The Australian Government will provide funding of $139.9 million to extend 389 projects aimed at building the individual capacity and increasing the social, economic and…
Australians on a pension will today be waking up to see a boost in their bank accounts, thanks to the largest pension indexation increase in…
Businesses will be better supported to break down barriers to employment with $20 million in grant funding to ensure more Australians living with disability, who…
The Albanese Labor Government is today again reiterating its requests that Optus cooperate with Government agencies to help us help Australians who are caught up…
The Albanese Government thanks the Productivity Commission for its final study report into the review of the National Housing and Homelessness Agreement (NHHA). The…
Winners of the Albanese Labor Government’s Stop it at the Start Respect Stories competition have been announced, with 10 school students selected from submissions across…
From Saturday 1 October, thousands of regional Australians will be helped into their first home through the Albanese Government’s Regional First Home Buyer Guarantee –…
The Albanese Labor Government has today delivered on a key election commitment and secured the passage of legislation to abolish the failed cashless debit card…
National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participants will have faster, easier access to minor home modifications, Minister for the NDIS, the Hon. Bill Shorten has announced…
Australian Paralympic legend and disability advocate Kurt Fearnley AO has been appointed Chairman of the Board of the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA). The NDIA…
The Albanese Labor Government is delivering a long-term plan to ensure certainty, choice and support to communities moving off the cashless debit card program. Following…
The Services Australia Aurora Neurodiversity Program is now recruiting people with autism into digital and ICT roles in one of the APS’s largest and most…
Member for Maribyrnong and Minister for the NDIS and Government Services Bill Shorten says the Victorian Government’s announcement that Keilor East will have a brand-new…
Former chief executive of Telstra David Thodey AO will lead a panel of experts overseeing an expansive user audit of myGov. Minister for Government Services…
A new approach will see National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participants discharged from hospital more quickly, Minister for the NDIS, the Hon. Bill Shorten said…
Housing and Homelessness Ministers met on Friday 9 September 2022 to continue working together to address housing and homelessness challenges across Australia. Ministers held one minute silence…
The Australian Bureau of Statistics will receive an additional $4 million to better measure barriers and incentives to labour force participation. Following the successful Jobs and…
The Albanese Labor Government will seek to reduce the financial impact on pensioners looking to downsize their homes in an effort to minimise the burden…
The Albanese Labor Government will create more employment opportunities for Australians living with disability by connecting them with meaningful work in the visitor economy. Social…
Government website myGov has had a facelift to make connecting with government services online simpler and there is more to come, with busy work underway…
More than 4.7 million Australians will receive a much-needed boost to their social security payments from this month to help ease cost of living pressures. Minister…
The Albanese Government will unlock up to $575 million to deliver social and affordable housing following the Jobs and Skills Summit. The Government understands the…
The Albanese Labor Government will continue its commitment to closing the gap on disability employment, by committing to work on a Memorandum of Understanding with…
The Albanese Labor Government will partner with Australia’s technology sector to create virtual work experience opportunities for secondary school students and post-school leavers who experience…
Minister for the NDIS, Bill Shorten, is zeroing in on those who would fleece Australians with permanent and significant disability of their National Disability Insurance…