Roundtable: giving young Australians a voice
Media Release by The Hon Sussan Ley MPThirty young Australians have been chosen to represent the views of young people as members of the National Youth Roundtable 2005. The Parliamentary Secretary for…
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Emergency Relief Funding to Assist Those in Need
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay Patterson:Over $30 million for the Emergency Relief (ER) Programme, announced in the 2005-06 Budget, is to be distributed to the existing network of 900 agencies…
Queensland still to accept Howard Government’s offer on respite care
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonThe Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson has today attacked the Queensland Government over its failure to accept an offer by the…
Indigenous Youth Leaders 2005 Announced
Media Release by The Hon Sussan Ley MPPromoting issues of relevance to young Indigenous Australians will be the focus for the 17 members of the Howard Government’s National Indigenous Youth Leadership Group…
National Ageing and Disability Conference
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonThis year’s ACROD 2nd National Ageing and Disability Conference in Hobart brought together experts in the disability and carer fields to discuss issues facing older…
Australian Government helps Invermay Playgroup secure a permanent home
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonYoung children and their parents in Northern Tasmania will benefit from their playgroup owning its own premises with the help of funding from the Australian…
Howard Government gives helping hand to Tasmania’s volunteers
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonVolunteering in Tasmania will benefit from more than $310,000 in new funding from the Australian Government to acknowledge volunteers and encourage more people to give…
Howard Government gives helping hand to Tasmania’s volunteers
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonVolunteering in Tasmania will benefit from more than $310,000 in new funding from the Australian Government to acknowledge volunteers and encourage more people to give…
Successful mentor program to continue with more funding
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonThe Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson today announced the continuation of $390 000 over four years in Howard Government funding for…
Support for Australians following the London Bombings
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonThe Howard Government is saddened by the horrific events, which transpired in London on the morning of 7 July 2005. The Minister for Family and…
Audio cues opening the world of DVDs to more Australians
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonPeople who are blind or visually impaired will now have better access to blockbuster movies on DVDs such as Million Dollar Baby and Hotel Rwanda,…
Australian Government steps up national campaign against domestic violence
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonThe highly successful Violence Against Women, Australia Says Notelevision advertisements will resume later this month as part of a significantly boosted Australian Government campaign to…
Labor scaremongering over child care
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonLabor are once again scaremongering Australian families by only telling half the story about the cost of child care, following the release yesterday of the…
Child care sector growing
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonMore families and children are accessing more approved child care services with better qualified workers than ever before, demonstrating the Australian child care sector’s growth.…
New employment opportunities for people with disabilities
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonPeople with disabilities will be given a greater variety of employment choices with the opening of a packaging room in Melbourne today. The Minister for…
Self-funded retirees win more than $100 allowance windfall
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonMore than 290,000 self-funded retirees holding Commonwealth Seniors Health Cards (CSHC) are now receiving a $101.40 payment as the second instalment of the Howard Government’s…
Minister celebrates communities and children in East Gippsland
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonGippslanders were today invited to celebrate new activities and services for children and families in the area, at an event in Lakes Entrance hosted by…
Pension changes from 1 July 2005
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonAbout 900,000 part-pension recipients may get pension rate increases of up to $12.00 a fortnight from 1 July following the annual indexation of social security…
New Social Security Agreement with Belgium Commences
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonA new Social Security Agreement between Australian and Belgium will commence on 1 July 2005. The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson,…
States and Territories agree to SAAP V three month extension
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonAll Australian States and Territories have now accepted the Howard Government’s offer of an extension of the current Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP IV), for…
Government responds to ‘Watershed’ Child Custody Report
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonThe Government today tabled its response to the watershed report of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Family and Community Affairs on child custody,…
Listening to Young Indigenous Australians
Media Release by The Hon Sussan Ley MPFurther support and assistance for young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia will be a key issue of discussion at the meeting of…
More help for Australian families
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonExtra assistance for Australian parents returning to work following the birth of a child and the extension of Maternity Payment for adopted children will now…
Joint Government action gives Aboriginal people the powers to confront family violence and abuse
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonIndigenous South Australians will be helped to take action against family violence and child abuse in their own communities thanks to three major projects worth…
$1.4 million for early childhood services across Australia
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonTwenty-four early childhood services across Australia will be boosted to provide parental advice on the availability of other social support services with the help of…