The Northern Territory Government’s policy document on remote NT regions is another important step forward in tackling Indigenous disadvantage through the effective delivery of services…
Federal Housing Minister Tanya Plibersek and Victorian Housing Minister Richard Wynne today visited Melbourne’s south-east, where over $780,000 is being invested to upgrade 128 social housing…
Federal Housing Minister Tanya Plibersek today visited Bayswater North, where over $410,000 is being invested to upgrade 66 social housing dwellings before the end of…
The Australian Government will provide a further $1.5 million to support communities affected by the Victorian bushfires. Community Services Minister Jenny Macklin said the funding…
The Australian Government will provide a further $1.5 million to support communities affected by the Victorian bushfires. Community Services Minister Jenny Macklin said the funding…
The Australian Government will provide over $52 million to 139 family services providers as they transition to a new, more flexible service delivery model. The…
Tanya Plibersek today welcomed the six month extension of the First Home Owners Boost while visiting first home buyers in Sydney’s south west. Extending the…
Federal Housing Minister Tanya Plibersek and NSW Housing Minister David Borger today announced that over $1.4 million is being invested in Sydney’s inner West suburbs…
The Australian Government is seeking feedback on the provision of information in alternative formats for people with print disability as part of its review of…
The Australian Government is again supporting Walk Safely to School Day, providing $50,000 for this national event which promotes the value of physical activity and…
The Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) has identified the preferred providers to deliver the reformed Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP)…
The 2009-10 Women’s Budget Statement adopts the theme Supporting Women in a Time of Economic Challenge. Economies across the world are experiencing one of the…
Thousands of bushfire survivors will receive a one-off $2000 cash payment from the Victorian Bushfire Appeal Fund as part of a $9 million new winter…
Around 500,000 carers across Australia will receive a new, permanent Carer Supplement of $600 a year following the passage in Parliament today of the Social…
Tonight the Rudd Government announces it will extend the highly successful First Home Owner’s Boost (FHOB) for an extra six months to support more Australian…
The Australian Government is tackling homelessness and housing affordability with a record $15.3 billion investment in housing programs. Over the next three years the Rudd…
Fifty Volunteer Resource Centres around Australia will benefit from $10.3 million in Australian Government funding to support a skilled, well-trained and well-resourced volunteer workforce. Celebrating…
The Rudd Government is strengthening its commitment to people with disability and carers by providing extra support through a range of initiatives in the 2009-10…
The 2009-10 Budget details the level of financial support provided to Australians affected by the devastating Victorian bushfires, the North Queensland floods, the South East…
Around 720,000 Australians receiving the Disability Support Pension will receive pension increases as part of the Government’s Secure and Sustainable Pensions Reforms. Many disability support…
The Australian Government’s Secure and Sustainable Pensions Reform includes measures to better target the largest pension payments to those who most need support. From 20…
The findings of the review of Australia’s pension system and the review of retirement incomes were today officially released by the Australian Government. The Pension…
The Rudd Government is providing $63.0 million over four years to help protect Australia’s vulnerable children from child abuse and neglect under the National Framework…
The Rudd Government will take important steps to reform family payments to make them more sustainable for the long-term. Australia’s spending on family payments is…