The Australian Government is delivering on its commitment to improve access to financial counselling by providing an additional $1 million to fund 11 financial counselling…
People under financial pressure in Northern Sydney now have greater access to free financial counselling and advice. The Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and…
New analysis of Centrelink data shows that around 90 per cent of welfare payments allocated to the BasicsCard across the 73 Northern Territory Emergency Response…
Tanya Plibersek, and Tasmanian Minister for Human Services, Lin Thorp, today announced that Vantage Group Pty Ltd had won a $4.5 million contract to deliver…
Tanya Plibersek and Tasmanian Minister for Human Services Lin Thorp today visited the site of the Levenbank homeless facility at Ulverstone, which is being revamped…
Two Indigenous women and a representative from the not-for-profit sector will be among the Australian Government’s delegation to the 54th session of the United Nations…
The latest addition to Sydney’s network of bike paths has opened to cyclists, becoming the first of the more than 170 cycle infrastructure projects funded…
Minister for Employment Participation Mark Arbib today launched the Rudd Government’s new $1.2 billion Disability Employment Services. Senator Arbib, who launched the service at Break…
The Australian Government is investing $172.4 million over three years to help build the skills of Indigenous Australians through a range of training, mentoring and…
Governor-General Quentin Bryce today joined Tanya Plibersek and past and present Guides from across the country at Admiralty House in Sydney to launch Leadership for…
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd today officially opened the $50 million National Centre of Indigenous Excellence (NCIE) in Redfern, Sydney. Created with the support of the…
The , Ursula Stephens, today highlighted the important role Catholic education plays in helping instil in young Australians the values of social justice and helping…
Senator Ursula Stephens, today visited the Bendigo Volunteer Resource Centre to welcome them into the Golden Gurus community. Senator Stephens said that Golden Gurus, an…
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd today officially opened the $50 million National Centre of Indigenous Excellence (NCIE) in Redfern, Sydney. Created with the support of the…
The native title agreement reached this week between the Yawuru people of Broome and the West Australian Government is a landmark achievement with the potential…
The Federal Government may be throwing their full support behind Australia’s bid to host the 2018 World Cup but this morning they braved an early…
The Australian Government has welcomed the apology made today by the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to former child migrants who were sent overseas from…
People living in Western Australia’s Kimberley region will be given help to balance their family budgets and to learn more about how the banking and…
Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott needs to come clean on his secret plan to make older Australians work longer to pay for welfare payments for high-income…
Federal Tanya Plibersek and ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope today officially opened a new 24 home National Rental Affordability Scheme development in Holt. The Holt…
Construction is underway on the first of 85 houses to be built in the Alice Springs town camps under the Strategic Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure…
A commonsense, practical guide will be distributed in remote Indigenous communities to help manage and maintain essential infrastructure services such as energy, waste, water, storm…
Today we mourn the passing of Ruby Hunter, a talented and inspirational Aboriginal singer and songwriter. Her death overnight at her home at Killarney in…
Aboriginal visitors to Alice Springs will have a safe place to stay following the establishment of a new, secure accommodation facility as part of the…
The Australian Government today released a Discussion Paper setting out options for a National Quality Framework for services to homeless people. The Discussion Paper sets…