The Howard Government will deliver $300,000 in funding to the Migrant Information Centre to help recently arrived migrants and refugees living in Melbourne’s east with…
A new project supported by the Howard Government will help around 300 Melbourne humanitarian entrant families maintain strong family relationships and adjust to life in…
More than 40 families from the Tumut Shire will benefit from over $70,000 in Howard Government funding for a new Long Day Care centre in…
Four Indigenous communities in Queensland have been chosen as sites for “Safe Havens”, new temporary homes for children and young people wishing to escape potential…
Child care providers will, for the first time receive more comprehensive assistance, following the selection of preferred providers as Professional Support Coordinators. The Minister for…
The Howard Government’s response to two reports, detailing the historical abuse of children in institutional and out-of-home care, and contemporary child protection issues respectively, has…
:The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, last night presented awards at the 2005 National Awards for Local Government to winners for…
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today said the Howard Government’s commitment to support people needing crisis accommodation could not be…
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today pledged that her department would cut red tape to make it easier for community…
Under a new project supported by Howard Government around 750 humanitarian entrant families over the next three years will find it easier to become part…
The Howard Government will deliver $2 million in funding over three years for projects in Kwinana, Western Australia, under the $142 million Communities for Childreninitiative.…
A Howard Government funded program to help separated or divorced parents stay in contact with their children has received an extra three quarters of a…
The Australian and Greek Governments have agreed on a method of calculation of Australian pensions under the proposed Social Security Agreement between the two countries.…
The Minister for Family and Community Services and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women’s Issues, Senator Kay Patterson, today called on women to be…
For the first time access to an online catalogue of products and services offered by disability business services across Australia is available.The Minister for Family…
New family relationship services will be introduced at 33 locations around the nation as the Howard Government moves to further boost early intervention and prevention…
Today’s release of the National Ethnic Disability Alliance’s (NEDA) innovative strategic plan sets out its future direction in supporting people with a disability from culturally…
Australia’s 2.6 million carers will be better supported in their caring role with the aid of a useful reference guide produced by the Howard Government…
The Howard Government will deliver almost $1 million in funding for the continuation of two youth services in Dubbo and the Cobar/Bogan/Warren region as part…
A new federally funded residential treatment facility in regional Victoria, will help the Australian Government’s Tough on Drugs Strategy, to further reduce illicit drug use,…
Coinciding with World Rural Women’s Day, two unique and innovative information resources linking women’s organisations and community groups throughout Australia have been launched in Melbourne.…
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, said her new measures would assist parents, with the capacity, to contribute financially to the…
A new e-Learning tool to help reduce the suicide rate and the immeasurable impact of suicide on families has been launched today by Minister for…
Practitioners working with men and fathers had the opportunity to discuss issues affecting men and their family relationships at a forum in Canberra today. The…
The Minister for Family and Community Services, has today welcomed moves by Western Australia to strengthen their child care standards, but slammed NSW and Victoria…