Special Minister of State, Senator Joe Ludwig, today announced new measures providing a legal framework for blind and vision impaired electors to cast a vote…
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island women will have a new forum to raise issues of concern and develop their own solutions through the establishment of…
Innovative programs to tackle family and community violence at the grass roots level will be rolled out in 14 Indigenous communities across the country with…
Another day, another policy backflip from Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott, who was today frantically back pedalling from his commitment to remove the means test on…
Today, International Women’s Day, marks the economic, social and political achievements of women. The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is ‘Empowering Women to…
Tony Abbott’s latest thought bubble on paid parental leave creates massive uncertainty for Australian families and businesses. His sham policy has no detail, no costings…
Treasurer, Wayne Swan, and Tanya Plibersek, today celebrated International Women’s Day with 95 organisations that are leading the way in recognising and advancing women in…
Tanya Plibersek and Minister for Sport Kate Ellis today opened applications for the 2010-11 Sport Leadership Grants and Scholarships for Women program. Grants and scholarships…
Women on low incomes will have greater financial security when planning to have a baby under the Rudd Government’s historic Paid Parental Leave scheme. Our…
Tony Abbott’s latest thought bubble on paid parental leave creates massive uncertainty for Australian families and businesses. His sham policy has no detail, no costings…
Around four million Australians will receive an increase in their pensions and other income support payments from 20 March 2010, through indexation. Pension payments will…
The Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment (AGDRP) will be provided to eligible people adversely affected by severe flooding in the Balonne, Quilpie and Western Downs…
Eight new homelessness services across NSW will share $15.3 million in an effort to reduce and prevent homelessness. The new services will provide help for…
The Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment (AGDRP) will be provided to eligible people adversely affected by severe flooding in the Murweh and Maranoa regional council…
Federal Minister for Housing Tanya Plibersek today visited the site of a $9 million development that will deliver 25 new affordable homes in Ashwood. The…
The Rudd Government has teamed up with the Australian Football League as part of a national program to encourage respectful relationships between young people. The…
Ten community projects which encourage young people to engage in respectful relationships will share in $2.3 million funding from the Australian Government. The funding is…
The Minister for Human Services, Lin Thorp, and Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities, Bill Shorten, today opened a new $1.7 million supported accommodation facility at Chigwell…
The Australian Government is providing $5.4 million for new services and workers to give humanitarian entrants with a mental illness access to one-on-one support through…
Around 1,300 volunteers in the electorate of Parramatta have benefited from more than $91,000 in Rudd Government funding to purchase much-needed equipment and help cover…
The Australian Government is providing an additional $2.3 million dollars to rollout Opal fuel in the Goldfields region of Western Australia to help curb petrol…
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…