Media Releases by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP
Great Southern Families benefit from program
With funding from the Australian Government of $150,000, Great Kids in the Great Southern has been developed by Wanslea Family Services for Aboriginal children up…
Grandies Playgroup
A new program at the Patricia Giles Centre in Perth to encourage grandparents and older carers to become involved in the care of young children…
$51 million help for businesses damaged or destroyed by bushfires
The Commonwealth and the Victorian Governments are standing by businesses directly damaged or destroyed by the bushfires, with the $51 million first stage of a…
$37,000 funding for Parents in Tune with Education
A new trial project in Western Australia, with Australian Government funding of $37,000, will help parents support the education of their children. The Minister for…
Extra help for young people in out-of-home care
The Australian Government today announced a $165,000 grant for the CREATE Foundation to provide more support and help to young people in out-of-home care. CREATE…
Tiwi Bombers welcome new home for Tiwi AFL
The Tiwi Bombers Football Club now have a new oval to play home games at Nguiu on Bathurst Island, thanks to a significant investment by…
Case managers to support Victorian Families
The Premier of Victoria, John Brumby, Federal Minister for Families and Community Services, Jenny Macklin, and Victorian Minister for Community Services, Lisa Neville, today announced…
Healing Foundation for Stolen Generations
The Australian Government has appointed eminent Australians, Professor Lowitja O’Donoghue and Mr Gregory Phillips, to establish a Foundation to address trauma and healing in Indigenous…
NAIDOC Week 2009 – Honouring our Elders, Nurturing our Youth
The National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) and the Australian Government are encouraging communities across the country to embrace the theme of NAIDOC…
Schools to receive Apology manuscript to commemorate anniversary
Almost 10,000 schools across Australia are receiving copies of the calligraphy Apology artwork to commemorate the first anniversary of the historic National Apology to Australia’s…
NT lease agreement – a major step towards better Indigenous housing
The Australian and Northern Territory Governments welcome the Northern Land Council’s decision to approve the granting of housing leases in the NT communities of Galiwin’ku,…
$950 One-off Cash Bonus to Support Jobs
The Rudd Government today announced five key $950 one-off payments for low and middle income households and individuals. The Government is providing these cash payments…
20,000 Social and Defence Homes – Nation Building Investment
To support jobs and invest in the long term future of the Australian economy and the Australian community the Rudd Government will construct over 20,000…
More Australians using disability employment services
More Australians with disabilities are using Australian Government employment services according to new figures contained in the Australian Government Disability Services Census 2007 report. Over…
Government supports more children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Up to 1000 more children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) will be eligible for funding of up to $12,000 under the Helping Children with Autism…
High Court decision on NT five-year leases
In Canberra today, the High Court ruled the five-year leases, acquired as part of the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) over Aboriginal communities in the…
Doors begin to open on safe places across the NT
The Australian and Northern Territory Governments today opened a women’s safe house and a men’s cooling off place in the remote community of Ngukurr, as…
Kenbi Land Claim
The Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, today welcomed the agreement by the Northern Territory (NT) Government, the Northern Land Council (NLC) and traditional owners…
New accommodation facility for Indigenous mothers
Expectant Indigenous mothers and their babies in North Queensland will have greater access to ante-natal and post-natal care at a new 24-bed accommodation facility in…
Twenty new financial counselling positions
Twenty new financial counselling positions around Australia will increase access to free counselling for people under increasing pressure from the global financial crisis. The Australian…
School attendance measure begins in NT
A new approach to encourage parental responsibility and boost school enrolment and attendance begins today in the Northern Territory. Parents in Hermannsburg, Katherine, Katherine town…
Young leaders finish voyage across Bass Strait on Young Endeavour
Three graduates of the Australian Government’s Indigenous Leadership Program today completed a 10-day sailing journey across Bass Strait on the Young Endeavour. The graduates joined…
Indigenous leader named Australian of the Year
The 2009 Australian of the Year, Mick Dodson, exemplifies the values which have long characterised the award’s recipients – the courage and determination to bring…
Australia Day
The Australian Government does not support a policy of changing the date of Australia Day. We have no plans to change either the date or…
Income management starts in Balgo and Halls Creek
Income management will commence in Halls Creek, Balgo and surrounding communities on 12 January 2009. The initiative will be introduced across the remainder of the…