Thank you Narelle for the welcome and what a fantastic video. I would like to start by acknowledging the traditional owners of the lands on…
The Albanese Labor Government has today announced grants of $16 million under the National Early Childhood Program (NECP) and an additional $15 million under the Information Linkages…
The Albanese Labor Government is committed to protecting people living with disability and their carers from the latest COVID-19 winter wave and will launch a…
E&OE THOMAS ORITI: Changes in government are remarkably rare in Australian federal politics – it’s only happened eight times since the end of the Second…
The Albanese Labor Government will today close the Cashless Debit Card program to new entrants as the next step to abolish the scheme. Around 100…
Federal Ministers will today meet with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Council on family, domestic and sexual violence to discuss the Albanese Labor…
E&OE PATRICIA KARVELAS: Australians in abusive relationships will be given ten days paid leave to help them escape violence and find extra support if Parliament…
The Albanese Labor Government is delivering on its election commitments and will today introduce legislation to Parliament to abolish the Cashless Debit Card. The Social…
More than 50,000 additional self-funded retirees will be helped to ease their cost of living pressures with the Albanese Labor Government taking action to enable…
E&OE KIERAN GILBERT: Minister, thanks for your time. With the scrapping of the Cashless Debit Card, will you be scrapping Income Management altogether as well? AMANDA…
More than 11 million Australian workers – including casuals – will have access to 10 days of paid family and domestic violence leave under Albanese…
E&OE SALLY BOWREY: Ministers for women and women’s safety from across the country met in Adelaide yesterday for the first time to discuss the 10…
E&OE PETER STEFANOVIC: US Ambassador to Australia, Caroline Kennedy, has just touched down in Sydney en-route to taking up her posting in Canberra. Joining us is…
Today, Commonwealth, state and territory governments agreed on a pathway to finalise the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022–32. Minister for…
E&OE MINISTER FOR WOMEN KATY GALLAGHER: Thank you very much for coming today. Amanda Rishworth and I are here just following a very successful meeting…
E&OE LISA MILLAR: Tomorrow, a meeting in Adelaide will bring together the Federal Government ministers with responsibility for women and women’s safety. Their focus will…
There is a moment I recall with my eldest son Percy whenever I think about gender-norms, family dynamics and respectful relationships. I was in…
The Albanese Labor Government is pleased to support today’s release of the National Plan Stakeholder Consultation Report (the Report) and thanks all contributors for their…
E&OE KIM LANDERS: There’s been another step towards the creation of a new ten-year national plan to tackle domestic and family violence. The Albanese Government…
E&OE GREG JENNETT: Amanda Rishworth, great to have you back on the program. I promise we do want to get to the important matter of…
The Albanese Labor government will provide around $30 million per year over the next five-years to the home-based program that supports parents and carers to…
E&OE LIAM BARTLETT: First up, though, today, I want to talk about the never ending battle to end violence against women and children. Now, next week,…
The Albanese Labor Government will continue its commitment to women’s safety and gender equality by hosting its first face-to-face meeting of federal, state and territory…
E&OE WILL GOODINGS: There’s a story that will develop next week in cities and states right around the country. The Federal Government is commissioning a…
Australian Government disaster payments are available now to eligible residents in six additional local government areas (LGAs), affected by the severe storms and flooding that…