Transcripts by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP
Apology to the Forgotten Australians and former child migrants
*** E & OE – Proof only *** JENNY MACKLIN: I am very pleased to be able to announce that the apology will be made…
Productivity Commission draft report on gambling, Doorstop
*** E & OE – Proof only *** JENNY MACKLIN: Thanks very much everyone. Last year the Council of Australian Governments decided that they would…
Emergency relief funding for vulnerable Australians and FaHCSIA Survey on the Impact on Families of the Economic Downturn – Doorstop
*** E & OE – Proof only *** JENNY MACKLIN: If I can just congratulate you for serving, not only so many meals, but such…
Public housing rents and pension increase – ABC AM
TONY EASTLEY: The Federal Government is upset over the levels of some executive salaries but a new dispute over payments has been opened up after…
Public housing rents and pension increase – 2UE Mornings
*** E & OE – Proof only *** STEVE PRICE: The Minister who is responsible for the Public Housing and the Rental Assistance in the…
Figures show NT intervention alive
In recent days, the Shadow Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Tony Abbott, has claimed the Northern Territory Emergency Response has lost momentum. Nothing could be further…
Pension increases – ABC Tropical Queensland Mornings
*** E & OE – Proof only *** KIM KLEIDON: Some rather exciting news for aged pensioners this week set to receive an increase to…
Pension increases – ABC Wide Bay
*** E & OE – Proof only *** ROSS PEDDLESDEN: We’re pleased to have the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Jenny…
Pension increases, unemployed, entitlements – Doorstop, Brisbane
*** E & OE – Proof only *** JENNY MACKLIN: To everyone from Cerebral Palsy Queensland and this wonderful organisation here, thanks so much for…
Pension increases, 2GB
RAY HADLEY: Now the long awaited changes to the age pension actually came into effect yesterday and many of the people that listen to this…
Pension increases and commemorative coin – Doorstop, Melbourne
*** E & OE – Proof only *** JENNY MACKLIN: From today, 3.3 million Australian pensioners, aged pensioners, disability support pensioners, those on the carer…
School Enrolment and Attendance Measure in Queensland – Doorstop, Brisbane
*** E & OE – Proof only *** ANNA BLIGH: I think you will know Jenny Macklin, the Federal Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services…
Pension reforms
*** E & OE – Proof only *** LEON BYNER: Jenny, first of all, when will these changes come into effect? JENNY MACKLIN: From Sunday…
Indigenous housing, child protection and Alice Springs town camps
*** E & OE – Proof only *** FRAN KELLY: Now to the never ending challenge facing Aboriginal Australians, housing. The Federal Government’s flagship scheme…
Broadband for Seniors – Doorstop, Melbourne
*** E & OE – Proof only *** JOURNALIST: Minister, how many of these internet kiosks are we looking at around the country? JENNY MACKLIN:…
SIHIP Review – Doorstop, Melbourne
*** E & OE – Proof only *** Subject: Strategic Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure Program (SIHIP) review JENNY MACKLIN: Today I’m releasing the report of…
Forgotten Australians and former child migrants – Doorstop, Melbourne
*** E & OE – Proof only *** JENNY MACKLIN: By the end of 2009, the Australian Government will issue a formal statement of acknowledgement…
Essendon Football Club, UN Rapporteur, Indigenous national representative body – Doorstop, Melbourne
E & OE – Proof only JENNY MACKLIN: Congratulations Essendon Football Club for developing the first Reconciliation Action Plan for an AFL Club. The Essendon…
Temporary Financial Assistance, Indigenous national representative body, UN Rapporteur – Doorstop, Canberra
E&EO – Proof only JENNY MACKLIN: ………. Julia Gillard, $11 million that would be made available to community organisations, especially those who’ve shown that as…
Launch of Shut Out: The Experience of People with Disabilities and their Families in Australia, alcohol restrictions in the Northern Territory, Alice Springs town camps – Doorstop, Melbourne
*** E & OE – Proof only *** JENNY MACKLIN: I am very pleased to be here with my Parliamentary Secretary, Bill Shorten, to receive…
Alice Springs Transformation Plan
***E & OE – Proof only*** GEORGIA STYNES: Well, it looks like an agreement on Alice Springs town camps transformation has finally been reached. Tangentyere…
Agreement on Alice Springs Transformation Plan – Doorstop, Sydney
***E & OE – Proof only*** JENNY MACKLIN: I’m very pleased to be able to announce today that I’ve had letters from the Alice Springs…
Age Pension age, the Liberal Party – Doorstop, Adelaide
JENNY MACKLIN: Tony Abbott’s call to increase the Age Pension age to 70 is yet another challenge to Malcolm Turnbull’s leadership. We know the Liberal…
Alice Springs Town Camps, Strategic Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure Program
*** E & OE – Proof only *** ALAN JONES: Well, this is no easy task. It’s easy to bash up politicians. This woman has…
Strategic Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure Program
*** E & OE – Proof only *** TONY EASTLEY: The Federal Government has made some big commitments to indigenous Australians, but one of its…