A new community partnership pilot to better support Australians experiencing homelessness and other complex circumstances to access essential government help has been unveiled today between…
The Governor-General His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd) has issued Letters Patent establishing a Royal Commission into the former debt assessment…
A review of Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) pricing has today been launched to cement the future of quality, innovative housing for eligible National Disability Insurance…
More than $22 million of taxpayers’ dollars has been prevented from going to scammers and fraudsters trying to rort the Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment…
Around 15,500 people living with disability will have access to better quality employment services and a greater chance of finding a long-term job following a…
Funding under the Labor Government’s Black Spot Program will substantially improve the safety of a number of dangerous crash sites across the country. The Hon.…
The Albanese Labor Government has today announced that $10.7 million in funding to support family, domestic and sexual violence responses in the Northern Territory will…
In the lead up to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s National Jobs and Skills Summit, the Hon. Bill Shorten, Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme…
The Albanese Labor Government will continue its important preparation for the September Jobs Summit with Social Services Minister Amanda Rishworth to host a Disability Employment…
Community Services Ministers met via video conference on 5 August 2022. Ministers commenced the meeting with a discussion on the interconnectedness of the issues impacting…
The Albanese Labor Government has today announced grants of $16 million under the National Early Childhood Program (NECP) and an additional $15 million under the Information Linkages…
Australian Government disaster payments are now available to eligible residents in five additional local government areas (LGAs) affected by the severe storms and flooding that…
With the launch of National Homelessness Week today, the Albanese Government is reaffirming its commitment to deliver an ambitious housing reform agenda, including a new…
Services Australia is on the move in Colac with the service centre relocating from its current site in Bromfield Street, to newly refurbished premises at…
The Albanese Labor Government is committed to protecting people living with disability and their carers from the latest COVID-19 winter wave and will launch a…
The Albanese Labor Government will today close the Cashless Debit Card program to new entrants as the next step to abolish the scheme. Around 100…
Federal Ministers will today meet with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Council on family, domestic and sexual violence to discuss the Albanese Labor…
The Albanese Labor Government is delivering on its election commitments and will today introduce legislation to Parliament to abolish the Cashless Debit Card. The Social…
More than 50,000 additional self-funded retirees will be helped to ease their cost of living pressures with the Albanese Labor Government taking action to enable…
More than 11 million Australian workers – including casuals – will have access to 10 days of paid family and domestic violence leave under Albanese…
Today, Commonwealth, state and territory governments agreed on a pathway to finalise the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022–32. Minister for…
I have received the resignation of The Hon. Dr Denis Napthine AO as Chair of the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) Board. I wish to…
Today, Housing Ministers met to discuss how they can work together on the housing and homelessness challenges Australia faces. Minister for Housing and Minister for…
The Albanese Labor Government is pleased to support today’s release of the National Plan Stakeholder Consultation Report (the Report) and thanks all contributors for their…
The Albanese Labor government will provide around $30 million per year over the next five-years to the home-based program that supports parents and carers to…