In an Australian first, the disability sector have come together with First Nations people to launch an Easy Read interpretation of the Uluru Statement of…
Australians at risk of online gambling harm will be better protected through a ban on credit card payments and fines of up to $234,750 for…
I have been informed that Rebecca Skinner PSM, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Services Australia, will resign from the Australian Public Service (APS) effective…
The Albanese Labor Government is inviting submissions seeking innovative approaches to community sector grant funding. Minister for Social Services Amanda Rishworth said the Government is…
The Albanese Government is set to deliver the single biggest investment in social and affordable housing in more than a decade, with welcome new support…
From today, anyone around the world will be able to access an Australian-led data initiative aimed at reducing the rates of family, domestic and sexual…
The Government has appointed former Minister for Health and current Chair of VicHealth, Nicola Roxon, as the new Chair of the Australian Institute of Health…
The NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission has today released the Insights Report: Own Motion Inquiry into Platform Providers Operating in the NDIS market. Minister for…
More than 5.5 million Australians will receive an increase to their income support payments and pensions when indexation takes effect in two weeks’ time on…
Two men accused of defrauding National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participants have been banned from delivering NDIS services and are now facing even more serious…
The Albanese Labor Government has today opened public consultations on the development of a National Autism Strategy – Australia’s inaugural national strategy dedicated to improving…
Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme Bill Shorten said the programs funded by these grants will help build the capacity of people with disability…
The Hon Bill Shorten MP, Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme and the Minister for Government Services, announced today that Mr Kim Terrell has…
The Albanese Government has highlighted its commitment to ending violence against women and children, by encouraging men and boys to champion behaviour change at the…
The Albanese Labor Government is focused on building the capability of families and carers of children with disability or developmental concerns in early childhood and…
The Albanese Labor Government is delivering on its commitment to increase frontline and community sector jobs for family, domestic and sexual violence support services, with…
Several organisations, including Gymnastics Australia, have been declared participating institutions under the National Redress Scheme. Survivors who have experienced child sexual abuse at participating declared…
The Albanese Labor Government is investing in new ways to support victim-survivors of family, domestic and sexual violence. More than $103 million is being invested…
Twenty community organisations from around Australia will share in $400,000 to deliver a digital skills program that will benefit at least 800 women from refugee,…
The Albanese Labor Government believes victim-survivors of sexual violence deserve equal access to justice across Australia. Today, the Australian Government convened a national roundtable to…
The Albanese Labor Government has signed 54 large employers to JobAccess in 15-months, with the 400th employer now joining the scheme. Funded by the Federal…
Australians at risk of experiencing gambling harm will now be able to self-exclude from all licensed interacting wagering services following the launch today of BetStop…
All Australian governments have agreed to concrete actions and measurable targets to end gender-based violence within a generation with the release of two Action Plans…
A project by Women’s Health NSW to raise awareness of a non-fatal strangulation (NFS) in sexual and domestic violence cases as a precursor to escalating…
The Albanese Labor Government has committed $44 million in funding to strengthen support for First Nation families and children at risk of entering out-of-home care…