Working together for children in foster care
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPToday Commonwealth, State and Territory Ministers met in Canberra and agreed to develop a National Plan for Foster Carers and Children. This is the first…
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2002 Prime Minister’s Community Business Partnership Award Winners – ACT
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneI want to congratulate Acumen Alliance and Marymead Child and Family Care Centre, who have won the ACT Medium Business 2002 Prime Minister’s Award for…
NSW PM’s Community Business Partnership Award Winners
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneI want to congratulate DHL Worldwide Express and JJ Cahill Memorial High School for winning the NSW State Award in the Large Business category of…
Prime Minister’s Community Business Partnership Award Winners – Tasmania
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneI want to congratulate the two Tasmanian partnerships that have won State Awards in the 2002 Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Community Business Partnerships.…
Prime Minister’s Community Business Partnership Award Winners – SA
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneI want to congratulate the three South Australian partnerships that have won Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Community Business Partnerships. Burns for Blinds and…
Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Community and Business Partnerships – Queensland
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneI want to congratulate the three Queensland partnerships that have won State awards in the 2002 Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Community Business Partnerships.…
Prime Minister’s Community Business Partnership Award Winners – Victoria
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneI want to congratulate the four Victorian partnerships that have won awards in the 2002 Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Community Business Partnerships. A…
Disability Agreement Ready To Be Signed
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneState and Territory Disability Ministers appear to be deliberately holding up settling a third Commonwealth State and Territory Disability Agreement (CSTDA). In doing so, the…
2002 Prime Minister’s Community Business Partnership Award Winners – WA
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneI want to congratulate the Midland Brick Company and Hills Community Support Group who have won the WA State Award in the Large Business Category…
2002 Prime Minister’s Community Business Partnership Award Winners – NT
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneThe combined efforts of Alcan Gove, YBE Aboriginal enterprises, and a number of indigenous organisations and clans in north-east Arnhem Land have created YNOTS, a…
Smart card a smart way to tackle childhood obesity
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPA smart initiative to tackle childhood obesity by utilising the latest checkout technology was launched today by Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony.…
Beenleigh’s Families Now celebrates the terrific twos
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPMinister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, and Federal Member for Forde, Kay Elson, joined local Beenleigh families today to celebrate the second successful…
New Web Site to Help Bali Victims and Families
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneA new web site is now online to give Bali victims and their families a central point of information that contains all of the financial…
Salvos information for a safe summer
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPMinister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, today congratulated the Salvation Army for developing a free information booklet for teenagers highlighting the dangers of…
Kids – get your parents active
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPThis Sunday, children should get their parents out of the house for a game of backyard cricket or a kick of the football for Active…
Government to monitor corporatisation of child care
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPIncreased funding from the Coalition Government for child care has seen record numbers of child care services and children using care Minister for Children and…
Government Help for Bali Victims and Families
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneThe Howard Government is committed to helping Australians affected by the Bali bombings and will cover all reasonable expenses associated with the tragedy for victims…
Commonwealth offers landmark housing deal
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneAt today’s meeting with State and Territory Housing Ministers in Hobart I issued a challenge to the State and Territory governments by offering a new,…
Centacare To Combat Indigenous Family Homelessness In Salisbury
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneI am pleased to announce that Centacare has been chosen to deliver early intervention services designed to prevent Indigenous family homelessness in the Salisbury area.Indigenous…
Carers Week
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneCarers Week will be celebrated from 20-26 October 2002. The theme is ‘Are You a Family Carer?’ with the focus being on reaching hidden carers…
entrelink provides 24-hour help for Bali Disaster victims
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneCentrelink has extended the operating hours of its Bali Disaster hotline to 24 hour per day to ensure victims and their families get speedy access…
Centrelink Wins National Call Centre Award
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneCentrelink has been recognised as one of Australia’s leading organisations, outdoing the toughest private sector competition in the nation to win the coveted Teleservices Centre…
Disability Funding – the next steps
Media Release by Senator the Hon Amanda VanstoneIf today’s Communique represents a genuine start by the States and Territories to detail their five year funding commitments, then I welcome it. The Commonwealth…
Youth Allowance supporting more young Australians
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPMinister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, today said the Coalition Government had fulfilled its promise to better support young Australians through Youth Allowance.…
Helping families parent from a distance
Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MPParents spending significant periods away from their families will be assisted by a new book launched today by Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry…