Tanya Plibersek and Minister for Human Services, Chris Bowen today announced that Centrelink Community Engagement Officers are now able to provide increased support for homeless…
Senator Ursula Stephens, this afternoon chaired a master class on “Demonstrating Value” at the second Social Enterprise World Forum in Melbourne this afternoon. The World…
A new online gambling counselling service will provide support and advice to gamblers and their families across Australia. Federal Community Services Minister Jenny Macklin said…
Indigenous Australians will significantly benefit from the Australian Government’s single largest investment in social and affordable housing in the country’s history. The release of a…
A new police station in remote Western Australia will provide a permanent police presence in the Blackstone area. The station will service 520 residents between…
Five new, permanent police stations will be built in Northern Territory priority locations under an agreement between the Australian and Northern Territory Governments. The Australian…
Today Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, and Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children’s Services, Bill Shorten, announced the finalists…
The Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, and the Minister for Early Childhood Education, Child Care and Youth, Kate Ellis,…
The Australian Government holds five year leases over 64 communities in the Northern Territory as a result of the NTER legislation passed by the previous…
Today Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, and Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children’s Services, Bill Shorten, announced the finalists…
Income Management for Child Protection and Voluntary Income Management will be expanded across Perth to help families better manage their budgets to meet the costs…
New short to medium-term accommodation for Indigenous people in Alice Springs will be delivered by the Australian and Northern Territory Governments to meet the pressing…
The first of 510 new housing units to increase the supply of social housing in Tasmania have been completed. The Federal , Tanya Plibersek, and…
Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector, Senator Ursula Stephens, this morning launched the Golden Gurus website and invited interested organisations to become…
Two reports tabled today in the Queensland Parliament show positive trends in school attendance in the Cape York Welfare Reform Trial communities. The latest Family…
A major funding boost from the Australian Government will help provide emergency food supplies to almost two million vulnerable Australians. Foodbank Australia will receive $2…
The remains of five Indigenous Australians will be repatriated from the Netherlands following an historic agreement between the Australian Government and the Leiden University Medical…
Housing Ministers met today to progress the significant reform agenda in the delivery of social and affordable housing in Australia. Ministers reported back on progress…
New figures show the Rudd Government’s Nation Building Economic Stimulus Plan continues to support housing sector jobs and first home buyers, with more than 153,000…
Tanya Plibersek and Federal Member for Ballarat Catherine King today visited the first new home at Bacchus Marsh delivered under the National Rental Affordability Scheme.…
The Australian Government today welcomed the release of a report on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Foundation. Voices from the campfires: Establishing the…
Speaking at the inaugural Ministerial Council on Family Violence, Attorney-General Robert McClelland, and Tanya Plibersek, today launched a valuable report addressing domestic violence and sexual…
The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP, today chaired the inaugural meeting of Commonwealth, State and Territory Ministers to develop a joint plan to reduce violence against…
Men of Sanctuary Point and the Bay and Basin region in NSW will have increased access to social, mentoring and employment services with $56,064 in…
A new partnership between the Rudd and Brumby governments and the private sector will help transform Strathewen through the redevelopment of Strathewen Recreation Reserve to…