Assistant Minister for Social Services and Multicultural Affairs, Senator Zed Seselja, today welcomed recommendations outlined in the domestic adoption report released by the ACT Government,…
An updated social security agreement between Australia and Austria will take effect from March 2017. Minister for Social Services, Christian Porter, said under existing arrangements,…
The Assistant Minister for Social Services and Multicultural Affairs, Senator Zed Seselja, joined thousands of people at one of Australia’s largest multicultural festivals in Canberra…
Labor’s failure to fully fund the National Disability Insurance Scheme has been exposed as Bill Shorten floundered to explain Labor’s funding commitments for the Scheme…
The Australian Government is providing $3.23 million through the Sector Development Fund to assist Tasmania’s disability sector prepare for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).…
The Turnbull Government will commit $3 billion in funding to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), taking an important step towards fully and responsibly paying…
Five local service providers will share in $75 million of funding to deliver Local Area Coordination (LAC) and Early Childhood Early Intervention (ECEI) services in…
Up to $3 million will be made available to organisations as part of a new grant round designed to make the community more inclusive and…
$13 million will be made available to organisations across the country as part of a new grant round designed to make the community more inclusive…
The Turnbull Government will today introduce legislation to make the Australian child care system more affordable, flexible and accessible for Australian families, while implementing the…
Member for New England, Barnaby Joyce and Minister for Social Services, Christian Porter, today announced an extra $50,000 to help vulnerable young people in Tamworth.…
The Australian Government is offering grants of up to $10,000 to assist people with disability to participate in nationally-focused, disability-related conferences held in Australia. …
COAG Disability Reform Council Statement Nationally consistent protections for participants in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) will be put in place under a new…
Families of young children with disability can continue accessing support and advice through the Australian Government’s early intervention programs until the National Disability Insurance Scheme…
Assistant Minister for Social Services and Multicultural Affairs, Senator the Hon Zed Seselja, today visited a meatworks in Biloela, Queensland to see how an innovative…
The Commonwealth and Western Australian governments have finalised negotiations on a nationally consistent, WA-delivered NDIS, formalised in the signing of a bilateral agreement today. West…
The Australian Government is providing a package of more than $15.3 million to help people prepare for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), through the…
The Hon Jane Prentice, Assistant Minister for Social Services and Disability Services, today announced more than $5.8 million in funding to the Queensland Department of…
More than $6 million to support Northern Territory transition to NDIS The Australian Government is providing more than $6 million dollars through the National Disability…
Up to 1300 new jobs are expected to be created in the Northern Territory by 2020 as a result of the National Disability Insurance Scheme…
The Government has announced a Productivity Commission review into the National Disability Insurance Scheme costs consistent with the Heads of Agreements with the states and…
Australia’s annual celebration of our rich cultural diversity, Harmony Day, is now open for event registrations, the Assistant Minister for Social Services and Multicultural Affairs,…
The Board overseeing the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) will be expanded from 1 January 2017 to ensure it has the disability service, financial management,…
Adoptions have dropped to the lowest level on record, according to the AIHW report: Adoptions Australia 2015-16 released today. “Around 30,000 Australian children have been…
The Hon Jane Prentice, Assistant Minister for Social Services and Disability Services, said a decision by the Federal Court today is good news for eligible…