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White Balloon Day raises awareness of child sexual assault

Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

The Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, today launched White Balloon Day to raise awareness of child sexual assault in…

Sharing information to protect Australian children

Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

Medicare Australia can now provide information to state and territory child protection agencies to help protect and support children at risk of abuse or neglect.…

Pension increase on the way

Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

Around 3.3 million age pensioners, disability support pensioners, carers, wife and widow pensioners and veteran income support recipients will receive an increase in their pension…

Rudd Government Stimulus Delivers More Social Housing

Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MP

The Federal , Tanya Plibersek, and Tasmanian Minister for Human Services, Lin Thorp, today announced the proposal to build a new homelessness facility in Campbell…

Free broadband internet for seniors

Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

The Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, today unveiled the first of the Australian Government’s free internet kiosks for seniors…

Door of Hope Homelessness Facility for Launceston

Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MP

Plans for a new homelessness facility in Launceston have been unveiled today. The Federal , Tanya Plibersek and Tasmanian Environment Minister, Michelle O’Byrne said the…

BasicsCard sales top $100 million

Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

The Australian Government today announced more than $100 million has been spent on BasicsCards across Australia. More than $70 million of spending has gone towards…

Social Housing Upgrades Supporting Jobs in Hobart

Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MP

Tanya Plibersek and Tasmanian Minister for Human Services, Lin Thorp and Member for Denison, Duncan Kerr today inspected progress on units that are being upgraded…

$1.3 million for Western Australian non profits and charities

Media Release by Senator the Hon Ursula Stephens

Senator Stephens, today met with Western Australian recipients of the Australian Government’s Temporary Financial Assistance grants initiative for non profit organisations at Youth Focus in…

Improving Indigenous housing in the NT

Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

The Australian and Northern Territory Governments today released the report of the review into improving the delivery of the Strategic Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure Program…

Year of the Girl Guide – 2010

Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MP

The Australian Government today announced that 2010 will be designated ‘Year of the Girl Guide’. For 100 years the Guiding movement has supported Australian girls…

First Home Owners Boost National Figures for July

Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MP

The Rudd Government’s Nation Building Economic Stimulus Plan is continuing to support housing sector jobs and first home buyers with more than 137,000 Australians taking…

Essendon on the mark for reconciliation

Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

Essendon Football Club today became the first AFL club to develop and implement its own Reconciliation Action Plan setting out a practical agenda to strengthen…