$21,000 boost for first home owners
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPThe Rudd Government today announced a First Home Owners Boost to ensure first home buyers will be eligible for grants of up to $21,000. The…
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People with disability big winners from Economic Security Strategy
Media Release by The Hon Bill Shorten MPFor the first time, lump sum payments are being extended to include more than 700,000 Disability Support Pensioners. The Rudd Government will deliver a $4.8…
People with disability big winners from Economic Security Strategy
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPFor the first time, lump sum payments are being extended to include more than 700,000 Disability Support Pensioners. The Rudd Government will deliver a $4.8…
$4.8 Billion down payment to help pensioners, seniors, and carers
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Rudd Government will deliver a $4.8 billion down payment to Australia’s four million pensioners, carers, seniors and veterans – providing them with immediate financial…
Australian families to receive $3.9 billion in Rudd Government support
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Rudd Government will invest $3.9 billion to provide immediate financial support to help around two million Australian families. This decisive action is part of…
NTER review report
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government today received the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) review report. The review board, comprising Chairman Peter Yu, Marcia Ella Duncan and Bill…
AIHW releases ‘Demand for SAAP accommodation by Homeless People 2006/07’ Report
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPHomeless families found it harder than homeless single people to secure accommodation through the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) in 2006/07, according to a report…
Launch of A Place to Call Home in Tasmania
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPFederal , Tanya Plibersek and Tasmanian Minister for Human Services, Lin Thorp, today launched the A Place To Call Home program in Tasmania, a joint…
New alliance partners for NT Indigenous housing
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian and Northern Territory Governments today announced details of three building industry consortiums that will deliver the largest upgrade of housing ever undertaken in…
New base for Wadeye environment rangers
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Thammarrurr Land and Sea Rangers, a successful initiative employing 15 local people to work as rangers in and around Wadeye on environmental projects, now…
Government commits $2 million to ‘HOME’ in Queanbeyan
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPTanya Plibersek today announced the commitment of $2 million to ‘HOME’ – a new residential complex for people living with mental illness in Queanbeyan –…
$1.5 million for remote community projects and new job opportunities
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government is providing $1.55 million for 18 small-scale NT community projects including more than $600,000 for two important capital projects in Wadeye, the…
$500,000 for Thamarrurr Development Corporation
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPA new enterprise to support Indigenous employment and boost local services in Wadeye will benefit from Australian Government funding through the Aboriginals Benefit Account. The…
Place to Call Home in Victoria
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPFederal , Tanya Plibersek and Victorian Minister for Housing, Richard Wynne, today jointly launched a $55 million Commonwealth/State homelessness initiative through the ‘A Place to…
Governments work together to improve housing affordability in Whitehorse
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPAffordable housing was top of the agenda when , Tanya Plibersek, addressed a local social and affordable housing summit in the City of Whitehorse in…
Reforms to Indigenous employment programs
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government today released a paper on the Government’s preferred model for Indigenous employment programs, Increasing Indigenous Employment Opportunity. The proposed model includes reforms…
NAB boosts Microenterprise Loans
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPAustralians on low incomes have greater prospects of turning business dreams into reality after the National Australia Bank’s fivefold expansion of Microenterprise Loans. NAB’s decision…
Governments endorse National Plan to reduce violence against women and children
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPAustralian Women’s Ministers today endorsed the development of the National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women at the Commonwealth, State, Territory & New Zealand Ministers’…
Homeless groups urged to tender for Employment Services
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPThe Minister for Employment Participation, Brendan O’Connor, and the , Tanya Plibersek, today urged providers with expertise in providing services to the homeless to tender…
Financial counselling for families under stress
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government today announced $3.5 million in funding for 41 community and local government organisations to continue delivering Commonwealth Financial Counselling services to help…
National leadership to better protect Australia’s children
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPNew measures to improve information sharing between the Australian Government and State and Territory child protection agencies were agreed to today by the Council of…
First Home Saver Accounts open today
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPHomebuyers across the country can today start taking advantage of the Rudd Government’s new First Home Saver Accounts to help bring the dream of homeownership…
Milestone delivery for new dads in northern Melbourne
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPIn an important milestone, the 1,750th new father today completed the I’m a Dad program in Melbourne. The Children’s Protection Society’s I’m a Dad program…
Domestic violence and homelessness report released at Chisholm Care units launch
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPTanya Plibersek and Member for Werriwa, Chris Hayes today launched the Baptist Community Services Chisholm Care units in Campbelltown, in Sydney’s south-west. The units provide…
Grandparents helping make children smarter
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPNew research has confirmed what many Australian families already know – grandparents are unsung heroes in the community and they also have an influential role…