The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today welcomed the 7000th volunteer walking through the door of Volunteering ACT’s Belconnen Volunteer Resource…
Tomorrow is National Families Day, which marks the culmination of National Families Week. The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, said the…
In last night’s Budget reply speech Opposition Leader, Mark Latham, seemed to forget about women altogether. Despite an earlier doorstop with The Shadow Minister Assisting…
In an astonishing attack on Australia’s young people, Leader of the Opposition, Mark Latham has displayed that he will say anything to win a vote,…
Opposition Leader Mark Latham refused on two occasions tonight to give Australian families a guarantee that they would not receive less family benefits under Labor…
The Australian Government’s 2004–05 Budget has allocated an additional $52 million over two years for Centrelink’s Call Centres to ensure the high quality of service…
The Australian Government’s 2004-05 Budget will provide additional funding of $147.5 million for more child care places to help even more Australian families balance their work…
A major campaign to encourage Centrelink customers to report changes in their circumstances is expected to save taxpayers $214.9 million over four years, the Minister…
A programme helping families who are at risk of becoming homeless has been extended with funding of $10.4 million over four years in the 2004-05 Budget, the…
All scholarships that pay tuition fees on a student’s behalf, or waive all, or part of, a student’s tuition fee, will no longer be included…
A record $19.2 billion extra assistance for Australian families, more support and flexibility for elderly and young carers, 44,000 more child care places and helping…
The Australian Government will provide $22.9 million over four years to continue the groundbreaking Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey, the Minister…
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today announced five key measures in the 2004–05 Budget which are estimated to save taxpayers…
Australian families will benefit from increased family assistance worth $19.2 billion over five years under the Government’s More Help for Families package. The package will…
Deaf Australians will have better access to Auslan interpreters with $18.4 million committed over four years to establish a central unit to book and pay for…
A one-off boost of up to $1000 for carers, an extension of Carer Allowance, more support for young carers and elderly parents caring for a…
More than $13 million will be spent over four years to give humanitarian entry families better access to family support and more assistance for newly…
“The 2004-05 Budget reflects the Australian Government’s strong ongoing commitment to the women of Australia across all spheres of government activity. It outlines the initiatives…
Claims by the unions, welfare groups and community child care representatives that the child care sector is ‘in danger of collapse’ could not be further…
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today announced funding of more than $490,000 for three new projects that will benefit Indigenous…
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today launched the Community Business Partnership Brokerage Service regional seminar series in Bendigo. “The Bendigo…
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today visited the Loddon Mallee Housing Services, which is part of a consortium recently awarded…
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today officially launched the Green Corps Biodiversity Enhancement Project in Ballarat. Senator Patterson said the…
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today officially launched the Onkaparinga Children and Families Website. Senator Patterson said that funding of…
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today announced a funding package of $435,000 for Bedford Industries Inc. South Australia. “The funds…