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The Australian Government today released the National Indigenous Council Report to Government, January – December 2006. Minister for Families, Community services and Indigenous Affairs, Mal…
St George Illawarra Rugby League Club (Dragons) players and officials will promote healthy lifestyles and goal-setting with groups of at risk young people, under an…
Minister for Community Services, Senator the Hon. Nigel Scullion, today met with members of the 2007 National Youth Roundtable (Roundtable) in Canberra to hear first…
The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) trials operating in eight Indigenous communities across Australia will be built on as part of the Government’s Blueprint for…
Minister for Health and Ageing Tony Abbott and Minister for Indigenous Affairs Mal Brough have announced the Australian Government’s expanded efforts to help Indigenous communities…
"The Labor Party’s campaign on child care has been exposed as nothing more than scaremongering," Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Mal Brough,…
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Nigel Scullion, signed a Shared Responsibility Agreement (SRA) with Radio Station 3KND at the new South East…
Ten people with disability in Geelong, Victoria will have further employment opportunities through a new industrial café, supported by $78,400 in Australian government funding. Minister…
"If Labor doesn’t accept that major Australian Government initiatives in Indigenous communities to improve law and order and enhance community safety aren’t the right approach,…
Queensland Premier Peter Beattie’s support for shared responsibility agreements with Cape York Indigenous communities is a welcome development," Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous…
The re-announcement today by the Australian Labor Party of council-run child care waiting lists is nothing but smoke and mirrors. Minister for Families, Community Services…
All States and Territories have now signed bilateral agreements with the Australian Government to help young people with a disability move out of residential aged…
27 new Early Intervention Service preferred providers have been announced today by the Australian Government at a further investment of $14.2 million. In announcing the…
Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Mal Brough today acknowledged the decision by Sir Laurence Street that the policeman involved in the death…
The failure of the current child protection system was made evident today through the release of child protection figures by the Australian Institute for Health…
Minister John Cobb, Acting Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, says that the Australian Government takes the issue of homeless people, or those…
Federal Minister for Community Services, John Cobb, today met with prominent housing industry leaders to discuss options and models to deliver more affordable housing for…
John Cobb, acting Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, today said that Kevin Rudd’s comments on child care prove the Australian Labor Party,…
Acting Federal Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Minister John Cobb said the Government yesterday provided information on Child Care Vacancy Data in response to…
Acting Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister John Cobb today welcomed the overdue New South Wales Government response to the report of the Aboriginal Child Sexual Assault…
The Australian Government will extend the exemption period of principal home sale proceeds from 12 months to up to 24 months for affected pensioners from…
Acting Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, John Cobb, today said from 1 January 2007, individuals and families would be further supported with…
The Australian Government acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples throughout Australia and their continuing connection to land, water, culture and community. We pay our respects to the Elders both past and present.