Helping Australia’s homeless
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonThe Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, said today’s release of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report on the Supported…
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PM’s Awards showcase employers who give people with disabilities a go
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonThe Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today announced the state and territory winners of the 2003 Prime Minister’s Employer of the…
Prime Minister’s Community Business Partnership Award winners – Western Australia
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonThe Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson today congratulated the two Western Australian partnerships for winning in the 2003 Prime Minister’s Awards…
Prime Minister’s Community Business Partnership Award winners – New South Wales
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonThe Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today congratulated the two New South Wales partnerships who won awards in the 2003 Prime…
New resources for Tasmanian playgroups
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPMinister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, today launched a resource pack to help newly established and existing playgroups across Tasmania with start-up material…
New Child Support Agency in Hobart brings 50 jobs
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPSeparated parents in Hobart will have improved access to the Child Support Agency with a new office being opened today by Minister for Children and…
Prime Minister’s Community Business Partnership Award winners – Queensland
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonThe Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today congratulated the three winning Queensland partnerships in the 2003 Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence…
Prime Minister’s Community Business Partnership Aware winners – Victoria
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonThe Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today congratulated the four Victorian partnerships that have won awards in the 2003 Prime Minister’s…
Warrior Women in Canberra
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonA moving and insightful art exhibition created by women exploring their experiences of breast cancer was launched by Senator Kay Patterson, Federal Minister Assisting the…
Talking to families to reduce likelihood of FTB overpayments
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonThe Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, said she was committed to work with families to find ways to reduce overpayments of…
Prime Minister’s Community Business Partnership Aware winners – Northern Territory
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonThe Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today congratulated Woodside Energy Limited and Asthma Northern Territory whose partnership won the Northern Territory…
Prime Minister’s Community Business Partnership Aware Winners – ACT
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonThe Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today congratulated the Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre and Citigroup for their winning partnership in the…
Helping fathers will help kids
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPMinister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, today announced an additional $150,000 in funding for Men’s Line Australia – an Australian Government initiative providing…
$1 coin to commemorate the centenary of women’s suffrage
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonThe Australian Government will celebrate the Centenary of Women’s Suffrage by minting for general circulation a $1 coin commemorating women’s suffrage The Minister Assisting the…
Collins wrong on child care facts again
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPMinister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony today said that Labor has shown again that they know nothing about how child care works. “Contrary…
Overwhelming support for the National Agenda for Early Childhood
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPOn this Universal Children’s Day the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, said the Australian Government’s consultations with key early childhood stakeholders overwhelmingly…
Poverty and hardship submission
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonThe Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today welcomed the publication of the Department of Family and Community Services’ submission for the…
Carers Week 2003
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonMinister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today said Australians should applaud the dedication and commitment of more than two million carers across…
Government improving, not cutting support for child care
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPMinister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, today rejected claims by the Australian Labor Party that the Government was considering cuts to child care.…
New support for trafficking victims
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonTrafficking is a fundamental abuse of human rights and will not be tolerated by the Australian Government. To this end a $5.6 million victim support…
2003 National Indigenous Youth Leadership Group
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPMinister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, will today welcome the 2003 National Indigenous Youth Leadership Group to Parliament House, to discuss what they…
Labor scare campaign on Carers Allowance
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonLabor has resorted to its standard tactic of waging a scare campaign to divert Australians from the truth – the simple fact is this Government’s…
Holes in Children’s Week
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPMinister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, today launched the advance screening of the Disney film ‘Holes’ at Parliament House, Canberra to promote the…
Sporting chance for children
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPMinister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, today told national sporting associations that they have a key role to play in addressing the high…
Job seekers on benefits falls to 10-year low
Media Release by Senator the Hon Kay PattersonThe number of jobseekers receiving income support payments has fallen to a 10-year low, the Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, said…