Minister for Community Services Larry Anthony today welcomed the passage through Parliament of legislation that will greatly improve the Child Support Scheme. “The Child Support…
Thousands of Australian families will be paying less for child care from next week with an increase in Child Care Benefit (CCB) Minister for Community…
Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Amanda Vanstone, today announced the first measure to come out of a taskforce set up to relieve the…
Minister for Community Services Larry Anthony today urged Tasmanian Centrelink customers to take advantage of Centrepay to pay for their electricity bills. “The agreement signed…
Minister for Community Services Larry Anthony has today urged older Australians to take advantage of a Federal Government scheme that will reward them with a…
Minister for Community Services Larry Anthony today said only a third of eligible young people had claimed Youth Allowance after eligibility for the payment was…
Minister for Community Services Larry Anthony today said only a third of eligible young people had claimed Youth Allowance after eligibility for the payment was…
Minister for Community Services Larry Anthony said last minute negotiations have kept the South Melbourne Centrelink Office open for the next three months. “I have…
Claim forms for the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card are now available from Centrelink offices Minister for Community Services Larry Anthony announced today. “As part of…
Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Amanda Vanstone, today reaffirmed the Government’s commitment to a vibrant and unencumbered community sector where free speech and…
Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women, Senator Amanda Vanstone, today outlined how South Australia will benefit from the recent Federal Budget…
The Federal Government will sponsor two Australians to attend a reunion of Victoria Cross and George Cross recipients in London later this month. Minister for…
Senator Stott Despoja should apologise to sole parents for scaremongering and misleading them about the Government’s welfare reform proposals. Last night Senator Stott Despoja claimed…
The Australian’s Working Together package contains funding of $251 million to provide extra help for people receiving the Parenting Payment. Minister for Family and Community…
Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Amanda Vanstone said the Government would spend $5 million dollars on a number of pilot programs to look…
Thousands of Australians will significantly benefit from the $177 million ‘A better deal for People with Disabilities’ changes, Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator…
Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Amanda Vanstone, today announced funding of $62 million over four years for a new programme to help some…
Minister for Family and Community Services, Amanda Vanstone, today announced Government funding of $506 million to introduce a Working Credit that would encourage more people…
Indigenous communities in rural and remote Australia today received a major funding boost in today’s Federal Budget announcement of an extra $75 million over four…
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator the Hon Amanda Vanstone, and the Minister for Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business the Hon Tony…
The Government today announced an immediate response to the Report from the Prime Minister’s Youth Pathways Action Plan Taskforce: Footprints To The Future. The Minister…
Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Amanda Vanstone, said the Government would set aside $8.4 million over four years for research and education to…
The Government will provide in excess of $1.3 billion over 5 years as part of the Federal Budget to fund four new initiatives in the…
Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Amanda Vanstone, today announced that approval has been given to enter into a precommitment lease agreement for the…
Family and Community Services Minister Senator Amanda Vanstone said today that effective compliance in the welfare system needed customer cooperation as well as compulsion. Senator…