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This week, Australia’s first ever Central Australian Aboriginal male health summit will be held near Alice Springs. Since the announcement of the Northern Territory Emergency…
The Government is delivering on its election commitment to strengthen the voice of rural women in shaping rural and regional policy by convening a National…
– Check against delivery – Acknowledgements Thank you Mrs Agnes Shea for your welcome to Ngunnawal Country. Welcome to my Parliamentary colleagues, Kirsten Livermore, the…
I am pleased to announce that the National Policy Commission on Indigenous Housing met for the first time today in Canberra. The Minister for Families,…
Legislation has been passed into law that will protect charitable sector employees from Howard Government 2006 Budget measures that would have seen many employees lose…
The Government has delivered in its election commitment by providing $1 million to the White Ribbon Foundation over the next four years to support and…
MACKLIN: Thanks very much everyone, for being here, with my Parliamentary Secretary, Bill Shorten, we’re very pleased to be here at Malkara School today. If…
Sing Australia is to receive more than $446,000 in Australian Government funding to expand its network of choirs in rural and regional areas, especially targeting…
MACKLIN: Thanks very much everyone, for being here, with my Parliamentary Secretary, Bill Shorten, we’re very pleased to be here at Malkara School today. If…
New services to support Indigenous families have been launched in eight locations around Australia as part of a $16.6 million Australian Government commitment to give…
Around 50,000 residents of Australia and Greece will soon have improved access to the age pension from the Greek and Australian Governments with the introduction…
More than 430,000 carers and 2.7 million seniors have started receiving more than $1.8 billion in bonuses from the Australian Government. All payments are due…
The recommendations of the final report of Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) Taskforce have included annual health checks for children and investment in housing in…
The Australian Government has marked the first birthday of the MyTime peer support groups by announcing $90,000 for four new pilot groups. Bill Shorten, made…
Tomorrow marks the first anniversary of the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER). The response was launched on 21 June 2007 following the recommendations of the…
The Australian Government is taking action to encourage Indigenous landowners in the Northern Territory to use significant resource industry payments for the long-term benefit of…
The first six Northern Territory locations to trial linking school attendance with welfare payments have been selected. Hermannsburg, Katherine, Katherine town camps, Wallace Rockhole, Wadeye…
The Rudd Government is taking urgent action to ensure employees in the charitable and not-for-profit sector are not hurt by the Howard Government’s 2006 budget…
A mobile child protection team has begun operating across the Northern Territory – one of two new child protection initiatives supported by the Australian and…
The Australian Government acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples throughout Australia and their continuing connection to land, water, culture and community. We pay our respects to the Elders both past and present.