The Australian Government today appointed three exceptional women to represent Australia at the 56th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women…
Australians are encouraged to nominate outstanding organisations committed to addressing homelessness in the first-ever National Homelessness Services Achievement Awards. Nominations open today in seven categories,…
People with disability and their representatives will share in $300,000 in Australian Government funding over three years to attend key international forums on human rights.…
The Federal Labor Government has responded to the shortage in affordable housing for older community members in the Bunbury region by fully funding a new…
Two Victorian community organisations will be the first to receive funding as part of the Government’s National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their…
The Australian Government today announced the establishment of expert panel to advise the Government on improving the current social housing system and how best to…
Vulnerable people, including seniors and people with disability, will benefit from a new social housing development opened in Broadmeadows today. Minister for Social Housing and…
The Parliamentary Secretary for Community Services, Julie Collins, today launched two reports which highlight the great success of the Saver Plus program. Saver Plus is…
The Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin and the South Australian Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation Grace Portolesi today met to discuss work underway…
The Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, today congratulated the 25 outstanding Indigenous Australians and organisations that received awards at…
Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd today helped open the Wiradjuri Study Centre in Condobolin, which aims to boost employment prospects for the local Indigenous community in…
The Gillard Government today announced 4,600 not-for-profit organisationswill receive Volunteer Grants in recognition of the vital contribution volunteers make to our community. A commemorative stamp…
Families in and around Bankstown will have extra help to provide a safe, happy and healthy environment for their children. The Minister for Families, Housing,…
The Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, today met with Indigenous women from across Australia, who had travelled to Canberra to be part of the…
The Northern Territory community of Numbulwar in east Arnhem Land has signed a 40 year lease which will allow work to begin on building new…
From today 3.4 million pensioners across Australia will receive an increase in their payments to help them meet increases in their household costs. On the…
The South Australian communities of Koonibba and Yalata have signed 40 year leases which will allow work to begin on building new houses. Federal Minister…
Attorney-General Robert McClelland today announced the Gillard Government will introduce new measures to strengthen Australia’s laws that deal with international parental child abduction. Mr McClelland…
The Australian Government welcomes the United Nations’ Habitat Scroll of Honour award for the care of Victoria’s vulnerable elderly people to Wintringham — a major…
Children with autism are receiving more help at school thanks to the Gillard Government’s Positive Partnerships initiative, which has seen 2250 teachers given additional training…
The Australian Government today welcomed the release of the Supplement to the 2010 Indigenous Expenditure Report by the Productivity Commission. The report is a key…
The latest claims from Clubs Australia that they will lose $6 billion in annual revenue simply do not stack up. In 2008-09, Australians lost $10.5…
A landmark Australian Government study following the lives of more than 1,500 Australians who are experiencing or are at risk of homelessness has commenced. Minister…
Around 68,000 New South Wales pensioners living in public housing will be disadvantaged by the NSW Government’s decision to discontinue the quarantining of the pension…
Claims made in today’s Daily Telegraph about pre-commitment on poker machines are wrong, the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin…