Media Releases by Senator the Hon Kay Patterson
Labor’s baby payment black hole
The Opposition Leader, Mark Latham, today failed to guarantee that new mothers would continue to receive the Australian Government’s maternity payment if Labor were elected.…
ActewAGL and Australian Science Festival win Prime Minister’s Community Business Partnership Award – ACT
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today congratulated Australian Science Festival Ltd and ActewAGL for their winning partnership in the ACT…
Older Australians encouraged to remain in the workforce
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, has reaffirmed the Australian Government’s commitment to encouraging older Australians to continue participating in the…
‘Exploring Together’ at the Tiwi Islands
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today welcomed the results of an innovative Early Intervention program, which has assisted Tiwi Islands…
Further Help For Darwin Families at Risk of Homelessness
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today launched the Household Organisational Management Expenses (HOME) Advice Program in Darwin. Senator Patterson said…
Signing of the New South Wales Bilateral Agreement Made Under the 2003 Commonwealth State Housing
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today announced that the new five-year individual agreement under the Commonwealth State Housing Agreement (CSHA)…
Signing of the ACT Bilateral Agreement Made Under the 2003 Commonwealth State Housing Agreement
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today announced that the new five-year individual agreement under the Commonwealth State Housing Agreement (CSHA)…
Signing of the Tasmanian Bilateral Agreement Made Under the 2003 Commonwealth State Housing Agreement (CSHA)
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today announced that the new five-year individual agreement under the Commonwealth State Housing Agreement (CSHA)…
Labor hypocritical over Disability Support Pension
The Howard Government is fed up with seeing the Australian Labor Party’s hypocrisy over the Disability Support Pension (DSP). Senator Patterson said a report in…
Signing of the South Australian Bilateral Agreement Made Under the 2003 Commonwealth State Housing Agreement (CSHA)
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today announced that the new five-year individual agreement under the Commonwealth State Housing Agreement (CSHA)…
Giving: the Australian way
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today announced funding of over $570,000 for a research project into philanthropy in Australia. Opening…
Labor’s housing policy proves to be another financial blunder
Labor’s housing policy released today showed a continued lack of financial credibility by claiming that they could deliver 11,350 new homes for $650 million, an…
National Framework on Problem Gambling
Senator Kay Patterson, Minister for Family and Community Services, today announced that state and territory governments had agreed at the Ministerial Council on Gambling meeting…
Babies born after the Budget, Abstudy and Veterans’ Children Eligible for One-Off Family Bonus
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today reminded families that an administrative scheme will be established to cover families who are…
Long Term Unemployment Falls Under Coalition
The Labor Party has misused figures to try and score cheap political points on the number of long-term unemployed people, the Minister for Family and…
New Social Security Agreement with Croatia
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today announced that the Social Security Agreement between Australia and the Republic of Croatia came…
New Social Security Agreement with Chile
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today announced that the Social Security Agreement between Australia and Chile came into effect on…
More Help For Disadvantaged Job Seekers
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Kay Patterson, today announced increases in funding to the Australian Government’s highly successful Personal Support Programme (PSP). “The…
95 years of Age Pension
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, was today joined at Centrelink’s Ringwood Customer Service Centre by 95 year-old Mrs Alice Berry…
One-Off Family Bonus Payments
Around 2 million families have been paid their $600 per child one-off bonus according to the eligibility criteria set out in legislation. There have been…
Increase to Family Tax Benefit from 1 July 2004
About two million Australian families will receive nearly an extra quarter of a billion dollars in Family Tax Benefit payments from July 1 to assist…
Labor tells families how to spend their money but refuses to release Family Policy
Title: Labor tells families how to spend their money but refuses to release Family Policy Article Date: 27/06/2004 Page Content 1:The Labor Party is only…
Victoria Urged To Follow South Australia’s Self-Funded Retiree Lead
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, called on the Bracks government to follow South Australia’s lead and give Victoria’s 70,000 self-funded…
909 welfare cheats caught and convicted in NSW
More than 900 cases of welfare fraud in NSW were convicted last financial year, as part of the Australian Government’s ongoing efforts to keep the…
598 welfare cheats convicted in Queensland
The Australian Government’s commitment to keeping the social security system fair and honest has seen 598 Queenslanders convicted of welfare fraud in the last financial…