Media Releases by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP
Gunaikurnai Native Title Recognition
Attorney-General, Robert McClelland and the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, today welcomed the Federal Court’s recognition of the Gunaikurnai…
Membership of the Ministerial Expert Advisory Group on Gambling announced
Twenty-two people have been selected to advise the Australian Government on its gambling reforms through a new expert panel. The Ministerial Expert Advisory Group on…
Special Disability Trusts
The Australian Government today introduced legislation to change the rules surrounding Special Disability Trusts to give families and carers of people with severe disability more…
Introduction of legislation for new residency rules for Disability Support Pensioners
The Australian Government today introduced legislation to crack down on people on the Disability Support Pension (DSP) who live permanently overseas but return to Australia…
Consultations on Native Title Agreements and Payments
The Australian Government today announced the continuation of the national consultations on the tax treatment of native title and possible reforms to native title agreement…
Anti-Poverty Week
Today marks the start of Anti-Poverty Week – a week for all Australians to focus on the lives of those less fortunate. The Minister for…
Government seeks input from carers on National Carer Strategy
The Australian Government today released a discussion paper to inform the development of a National Carer Strategy at the launch of National Carers Week 2010.…
Driving change in the Northern Territory
Over the last three years the Australian Government has improved community safety and increased jobs for Indigenous people in the Northern Territory, as programs and…
Bath Inquiry into the Northern Territory child protection system
The Australian Government will immediately commit more than $34 million to boost measures to protect children from neglect and abuse in the Northern Territory (NT).…
Celebrating Australia’s first saint
The Government is supporting Australians to participate in the celebrations for the canonisation of our first saint, Mary MacKillop, and recognising the lifelong charitable work…
Get ready now for Australia’s first Paid Parental Leave Scheme
Parents and employers should get ready to benefit from the introduction of Australia’s first Paid Parental Leave scheme on 1 January next year. The Prime…
New Indigenous jobs and training at Ayers Rock Resort
More Indigenous people will have access to job and training opportunities following the purchase of the Ayers Rock Resort by the Indigenous Land Corporation. The…
First meeting of Paid Parental Leave implementation group
The Australian Government’s Paid Parental Leave Implementation Group met for the first time in Melbourne today. The implementation group will help ensure a smooth roll-out…
Australian Government meets with experts on National Disability Strategy
The Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, and the Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers, Senator Jan McLucas, today met…
Opposition caught out on Paid Parental Leave
The Federal Opposition has today confirmed they have no understanding of the Government’s Paid Parental Leave scheme. The Shadow Minister for Small Business, Bruce Billson’s…
Income management is improving lives in Western Australia
An independent evaluation has shown the Australian Government’s trial of child protection and voluntary income management in Perth and the Kimberley is having a positive…
Rolling out income management in the Northern Territory
A new tool to help ensure parents are providing their children with the necessities of life is now available across the Northern Territory. As part…
Improving the lives of people in Alice Springs
The Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, and the Minister for Central Australia, Karl Hampton, today visited two projects designed to improve the lives of…
Cape York welfare reform trial getting runs on the board
Amendments to the Family Responsibilities Commission Act 2008 have been passed in the Queensland State Parliament to reflect positive changes being made through the ground-breaking…
Transforming the Alice Springs town camps
The Australian and Northern Territory Governments today announced the details of the final package of housing and refurbishment works for the Alice Springs town camps.…
Progress underway in remote Indigenous communities
The Australian Government today released the second six monthly report from the Coordinator General for Remote Indigenous Services, Brian Gleeson, on the progress being made…
New Social Security Agreement with Poland
Today, on the International Day of Older Persons, a new Social Security Agreement with Poland comes into force, enabling more than 11,000 residents from both…
Applications for Australia’s first Paid Parental Leave scheme open today
From today working parents expecting a baby in the New Year will be able to lodge their claims for Paid Parental Leave. We know how…
House of Representatives Economics Committee to examine Wild Rivers
The Gillard Government today announced that it will refer the issues surrounding the Queensland Government’s Wild Rivers Act to the House of Representatives Economics Committee…
New committee to progress gambling reform
A new Joint Select Committee on Gambling Reform was established by the Parliament today. The committee was established to help progress the Gillard Government’s gambling…