Raising the voice for women
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPTanya Plibersek, is calling for applications from organisations to form national alliances that will represent the broad range of views of women across the country.…
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Cement Australia wins award for work on gender pay gap
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPCement Australia has been awarded the Minister’s Award for Outstanding EEO Practice for its efforts to address the gender pay gap. The Minister made the…
More loaves and fishes for Exodus
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPMinister for Community Services, Jenny Macklin, today visited the Exodus Foundation to announce a $380,000 funding boost to help support the inner city organisation. Ms…
Stage two of historic Groote Eylandt Regional Partnership Agreement
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPImproved infrastructure and better social and economic outcomes for Indigenous people in the Groote Eylandt region will be delivered following the signing of stage two…
Call for Projects on Round Two of Housing Affordability Fund
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPThe Rudd Government will deliver more affordable houses for low and moderate income earners through Round Two of the Housing Affordability Fund, which opens today.…
Help for flood-affected people on the Mid North Coast
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment will be provided to eligible people adversely affected by the 5 November floods in the Mid North Coast and…
Ministers meet to discuss national response to violence against women and their children
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPTanya Plibersek and Attorney-General Robert McClelland today met with their state and territory colleagues to discuss progress on national efforts to reduce violence against women…
Stimulus plan delivers jobs and new homes in Mackay and the Whitsunday Coast
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPFederal Tanya Plibersek today announced that provisional approval had been given to $24 million worth of social housing projects in Mackay and the Whitsunday Coast…
59 new affordable rental homes for Mackay
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPTanya Plibersek and Federal Member for Dawson James Bidgood today announced that the National Rental Affordability Scheme would deliver 59 new affordable rental homes in…
Stimulus plan delivers jobs and new homes in Far North Queensland
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPFederal Tanya Plibersek today announced that provisional approval had been given to $80 million worth of social housing projects in Far North Queensland that will…
100 affordable rental homes for Far North Queensland
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPFederal Tanya Plibersek today announced that the National Rental Affordability Scheme was delivering 100 new affordable rental homes in Far North Queensland. Ms Plibersek made…
Price cap to be introduced for First Home Owners Grant
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPThe Rudd Government is announcing today that after December 31, the Commonwealth will allow States and Territories to set a price-cap for recipients of the…
400 new homes for Sydney’s South West
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPFederal Housing Minister Tanya Plibersek, Member for Werriwa Chris Hayes and NSW Housing Minister David Borger today announced that South Western Sydney will receive 400…
Better support for carers
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government’s response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee report: Who Cares…? Report on the inquiry into better support for carers recognises the…
Families getting ahead in Cape York
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Cape York Family Responsibilities Commission’s first Annual Report has been tabled in Queensland Parliament today by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships Minister Desley…
Role of government libraries today
Media Release by Senator the Hon Ursula StephensSenator Ursula Stephens, today officially opened the Australian Government Libraries and Information Network (AGLIN) Forum 2009. The forum explored how government libraries can respond to…
United Nations Disabilities Committee Chair
Media Release by The Hon Bill Shorten MPThe Australian Government today congratulated Professor Ron McCallum AO on his election as the 2010 Chair of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of…
Dog Control Strategy extended until 2010
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian and Northern Territory Governments are extending the Dog Control Strategy until mid-2010 to help improve the health and safety of children and families…
National Dialogue Agrees to Improve Accessible Housing Options
Media Release by The Hon Bill Shorten MPParticipants in a National Dialogue on Universal Design have agreed to work together towards a national approach to promoting Universal Design and to provide Australians…
National apology to the Forgotten Australians and former child migrants
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government will formally apologise to the Forgotten Australians and former child migrants at a special remembrance event in Canberra on 16 November 2009.…
Kids in Focus: helping drug-affected families
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government is taking a new, early-intervention approach to supporting children in families where their parents have alcohol and drug problems. The announcement of…
Senator Stephens discusses compact with non profit managers
Media Release by Senator the Hon Ursula StephensSenator Ursula Stephens today spoke at the Catholic Social Services Australia Directors’ Forum about the Australian Government’s national compact with the not-for-profit, or Third, Sector.…
Social Security Agreement concluded with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPA new Social Security Agreement between Australia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia will make retirement easier for up to 4,000 residents of both…
Canada Bay – Australia’s most sustainable city
Media Release by Senator the Hon Ursula StephensSenator Ursula Stephens, congratulated the New South Wales city of Canada Bay on winning the Australian Sustainable Cities Award. Senator Stephens announced the winners of…
Have your say on equal opportunity for women at work
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPEmployees are invited to air their views on equal opportunity for women in their workplace in a new Australian Government survey. The five-minute online employee…