Media Releases by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP
Release of Pension Review Report and Retirement Incomes Report
The findings of the review of Australia’s pension system and the review of retirement incomes were today officially released by the Australian Government. The Pension…
A national approach to protecting children at risk
The Rudd Government is providing $63.0 million over four years to help protect Australia’s vulnerable children from child abuse and neglect under the National Framework…
Reform of family payments
The Rudd Government will take important steps to reform family payments to make them more sustainable for the long-term. Australia’s spending on family payments is…
Re-setting the Relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
The Australian Government will invest $148.9 million in a range of new measures to help re-set the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. The Government’s…
Social security agreements with the Czech Republic, Slovak Republic and Latvia
As part of the 2009-10 Budget, the Rudd Government has finalised negotiations with the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic and Latvia to introduce social security…
Assistance for Self-Funded Retirees
The Australian Government recognises the impact of the global recession on the incomes of self-funded retirees and is providing extra assistance in the 2009-10 Budget.…
Simpler rules for separated families
Rules about the care of children of separated parents will be made simpler and more consistent following changes made in the 2009-10 Budget. Separated parents…
$10.3 million boost for volunteering
Fifty Volunteer Resource Centres around Australia will benefit from $10.3 million in Australian Government funding to support a skilled, well-trained and well-resourced volunteer workforce. Celebrating…
Secure and Sustainable Pension Reform: New ‘work bonus’ for Age Pensioners
Age and service pensioners will be able to keep more of the money they earn through part time work under the Australian Government’s Secure and…
Supporting Australians affected by disaster
The 2009-10 Budget details the level of financial support provided to Australians affected by the devastating Victorian bushfires, the North Queensland floods, the South East…
Extra support for people with disability and their carers
The Rudd Government is strengthening its commitment to people with disability and carers by providing extra support through a range of initiatives in the 2009-10…
Secure and Sustainable Pension Reform: Three million Australian pensioners benefit from reforms
Australia’s single pensioners will receive increases of up to $32.49 a week as part of the Australian Government’s Secure and Sustainable Pension Reforms. All 3.3…
Secure and Sustainable Pension Reform: A pension that keeps up with the cost of living
New indexation arrangements will better reflect cost of living increases for pensioners as part of the Government’s Secure and Sustainable Pension Reform. A new Pensioner…
Secure and Sustainable Pension Reform: New payment for 500,000 carers across Australia
Around 500,000 carers across Australia will receive a new, permanent, Carer Supplement to help them meet the significant financial challenges they face, as part of…
Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory
The Rudd Government is strengthening measures to enhance community safety, tackle child abuse and rebuild communities in the Northern Territory, committing $807.4 million over three…
Secure and Sustainable Pension Reform: Increased payments and better assessment for disability pensioners
Around 720,000 Australians receiving the Disability Support Pension will receive pension increases as part of the Government’s Secure and Sustainable Pensions Reforms. Many disability support…
Boost for emergency relief and money management projects
To help vulnerable Australians during the global recession, the Rudd Government will provide an additional $130.4 million to double funding for Emergency Relief and expand…
Strengthening Australia’s Indigenous visual arts sector
The Rudd Government will provide almost $10 million over four years to increase funding for Indigenous art centres and organisations, and support Indigenous employment. The…
Secure and Sustainable Pension Reform: Simpler and more flexible pension system
Pension payments will be simpler, fairer and more flexible under the Australian Government’s Secure and Sustainable Pension Reforms. The reforms provide certainty for Australian pensioners…
Secure and Sustainable Pension Reform: Age Pension Age
As part of the Government’s Secure and Sustainable Pension Reform, in 2017 the qualifying age for the Age Pension will gradually increase from 65 to…
Pension reform: impact on aged care and public housing
The Australian Government is taking steps to provide certainty to pensioners who live in aged care facilities and public housing who are concerned about the…
$10 million to expand the Sporting Chance Program
The Rudd Government will invest a further $10 million over four years to support the expansion of the Sporting Chance Program to improve the education,…
Over $200 million for closing the gap in Indigenous health
The Rudd Government is investing a further $204.3 million in the 2009-10 Budget to improve health care in Indigenous communities and help close the life…
Additional $50 million for Native Title System
The Rudd Government will provide additional funding to support the native title system so that it can help close the gap between Indigenous and non…
$1.3 billion towards closing the gap
The Australian Government has committed $1.3 billion to continue driving its national reform agenda to close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. This is…