Media Releases by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP
Abbott boasts about his plan to hurt Australian families
Tony Abbott has used a speech in Sydney today to once again boast of his plans to leave Australian families worse off, by ripping away…
Critical water infrastructure upgrade for remote communities in Western Australia
A $10 million investment from the Gillard Government will improve the quality and security of water supplies in Ardyaloon and other remote Indigenous communities in…
Application to establish a New Aboriginal Land Council in the Northern Territory
Following careful consideration of an inquiry by the former Aboriginal Land Commissioner, the Australian Government has refused an application to establish a new Aboriginal Land…
Act of Recognition passes
Australia has moved closer towards constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with the Act of Recognition passing the House of Representatives today.…
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
The Australian Government today introduced legislation to amend the Royal Commissions Act 1902 to assist the work of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to…
Government to reduce pension deeming rates
The Australian Government will reduce the pension deeming rates from 20 March 2013 to benefit more than 740,000 pensioners by better reflecting returns available to…
Beware of scammers asking for NDIS fees
People are being warned to beware of contact from anyone claiming to work for the Government who tries to make them pay an administration fee…
National Disability Strategy – a blueprint for action
A report setting out how governments across Australia will work together to deliver the National Disability Strategy has been tabled by the Standing Council on…
Supporting families in Reid
The Minister for Families, Jenny Macklin, and the Member for Reid, John Murphy, today met with local families at Auburn West Public School to discuss…
Abbott’s secret plan will cost families
Tony Abbott’s secret plan for Northern Australia will cost ordinary Australian families, who will be made to pay for his plans to shift people up…
Early childhood education target to be achieved in 2013
There are now more Indigenous children than ever before with access to preschool or kindergarten programs as a result of the Gillard Government’s unprecedented efforts…
NAIDOC Week 2013 – We value the vision: Yirrkala Bark Petitions
The celebration of the unique connection Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have with country will be recognised in the National Aborigines and Islanders Day…
Continued funding for Reconciliation Australia
The Australian Government has today announced funding of $14.4 million over four years for Reconciliation Australia’s work to promote reconciliation and build stronger relationships between…
Long-term impacts of child sexual abuse
New research released today shows child sexual abuse has significant lifelong negative impacts for survivors, affecting their behaviour, relationships, mental health and physical health, and…
Improved health for Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory
The health of Aboriginal children in remote communities in the Northern Territory is improving, the latest Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory Monitoring Report…
Geelong gets ready for the NDIS
The Minister for Disability Reform, Jenny Macklin and the Member for Corangamite, Darren Cheeseman have announced that around 80 people will be employed in and…
Supporting new parents in McEwen
The Minister for Families, Jenny Macklin, and Member for McEwen, Rob Mitchell, today visited new mums in Doreen in Melbourne’s north-east to discuss how the…
Abbott confirms he’ll rip Schoolkids bonus away from families
Tony Abbott has confirmed his plans to take the Schoolkids Bonus away from families – leaving 1.3 million Australian families worse off. This Labor Government…
Australian families can’t trust Tony Abbott
Tony Abbott must come clean in his speech to the National Press Club today about his real plan to slap a new tax on Australian…
Newcastle gets ready for the NDIS
The Minister for Disability Reform, Jenny Macklin, and Member for Newcastle, Sharon Grierson, today visited local disability service provider, ConnectAbility Australia, to discuss how the…
Helping Newcastle families get back to school with the Schoolkids Bonus
Families and stores in Newcastle are feeling the benefits of the Gillard Government’s first Schoolkids Bonus cash payment which has been rolling out this month.…
Tony Abbott’s real plan to claw back help for Australian families
Tony Abbott’s policy light ‘plan’ released today has failed to include his real plans for Australian families – to slash the Schoolkids Bonus and claw…
Celebrating Aboriginal culture and Indigenous constitutional recognition
The Australian Government is providing a total of $90,000 to support this weekend’s Saltwater Freshwater Festival which will celebrate Indigenous culture and help build public…
New Ranger Mine agreements
The Mirarr Traditional Owners and Aboriginal people in the wider Kakadu and West Arnhem region will benefit from a suite of new agreements for the…
Liberals claw back cash from families
The Member for Sturt, Christopher Pyne, today told SKY News that an Abbott Government will hurt families by cutting the Schoolkids Bonus. His comments come…