Media Releases by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

Supporting people to tackle substance misuse

The Australian Government is investing more than $1 million to deliver 13 projects to help people tackle substance misuse in remote communities across Western Australia,…

Locals show support for DisabilityCare Australia

Bayswater North families came out in force today to show their support for DisabilityCare Australia, the national disability insurance scheme. Minister for Disability Reform, Jenny…

Progress for Cape York Welfare Reforms

An independent evaluation of the Cape York Welfare Reform trial has found that significant gains in the four participating communities are making a real difference…

Port Augusta taking action to close the gap

Support services for Aboriginal people in Port Augusta will be more accessible, more accountable and better coordinated to respond to the needs of local residents…

Pensioners fear Abbott’s cruel cuts

About 3.5 million Australian pensioners – including 678,000 Queenslanders – will be worse off under an Abbott Government. Figures from the Queensland Competition Authority, reported…

Pension boost starts today

Around 3.5 million Australian pensioners will receive a boost to their household budgets from today with an increase in the pension and the start of…

Abbott’s message to new mums: get a job

Australian women need to know that Tony Abbott plans to leave stay-at-home-mums $70,000 behind under his paid parental leave scheme, telling these mums to ‘get…