International Women’s Day
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPInternational Women’s Day provides all Australians with the opportunity to celebrate the progress made in advancing gender equality and the role of women in our…
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Celebrating International Women’s Day at the Cricket World Cup
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPThe Australian Government and Cricket Australia today celebrated International Women’s Day (IWD) at the 2009 Women’s Cricket World Cup match between Australia’s Southern Stars and…
$1.3 million to improve child protection data
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government will provide an additional $1.3 million over three years to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) to improve the current…
Community and Disability Services Ministers’ Conference – Communique
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPCommunity Services National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children Today, Community and Disability Services Ministers met in Melbourne to progress the important National Framework for Protecting…
Government further reduces deeming rates
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government has further reduced the deeming rates to reflect lower returns available to pensioners from financial investments as a result of the global…
Indexation delivers increase to Pensions and other Income Support Payments
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPMore than 3.4 million Australians will receive an increase in their pensions and other income support payments and allowances from 20 March 2009. Indexation will…
Minister addresses United Nations on gender equality
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPTanya Plibersek, is this week leading Australia’s delegation to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in New York to further demonstrate the…
$396 million for remote Indigenous housing in NSW
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPRemote Indigenous communities in New South Wales will benefit from a $396 million investment in housing over the next ten years to improve living standards…
Australia Strengthens Women’s Rights
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPAttorney-General, Robert McClelland, and Tanya Plibersek, today welcomed the entry into force in Australia of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of…
$15.7 million boost for Indigenous rangers
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government will provide $15.7 million over two years to support 22 Indigenous ranger groups, working on land and sea management activities in the…
$10 million of grants for NT Indigenous communities
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPA new community store and a transport service for remote Indigenous communities are among 20 successful applicants to share in almost $10 million in funding…
Community Response Task Force Meeting
Media Release by Senator the Hon Ursula StephensThe first meeting of the Community Response Task Force was held today in Melbourne, providing the non-profit sector with an opportunity to discuss the impact…
Community Response Task Force Meeting
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe first meeting of the Community Response Task Force was held today in Melbourne, providing the non-profit sector with an opportunity to discuss the impact…
Appointment of new Operational Commander for the NTER
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPMike Zissler, former CEO of the ACT Department of Territory and Municipal Services, has been appointed as Operational Commander of the Northern Territory Emergency Response…
Productivity Commission’s Paid Parental Leave report
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government today received the Productivity Commission’s final report into paid maternity, paternity and parental leave. The report details a proposed scheme for paid…
$1.9 billion for Queensland Housing
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPQueensland will receive more than $1.9 billion in additional Commonwealth funding for housing over the next five years. Speaking at the Queensland Shelter Conference in…
Major General Dave Chalmers
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPToday is Major General Dave Chalmers’ final day as Operational Commander of the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER). I want to thank Major General Chalmers…
Coordinator General for remote Indigenous services
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Prime Minister will appoint a Coordinator General to drive the Australian Government’s commitment to closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. The national…
Thousands of properties to be cleared during bushfire clean-up
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPMore than 80,000 tons of debris is expected to be cleared from thousands of bushfire affected properties, as part of a government led clean-up operation…
Government finalises five-year lease boundaries in NT Indigenous communities
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government has finalised the boundaries for all 64 five-year leases acquired as part of the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER). A comprehensive survey…
$58.3m boost for Indigenous eye and ear health
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Rudd Government will invest $58.3 million to help tackle eye and ear diseases in Indigenous communities – including diseases rarely seen outside the third…
Government announces new guidelines for release of surplus Commonwealth land
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPLindsay Tanner, Minister for Finance and Deregulation and Tanya Plibersek, and the Status of Women today released new guidelines for the sale of surplus Commonwealth…
Personal help on the road to recovery
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government today announced it will double the reach of the Personal Helpers and Mentors program, expanding the number of sites from 76 to…
First home owners benefit from Government boost
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPNew figures out today show that nearly 30,000 Australians received the Rudd Government’s First Home Owners Boost in its first three-and-a-half months of operation. The…
New Autism website to help parents and carers
Media Release by The Hon Bill Shorten MPParents and carers of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) will benefit from a new information website created as part of the $190 million Helping…