Lindsay Tanner, Minister for Finance and Deregulation and Tanya Plibersek, and the Status of Women today released new guidelines for the sale of surplus Commonwealth…
The Australian Government today announced it will double the reach of the Personal Helpers and Mentors program, expanding the number of sites from 76 to…
New 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…
Parents and carers of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) will benefit from a new information website created as part of the $190 million Helping…
Parents and carers of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) will benefit from a new information website created as part of the $190 million Helping…
In response to the tragic and devastating Victorian bushfires, the Australian Government is providing $7.5 million for the provision of mental health support to affected…
The Commonwealth and Victorian Governments will fund and deliver the site clean-up and demolition program crucial to rebuilding communities devastated by the bushfires, the Prime…
Income management will be rolled-out across the remainder of the Kimberley including Kalumburu, Noonkanbah and Beagle Bay, as part of the Australian and Western Australian…
The Australian Government would continue to work for better services for people with disability and to ensure they got fair treatment in the workplace and…
The Australian Government is providing additional counselling support services to Victorian bushfire survivors through a $200,000 boost to five community organisations. The new support builds…
Premier John Brumby and Federal Minister for Families Jenny Macklin today announced a $3 million community sports club recovery fund to support sports clubs devastated…
The Opposition’s policy back-flip revealed today makes a complete mockery of the private member’s bill they introduced into Parliament last year to increase the single…
With funding from the Australian Government of $150,000, Great Kids in the Great Southern has been developed by Wanslea Family Services for Aboriginal children up…
A new program at the Patricia Giles Centre in Perth to encourage grandparents and older carers to become involved in the care of young children…
The Commonwealth and the Victorian Governments are standing by businesses directly damaged or destroyed by the bushfires, with the $51 million first stage of a…
A new trial project in Western Australia, with Australian Government funding of $37,000, will help parents support the education of their children. The Minister for…
The Australian Government today announced a $165,000 grant for the CREATE Foundation to provide more support and help to young people in out-of-home care. CREATE…
The Australian Government today announced a $165,000 grant for the CREATE Foundation to provide more support and help to young people in out-of-home care. CREATE…
The Rudd Government is investigating new ways to improve access to communications services and technologies for people with disabilities. “Communications services and technologies are vital…
The Tiwi Bombers Football Club now have a new oval to play home games at Nguiu on Bathurst Island, thanks to a significant investment by…
The Premier of Victoria, John Brumby, Federal Minister for Families and Community Services, Jenny Macklin, and Victorian Minister for Community Services, Lisa Neville, today announced…
The Australian Government has appointed eminent Australians, Professor Lowitja O’Donoghue and Mr Gregory Phillips, to establish a Foundation to address trauma and healing in Indigenous…
The National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) and the Australian Government are encouraging communities across the country to embrace the theme of NAIDOC…
Almost 10,000 schools across Australia are receiving copies of the calligraphy Apology artwork to commemorate the first anniversary of the historic National Apology to Australia’s…
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data released today shows the number of new home loans for owner occupiers increased by 6.4 per cent in…