The Australian Government is investing more than $1 million to support workforce innovations under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). The Hon Jane Prentice, Assistant…
Carers Queensland and BUSHkids will share more than $23 million to deliver Early Childhood Early Intervention (ECEI) and Local Area Coordination (LAC) services in Rockhampton…
The Turnbull Government’s welfare reforms will help people over 55 into work. Minister for Social Services, Christian Porter, rejected claims by Labor’s Brendan O’Connor and…
The Hon Jane Prentice MP, Assistant Minister for Social Services and Disability Services has announced $700,000 to expand the BuyAbility website with a new search…
Western Sydney will be the location for the head office of the new National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Quality and Safeguards Commission. Minister for Social…
The Turnbull government has always been committed to improving the 1800RESPECT service. We initially inherited a service where call wait times were more than 10…
Selected organisations specialising in business sector growth and transition have been invited to submit applications for leading a new $33 million Australian Government investment in…
Mandurah in Western Australia is to be the third and final location to trial drug testing of new job seekers. Minister for Social Services, Christian…
Community Services Ministers met in Darwin today and unanimously agreed more needs to be done at all levels of government to improve the safety and…
Assistant Minister for Social Services and Multicultural Affairs, Senator Zed Seselja, welcomed the unanimous agreement amongst the states and territories at today’s Community Services Ministers…
Community Services Ministers met in Darwin today and unanimously agreed more needs to be done at all levels of government to improve the safety and…
The Turnbull Government has announced Logan as the next location to trial drug testing of new job seekers and have access to a dedicated treatment…
The Turnbull Government today announced Canterbury-Bankstown in western Sydney as the first location to be identified for a trial of drug testing of new job…
Organisations seeking to increase inclusion and support people with disability are invited to apply for a national grant program. As part of the National Disability…
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has reached a major milestone with 100,000 Australians with disability now having choice and control over life-changing support delivered…
The Turnbull/Joyce Government announced the New South Wales city of Armidale as a new community-driven regional settlement location for the settlement of refugees. Deputy Prime…
The Turnbull Government today welcomed Medibank Health Solutions (MHS) new approach to providing trauma specialist counselling through the 1800RESPECT service for victims of domestic or…
People with disability across Australia will benefit from $60 million in Australian Government funding to continue support for disability advocacy services. Minister for Social Services,…
The Turnbull Government is today announcing a set of principles to guide its investment in programs that help our most vulnerable Australians. The guidelines reaffirm…
Commonwealth funding to support more than 700 critical frontline homelessness services will begin to flow to state and territory governments today. The new funding is…
Newly arrived humanitarian entrants have started to access a new pilot program designed to help them use their professional or trade skills and qualifications in…
A new panel of Disability Employment Service (DES) providers is being established to help people with disability find and keep jobs. The Hon Jane Prentice,…
The Federal Government will spend $313,000 to help people with disability take part in conferences across the country. Grants of up to $10,000 have been…
The Australian Government completely rejects the tenor of the ABC report published on Monday (31 July) in relation to alleged mistreatment of refugees in Fairfield.…
The Turnbull Government announced today the organisations that will deliver Australia’s redesigned settlement services supporting newly arrived refugees and humanitarian entrants. The new Humanitarian Settlement…