The Australian Government is providing $1.5 million to the Traditional Credit Union (TCU) from the Aboriginal Benefits Account over the next three years. TCU delivers…
COAG has agreed to nearly $10 billion in funding for the National Affordable Housing Agreement (NAHA) and its associated National Partnership payments. These agreements commit…
COAG has agreed to nearly $10 billion in funding for the National Affordable Housing Agreement (NAHA) and its associated National Partnership payments. These agreements commit…
The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) has agreed to an additional $4 billion to improve housing, health, employment and to drive fundamental reforms to Indigenous…
The Australian Government will provide $5.3 billion over five years for a new National Disability Agreement with the States and Territories to improve and expand…
Disability business services across the country will now come together under the name Australian Disability Enterprises. , Bill Shorten, today launched the name and new…
The Australian Government has activated its emergency assistance plan to help Australians evacuated from Mumbai and returning to Australia. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and the…
The Australian Government today launched a $15 million initiative to get more seniors connected to family and friends through the internet. Broadband for Seniors will…
The Australian Government will provide $15.7 million to extend a national program to assist young carers balance the demands of caring with their education. There…
The Australian Government has welcomed today’s visit to Canberra by National Director of Amnesty International Australia, Claire Mallinson, as part of raising public awareness of…
Around 4 million pensioners, carers, people with disability and veterans and around 2 million families will receive lump sum payments from 8 December 2008, after…
Australia has today formally moved to become a party to the Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of…
The Australian Parliament tonight passed legislation to establish the Rudd Government’s National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS). NRAS is a key component of the Rudd Government’s…
Stephen Smith, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tanya Plibersek, , today released the report, ‘Violence Against Women in Melanesia and East Timor’. The report, by…
*** CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY *** I would first like to pay my respects to the traditional owners of this land, the Gunditjmara people, and to…
Four young men and women with spinal injuries have bravely shared their stories and are profiled in four new Community Service Announcements (CSAs) launched today…
Australian Government funding totalling $600,000 will be spent on improving recreation facilities, children’s playgrounds and a Men’s Shed in Walgett through the establishment of a…
Upgrades to 70 houses in Walgett and the Gingie and Namoi Reserves will begin in the next few months as part of a $2.1 million…
A $6 million partnership between the Australian Government and the NSW Aboriginal Land Council will give Aboriginal Australians living on 63 former reserves across NSW…
A report released today makes recommendations on how to improve information sharing between the Australian Government and State and Territory child protection agencies, to better…
The Australian Government will provide immediate assistance to people affected by the latest flash flooding and storms in South East Queensland. Those eligible will receive…
Tanya Plibersek, and Member for Calwell, Maria Vamvakinou, tonight held the latest of the Australian Government’s housing stress forums in the Melbourne outer north-western suburb…
Tanya Plibersek, today congratulated the 2008 Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency Business Achievement Awards winners for their work in improving professional outcomes…
Young people with disability met to discuss the barriers they face at the National Disability Strategy Youth Roundtable in Melbourne today. Bill Shorten, said over…
Bill Shorten, today launched a new publication which outlines compelling reasons for including people with disability as customers and employees.The Australian Government provided $40,000 to…