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.…

‘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…

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…

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…

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…

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…