Media Releases by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP
Rudd Government delivers Paid Parental Leave
The Rudd Government has made an historic decision to commit $731 million over five years to Australia’s first comprehensive, statutory, Paid Parental Leave scheme. The…
$4.4 million for parenting website
The Raising Children website will be expanded to include parenting information on pre-teen and teenage years with the help of a $4.4 million Australian Government…
Rudd Government to Introduce Paid Parental Leave
The Rudd Government will deliver an historic Paid Parental Leave (PPL) scheme to support Australian families and prepare Australia for the economic and social challenges…
Nation Building Economic Stimulus Plan supporting construction jobs in Western Australia
The Australian and Western Australian Governments today announced that construction is underway on the repairs and maintenance component of the Rudd Government’s Nation Building Economic…
Removal of Asbestos at Areyonga
Asbestos removalists, McMahon Services, this week began work on removing asbestos containing debris in the remote community of Areyonga in the Northern Territory. In April,…
$90,000 for Youth Insearch
Counselling and support services for vulnerable youth will be boosted in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria with a $90,000 Australian Government grant to Youth…
Same-sex reform education campaign
The Australian Government will provide $450,000 for a community education campaign to inform same-sex couples about implications of recent reforms to legislation, which enable same-sex…
$125 million Alice Springs Transformation Plan
The Australian and Northern Territory Governments have written to Tangentyere Council with a significantly expanded offer of more than $125 million for housing, infrastructure and…
National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children
The Australian Government is providing $61.6 million over four years to help protect Australia’s vulnerable children from child abuse and neglect under the National Framework…
$178 million jobs and housing bonanza for Queensland
Work is underway on the biggest ever investment in social housing infrastructure since the Chifley era – the first phase of which will see the…
Australian Government extends support for Victorians affected by bushfires
Employees, farmers and small business operators affected by the Victorian bushfires will continue to receive financial support from the Australian Government’s Income Recovery Subsidy, which…
$1.9 million to tackle child abuse
The Australian Government will provide $1.9 million in immediate funding to key non-government organisations for projects aimed at preventing child abuse and neglect as well…
Joint initiative supports the sharing of Indigenous Culture
A new cultural centre, funded through a partnership between the Australian and Queensland governments and the Hope Vale Community Learning Centre, will boost support for…
Keeping Indigenous culture strong for the future
The Australian Government has taken the first steps towards establishing a national Indigenous Cultural Education and Knowledge Centre, one of the ideas to emerge from…
Queensland Family Responsibilities Commission reports positive results
The Queensland Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships Desley Boyle and Federal Minister for Indigenous Affairs Jenny Macklin said early evidence from the…
Newcastle job seekers eye Defence Force career
Twenty-one Indigenous job seekers in the Newcastle region are a step closer to a career with the Australian Defence Forces after graduating today from an…
$100 Million for Family Relationship Services
Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, and Attorney-General, Robert McClelland, today announced the Government would invest more than $100 million…
Hostel accommodation for Indigenous trainees and apprentices in WA
Burks Park, four kilometres from the town of Halls Creek, will be the site for the first hostel to accommodate up to 24 young Indigenous…
Strategy to support homeless people in Broome
The Australian Government is providing $100,000 to Broome’s Traditional Owners, Yawuru, and the Shire of Broome to develop a strategy to respond to homelessness in…
$110 million for remote housing in the West Kimberley
The West Kimberley region will benefit from more than $110 million over the next four years to provide remote Indigenous communities with new houses, major…
$3 million for Indigenous playgroups
More than 1600 Indigenous children and their families in regional and remote Australia will benefit from up to $3 million in Australian Government funding for…
New rubbish compactor truck for Utopia
A regular rubbish collection service for the Utopia homelands in Central Australia will soon be operating in the remote community following a grant of $150,000…
$2.3 million for mental health support services in Yuendumu
Indigenous Australians living with mental illness in Yuendumu in the Northern Territory will have greater access to mental health support, with $2.3 million in Australian…
Australian Government Welcomes Historic Kimberley Agreement
The Australian Government today welcomed the landmark agreement between the Kimberley Land Council (KLC), Woodside and the Western Australian Government, to move forward with the…
319 community aged care jobs in the NT
Indigenous workers will now fill 319 jobs in the aged and community care sector, through changes to the Community Employment Development Projects (CDEP) program. The…