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Government Assistance Available for Older Australians

Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay Patterson

With Seniors Weeks happening in Victoria, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory next week, the Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay…

Pensions to Rise on March 20

Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay Patterson

Around 3.8 million pensioners and adults receiving income support will benefit from a further rise in the pension and adult allowance rates from 20 March…

Capital Grants for Community Based Child Care

Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MP

 Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony today announced funding of $3 million to assist community based child care services to upgrade their facilities.…

Helping organisations to protect children

Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MP

Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, today announced an extra $300,000 in Australian Government funding for a project helping children and youth organisations…

Swan – a policy-free zone with 48-hour used-by date

Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay Patterson

Labor’s call for poverty summits and setting targets is no substitute for strong economic growth and programs targeted at tackling the causes of hardship, the…

$225,000 Available For Disability Conference Funding

Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay Patterson

Disability organisations are eligible to apply for up to $225,000 in funding to enable people with a disability to attend conferences in Australia the Minister…

More help for separated men

Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MP

 Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, today said that men going through separation are more likely to seek help than they were just…

Swan Is Scaremongering Over Data Matching

Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay Patterson

Opposition spokesman on family and community services, Wayne Swan, has once again stooped to blatant scaremongering by claiming that the Government will force pensioners to…

Pension bonus provides more funds for retirement

Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay Patterson

Older Australians can receive a tax-free bonus of up to $27,666 over and above their age pension if they choose to stay longer in the…

Women’s Wages Grow Three Times Faster Under Coalition

Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay Patterson

Women’s wages have grown three times faster under the Coalition Government than under Labor, the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on the Status of Women,…

International Women’s Day (8 March)

Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay Patterson

The Australian Government will provide $95,000 in sponsorship for a national sexual assault conference to be held in Melbourne in September, Senator Kay Patterson, Minister…

Wayne Swan stands by Labor’s economic record

Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay Patterson

Given the opportunity to distance himself from the economic mismanagement of the previous Labor Government and prove that Labor under Latham had learned some lessons…

Swan picks new fight with Latham

Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MP

Shadow Minister for Family and Community Services, Wayne Swan, today picked a new fight with Labor Leader, Mark Latham, over child care workers wages, Minister…

Wayne Swan is a policy free zone!

Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay Patterson

Other than Mark Latham’s Reading Aloud to children policy, the Labor Party has not released one single policy initiative in Wayne Swan’s Family and Community…

Lifeline For People Experiencing Domestic Violence

Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay Patterson

Lifeline will receive $500,000 funding to help assist victims of domestic violence Senator Kay Patterson, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on the Status of Women,…

Swan admits he was wrong

Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MP

 Wayne Swan’s statement today regarding the Australian Government’s Stronger Families and Communities Strategy is yet another example of Labor flip flop politics. At the start…

Helping organisations to protect children

Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MP

 Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, today announced an extra $300,000 in Australian Government funding for a project helping children and youth organisations…

Canberra Lights Up For International Women’s Day

Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay Patterson

From tonight, some of Canberra’s landmarks on Lake Burley Griffin will glow with purple in celebration of International Women’s Day on 8 March. The High…