50 Young Australians Ready For Roundtable
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPMinister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, today announced the 50 young Australians chosen to be members of the National Youth Roundtable 2004. Mr…
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Boost in disability funding – Now it’s time for Mr Latham to act
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonThe Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today called on the Labor Party to pass vital reforms which would assist people with…
Deeming Rates Keep Pace With Higher Returns
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonThe Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today announced new deeming rates to apply to pension and allowance payments from 20 March…
Improvements to retirement income policy
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonThe Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today welcomed the launch of the Government’s Statement “A more flexible and adaptable retirement income…
Interest Free Loan Schemes Continues
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonThe Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today announced that the popular Centrepay ‘No Interest Loan Scheme’ (NILS) pilot had been extended…
Families’ $90-a-week payment missed by ACOSS
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonAn ACOSS report into the cost of care for babies and young children has failed to include Government assistance to Australian families of an average…
National Pancake Day Launch of UnitingCare SHARE Appeal in Victoria
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonThe Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today launched the National Pancake Day UnitingCare SHARE Appeal in Victoria. Senator Patterson said UnitingCare’s…
ACOSS Child Care Assumptions Wrong
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPACOSS research released today on the costs of child care requires a good understanding of the fine print, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry…
Extra Centrelink Funding To Deal With Private Trusts
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonCentrelink will get an extra $7.8 million to assist it to deal with customers who have private trusts and companies claiming social security benefits. The…
Parents Tell Government How To Help
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPMinister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony today announced $3.2 million for a range of projects that will inform the Australian Government how it…
Helping families at risk
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPMinister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, today released an evaluation report on the Australian Government’s Early Intervention Parenting Program that highlights its success…
Who’s Right? Mr Latham Or Mr Swan?
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonThe Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, said the Opposition Leader Mark Latham is at odds with his Family and Community Services…
Latham Endorses Government’s Strategy
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPMark Latham’s speech to the Press Club today was a glowing endorsement of the Government’s highly successful Stronger Families and Communities Strategy and focus on…
Mr Swan’s Negativity Does Nothing To Help Australian Families
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonCompared with the same time last year some 12 per cent more families have received a top-up payment and 14 per cent fewer families have…
Prevention And Early Intervention The Key To Reducing Family Homelessness
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonAn independent report on the Family Homelessness Prevention Pilot shows that 90 per cent of families who were assisted by the targeted program stayed in…
Labor called on to guarantee $800 family top-up payments
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonThe Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, has called on the Labor Party to guarantee top-up payments, which deliver around $800 a…
Middle-aged working households hold wealth
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonWealth in Australia is mainly held by middle-aged working people who are saving for their retirement, according to a new major survey on wealth and…
South Australia found to have complied with housing funding rules
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonThe Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, said today that her Department had found that South Australia had complied with the formal…
Howard Government’s record support for families
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonThe Howard Government has supported and strengthened families with a record $19 billion of annual assistance to help families with the cost of raising their…
Parental Income Test Linking
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPMinister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, today announced that the Australian Government will waive a large number of Youth Allowance overpayments that have…
January Unemployment Benefit Claims Fall To 13-Year Low
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonStrong economic growth and job opportunities have resulted in a 5.5% fall in the number of people claiming unemployment benefits in the year to January…
Increased support for jobseekers with a disability
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonThe Australian Government will increase assistance for people who have a disability to participate in community life and paid work, the Minister for Family and…
Supporting and strengthening Australian families
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonThe Howard Government has supported and strengthened families with a record $19 billion of annual assistance to help families with the cost of raising their…
Revised Government Offer to Bring Down the Cost of Interstate Travel for Seniors
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonThe Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today called on state and territory governments to accept a revised Australian Government offer that…
Growing Up in Australia Study Launched
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonNinety-six per cent of four-year-olds are read to by a family member at least once a week, preliminary findings of a new major study have…