Media Releases by The Hon Mark Butler MP
$6.75 million to tackle homelessness in South Australia
South Australia will receive $6.75 million in Federal Government funding to expand accommodation for those who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless, Federal…
Affordable housing in St Kilda
Minister for Housing and Homelessness Mark Butler today joined Federal Member for Melbourne Ports Michael Danby to visit a new affordable housing complex recently opened…
Campbell Newman fails renters in Budget – Federal Government to step in and save tenant service
The Gillard Labor Government today announced it would provide $2.5 million to fund the Tenant Advice and Advocacy Service of Queensland (TAAS) for the continued…
More funding for affordable housing
The Gillard Labor Government will continue its commitment to affordable housing by doubling the number of homes to be built through the ‘shovel ready’ round…
Homelessness research helps guide Government response
The Australian Government is investing $3.3 million to continue its successful long-term homelessness research approach, and extend the Journeys Home study. Minister for Housing and…
All states sign homelessness agreement but Newman Government still lags behind
From today, homelessness services across Australia have the certainty they need to continue providing critical support to vulnerable Australians, with all states and territories having…
Newman Government must fund critical tenant services
The Gillard Government today announced a $2.5 million life-raft to the Queensland Government to continue critical advice and advocacy services to vulnerable tenants for another…
States and ACT add their signatures to Federal Government’s National Homelessness Agreement
Five of the states and territories have now signed on to the Federal Government’s National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness for 2013/14 guaranteeing federal funds will…
$1 billion for 10,000 new affordable rental homes
The Gillard Government today opened a new round of incentives worth $1 billion over 10 years to build 10,000 new affordable rental homes under the…
Mackay Agency Wins National Homelessness Award
Community Accommodation & Support Agency (CASA), of Mackay, was today awarded a National Homelessness Services Achievement Award in recognition of its tireless work to prevent…
WA Charity Wins National Homelessness Award
Anglicare WA was today awarded a National Homelessness Services Achievement Award in recognition of its tireless work to prevent and tackle homelessness. Minister for Housing…
NT project wins Homelessness Award
Larrakia Nation’s Watch House in Darwin, was today awarded a National Homelessness Services Achievement Award in recognition of its tireless work to prevent and tackle…
Victorian charity wins Homelessness Award
Sacred Heart Mission, of St Kilda, Victoria, was today awarded a National Homelessness Services Achievement Award in recognition of its tireless work to prevent and…
NSW charity wins Homelessness Award
The Samaritans Brokerage Support Service, of Broadmeadow, NSW, was today awarded a National Homelessness Services Achievement Award in recognition of its tireless work to prevent…
Homelessness services recognised for outstanding work
Seven community organisations from across Australia were today recognised for their outstanding work to prevent and tackle homelessness as recipients of National Homelessness Services Achievement…
SA charity wins Homelessness Award
Catherine House, Adelaide, was today awarded with a National Homelessness Services Achievement Award in recognition of its tireless work to prevent and tackle homelessness. Minister…
Brisbane NGO Wins National Homelessness Award
Micah Projects and Mater Health Services were today awarded a National Homelessness Services Achievement Award in recognition of their tireless work to prevent and tackle…
Victoria, Commonwealth to deliver funds for national homelessness agreement
The Australian and Victorian Government today announced nearly $50 million in joint funding will be provided through the 2013-14 transitional homelessness agreement. The announcement follows…
South Australia Delivers Funds for National Homelessness Agreement
South Australia has dedicated $8.62 million to the 2013-14 transitional homelessness agreement, securing $17 million in joint federal-state funding aimed at reducing homelessness across the…
Funding for new affordable rental homes announced
Minister for Housing and Homelessness Mark Butler today met with tenants benefiting from more affordable rentals under the National Rental Affordability Scheme to officially open…
Newman Government to leave tenants out in the cold
If there was any doubt about the callous approach of the Newman Government to vulnerable Queenslanders, those doubts have dissipated today as they cancelled funding…
Gillard Government releases new incentives to build affordable rental homes
The Gillard Labor Government today reaffirmed its commitment to affordable rental housing with a new dedicated round of funding to support ‘shovel ready’ projects under…
$320 million deal of homelessness services
The Australian Government today announced a $320 million agreement with the states and territories which ensures the continued provision of vital homelessness services. The Federal…
Newman Government refuses to accept more money for homelessness
As if it wasn’t enough that the Newman Government has slashed funding to services that support people with disability, older Australians and the mentally ill,…
$159 million for national homelessness agreement
The Australian Government today announced up to $159 million for states and territories to continue vital services that tackle homelessness. Federal Minister for Housing and…