Media Releases by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP
Sing Australia reaches out to drought stricken communities
Sing Australia is to receive more than $446,000 in Australian Government funding to expand its network of choirs in rural and regional areas, especially targeting…
Seniors and carers bonus payments
More than 430,000 carers and 2.7 million seniors have started receiving more than $1.8 billion in bonuses from the Australian Government. All payments are due…
Australia and Greece improve access to pensions
Around 50,000 residents of Australia and Greece will soon have improved access to the age pension from the Greek and Australian Governments with the introduction…
New service for Indigenous families gets underway
New services to support Indigenous families have been launched in eight locations around Australia as part of a $16.6 million Australian Government commitment to give…
Amendments pave the way for new NT lease agreements
New land lease agreements for Groote Eylandt and 13 parks and reserves will go ahead in the Northern Territory after legislation was passed in the…
Release of the final report of the NTER Taskforce
The recommendations of the final report of Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) Taskforce have included annual health checks for children and investment in housing in…
NT trials to boost school attendance
The first six Northern Territory locations to trial linking school attendance with welfare payments have been selected. Hermannsburg, Katherine, Katherine town camps, Wallace Rockhole, Wadeye…
New incentive for long-term benefit from Indigenous royalties
The Australian Government is taking action to encourage Indigenous landowners in the Northern Territory to use significant resource industry payments for the long-term benefit of…
Northern Territory Emergency Response – One Year On
Tomorrow marks the first anniversary of the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER). The response was launched on 21 June 2007 following the recommendations of the…
Protection for Charitable Sector Employees
The Rudd Government is taking urgent action to ensure employees in the charitable and not-for-profit sector are not hurt by the Howard Government’s 2006 budget…
Child protection measures help close the gap
A mobile child protection team has begun operating across the Northern Territory – one of two new child protection initiatives supported by the Australian and…
Australian Army helps close the gap in Kalumburu
The construction of a health clinic, delivering a community health training program, and the improvement of dentistry services are central to the 2008 Army Aboriginal…
Rudd Government to address concerns raised by charities and not-for-profits
The Rudd Government is urgently examining the impact of changes in family assistance law made by the former Howard Government which may impact adversely on…
New partnership to connect communities
A national program that harnesses the resources of Australia’s 5,000 pharmacies to make it easier for more people to join community groups will soon be…
$1.7 million for Gippsland family relationship services
Services to help Gippsland families build strong and positive relationships will receive more than $1.7 million in Australian Government funding to July 2009. Early intervention…
Funding boost for disability business
Latrobe Valley Enterprises in Morwell will receive an extra $322,932 in Australian Government funding to install a heating system for its hothouse. This one-off commitment…
Young people to benefit from $27M carer package
The Australian Government will provide $27 million to boost respite for Australia’s young carers and for carers of young people with a severe or profound…
$16 million to support local communities
The wellbeing of families and children is central to a range of community-based projects receiving $16 million in Australian Government funding over the next year.…
Supporting Australian families and communities
The Australian Government has provided $7.8 million to extend 105 projects that are strengthening families and communities across the country. Supporting young parents and their…
NT Emergency Response Review Board
Chair of the Halls Creek Project Management Committee, Peter Yu, will chair the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) Review Board. The Board has been established…
Sixteenth Anniversary of Mabo Day
Sixteen years ago today, the High Court of Australia overturned terra nullius finding that native title to land survived British colonisation and could form part…
$277 million to build strong families
Services to help families build strong and positive relationships will receive more than $277 million in Australian Government funding over the next three years, through…
Increased pension thresholds for more than 2 million pensioners
More than two million Age Pensioners receiving income support will be able to earn more income and hold more valuable assets without their pension being…
Supporting Australians affected by drought
The Australian Government is boosting drought and outreach services by increasing the number of support workers delivering government services to drought affected parts of regional…
Families benefit from payment rises
Millions of Australian families receiving Family Tax Benefit (FTB) and Child Care Benefit (CCB) will benefit from increases to payment rates, thresholds, and associated limits,…