 September 2020. The reporting will ensure accurate and timely information is being…

Update on NDIS and coronavirus – 24 September

Media Release by The Hon Stuart Robert MP

Below is the daily update on NDIS participants and workforce and COVID-19 for Thursday, 24 September 2020. The reporting will ensure accurate and timely information is being…

Funding boost for Melbourne emergency relief providers

Media Release by Senator the Hon Anne Ruston

The Morrison Government is providing additional $4.22 million in emergency relief funding for providers in greater Melbourne to support increased demand. Minister for Families and Social…

Queensland transition to the NDIS completed

Media Release by The Hon Stuart Robert MP

Queensland’s transition to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) will be officially completed on 1 October 2020, when NDIS Full Scheme arrangements take effect. There are now…

Update on NDIS and coronavirus – 23 September

Media Release by The Hon Stuart Robert MP

Below is the daily update on NDIS participants and workforce and COVID-19 for Wednesday, 23 September 2020. The reporting will ensure accurate and timely information is being…

Update on NDIS and coronavirus – 22 September

Media Release by The Hon Stuart Robert MP

Below is the daily update on NDIS participants and workforce and COVID-19 for Tuesday, 22 September 2020. The reporting will ensure accurate and timely information is being…

Update on NDIS and coronavirus – 21 September

Media Release by The Hon Stuart Robert MP

Below is the daily update on NDIS participants and workforce and COVID-19 for Monday, 21 September 2020. The reporting will ensure accurate and timely information is being…

Extension of temporary income support measures

Media Release by Senator the Hon Anne Ruston

The Morrison Government has put in place a series of temporary support targeted to individual circumstances through JobKeeper Payment and JobSeeker Payment as the country…

Update on NDIS and coronavirus – 18 September

Media Release by The Hon Stuart Robert MP

Below is the daily update on NDIS participants and workforce and COVID-19 for Friday, 18 September 2020. The reporting will ensure accurate and timely information is being…

Mutual obligation requirements return for job seekers

Media Release by Senator the Hon Anne Ruston

The Morrison Government will introduce a further step in the gradual return to mutual obligation arrangements for all job seekers from 28 September 2020, with…

Update on NDIS and coronavirus – 17 September

Media Release by The Hon Stuart Robert MP

Below is the daily update on NDIS participants and workforce and COVID-19 for Thursday, 17 September 2020. The reporting will ensure accurate and timely information is being…

Update on NDIS and coronavirus – 16 September

Media Release by The Hon Stuart Robert MP

Below is the daily update on NDIS participants and workforce and COVID-19 for Wednesday, 16 September 2020. The reporting will ensure accurate and timely information is being…

Community Services Ministers’ Meeting Communique

Media Release by Senator the Hon Anne Ruston

Community Services Ministers (CSM) met via teleconference on Friday 11 September 2020.  The ACT was represented by senior officials as the ACT Government entered caretaker…

$68.25 million for frontline domestic violence support services

Media Release by Senator the Hon Anne Ruston

The Morrison Government’s $150 million domestic violence response package is expanding perpetrator interventions, providing case management for survivors through court processes, producing tech-enabled support services…

Update on NDIS and coronavirus – 15 September

Media Release by The Hon Stuart Robert MP

Below is the daily update on NDIS participants and workforce and COVID-19 for Tuesday, 15 September 2020.    The reporting will ensure accurate and timely…

New research to strengthen support for carers

Media Release by The Hon Michelle Landry MP

The Morrison Government will provide more than $360,000 in funding for the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) to undertake ground-breaking research that will enhance…

Update on NDIS and coronavirus – 14 September

Media Release by The Hon Stuart Robert MP

Below is the daily update on NDIS participants and workforce and COVID-19 for Monday, 14 September 2020. The reporting will ensure accurate and timely information is being…