E&OE. CHRIS UHLMANN: Kevin Andrews is the Minister for Social Services. Welcome to AM. MINISTER: Thank you Chris. CHRIS UHLMANN: Kevin Andrews, some research out…
E & OE UHLMANN: The Assistant Minister for Social Services is Senator Mitch Fifield. Welcome to AM. FIFIELD: Good morning Chris. UHLMANN: Does this decision…
ELIZABETH JACKSON: The federal Minister responsible for the NDIS is Mitch Fifield. He told AM’s James Glenday the Government isn’t trying to slow down the…
DOYLE: Mitch Fifield, you’re in Geelong for the opening of the National Disability Insurance Agency Headquarters. When it comes to the rollout of the NDIS,…
FANNING: Mitch Fifield is the Assistant Minister for Social Services with responsibility for disability care. He’s been listening to John Della Bosca and Senator Fifield…
E&OE Question: So Kevin what does this new overhaul include? Minister: What we’re concerned about is there are more than 1,000 people each week joining…
E&OE David: One new thing which the Government will actually provide is free relationship counselling for brides and grooms before they walk down the aisle.…
E&OE Greg Jennett: Let’s start first of all with that much vaunted Tony Abbott quote of the evening before the September election, no change to…
LIPSON: Mitch Fifield joins me now from Melbourne. Mitch Fifield thanks for your time today. First of all, let’s go to some of those questions…
PARTON: Now, we were detailing, prior to eight o’clock, some of the pessimistic rhetoric that’s going on in the lead up to this Federal Budget…
FORDHAM: I told you last week, right off the back of these inquiries underway at the moment into the Pink Batts scheme, that we need…
FERGUSON: Western Australia joined the rest of the country today with the states premier and Tony Abbott agreeing to trial sites for the National Disability…
E&OE Minister: (Inaudible)…Glenda Stevens, the CEO of Homelessness Australia and other guests and members of the Salvation Army. It is a privilege to be at…
E&OE PRESENTER: Morning thanks for your time today Minister MINISTER: My pleasure. PRESENTER: It wasn’t long ago I don’t think, in fact in the last…
KENNY: Thanks for joining us Mitch. FIFIELD: Good to be with you Chris. KENNY: I want to firstly go to this report that’s looked at…
COMPTON: The new federal Government have looked at the National Disability Insurance Scheme, they’ve commissioned a report into its capabilities and how it’s tracking so…
SANTOPIETRO: Good morning Senator. FIFIELD: Good morning Daniel. SANTOPIETRO: Ok, so Minister, what are the significant problems? FIFIELD: Well, when we came into Government last…
UHLMANN: The timetable for delivering national disability insurance is under review after a damning assessment of the decision to launch the scheme a year early.…
E&OE [Presenter plays an audio clip from harmony.gov.au as lead in to the interview] NICK RHEINBERGER: That’s from the Harmony.gov.au website featuring – or starring,…
E&OE SIMON WALLACE: Where are you from? And I don’t mean mum or dad were teachers so we moved around a lot. Where did your…
E&OE David Speers: More than 50 charities and not-for-profits have complained about your move to scrap the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission, they say it’s…
E&OE QUESTION: Senator Concetta, I think most of you will be well aware that she is the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social Services.…
E&OE Presenter: The future of the subsidised housing scheme for low income tenants in is doubt over claims it’s being manipulated to build accommodation for…
E&OE Marius Benson: Kevin Andrews can I begin with the good news, you’re increasing the pension. Minister: Indeed from March 20, 3.6 million pensioners will…
E&OE Question: If the gap is too big between Newstart and Disability Payment why not look at increasing Newstart which has been criticised as very…