Media Releases by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

New Health Plan to Help Close the Gap

The Australian Government has released the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan – an evidence-based policy framework to guide policies and programs to…

Tackling alcohol abuse in Coober Pedy

The Australian Government is investing $367,000 over the next two years to help tackle alcohol abuse in Coober Pedy. Minister for Families, Community Services and…

Delivering DisabilityCare for Parramatta

People with disability, their families and carers came together in Parramatta today to celebrate DisabilityCare Australia, the national disability insurance scheme, being rolled out across…

Teaming up to tackle youth homelessness

Federal Labor and the Australian Football League have teamed up to tackle youth homelessness with the Australian Government providing a $960,000 funding boost to Ladder…

Supporting parents into work critical

New research released today shows the importance of the Labor Government’s commitment to supporting jobless families back into work. The report, Parental Joblessness and financial…

Celebrating NAIDOC Week

The Australian Government today welcomed the start of National Aboriginal and Islanders Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) Week with more than $1.4 million in funding to…

More housing for remote communities

More than 150 remote indigenous houses have been built in Queensland over the past 12 months under the National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing…

Schoolkids Bonus starts arriving today

The second instalment of Federal Labor’s Schoolkids Bonus will start arriving in the bank accounts of 1.3 million families from today. Eligible families will receive…

DisabilityCare Australia opens its doors

Australians with significant and permanent disability will for the first time have the power to choose the support they need and how that support is…