$24,560 for a project to allow young Tiwi Islanders to take part in an AFL leadership program is just one of the projects funded in…
$42,000 for a project to encourage Victorian men to interact and share their skills in a ‘Community Shed’ is just one of the projects funded…
$31,000 for the Pingelly Youth Skate Park is just one of the projects funded in Western Australia under the Howard Government’s Stronger Families and Communities…
$241,750 for a Mobile Toy Library in the Bega Valley Shire is just one of the projects funded in New South Wales under the Howard…
$216,666 for a project in Waverley and Ravenswood to support the development of young children and help local families is just one of the projects…
Centrelink has cancelled, suspended or reduced the payments of 33 people for failing to declare earnings stemming from a cash economy field investigation near Bowen,…
$69,412 in funding for volunteers who help South Australians facing financial crisis is just one of the projects funded in South Australia under the Howard…
Australians are renowned for their capacity to ‘have a go’ and pull together to get things done, particularly in adversity. We would never have survived…
Today the Salvation Army in Melbourne put out a report that claims, over 8 years since 1994, there’s been an 8% increase in homeless kids.…
Labor has got no legs to stand on when it talks about child care. The simple fact is that Commonwealth funding for child care was…
Today Centrelink cancelled 12 Newstart Allowance payments and a further 17 customers had their welfare entitlements suspended pending investigation following a raid on a poultry…
The Commonwealth recognizes the need for increased accommodation services and is determined to see this need catered for. The CSTDA streamlines management and administration responsibility…
Reform of the Disability Support Pension is long overdue. Just about everybody recognises the importance of a sustainable and fair income support system for people…
Today’s launch of the Howard Government’s new Personal Support Programme is the biggest ever increase in services to help people who have serious personal issues…
Centrelink is providing new and vastly improved information to its 6.4 million customers. Information will now be packaged and presented according to a customer’s needs…
The National Rural Women’s Alliance has won the tender to establish the National Rural Women’s Secretariat. This initiative will give women living in rural and…
The Howard Government will provide additional support to the disability sector by making a one-off payment to all of the 950 disability services across Australia…
Today’s release of Women 2002is a special Centenary of Women’s Suffrage issue. Not only does this annual publication provide the latest information about Australian women,…
Around 2 million families will benefit from an increase of 3.1 per cent for the Family Tax Benefit from 1 July this year to help…
Residents of the southern Fleurieu Peninsula and Kangaroo Island will benefit from a boost to Centrelink services in the region from July 1. As a…
Around 820,000 Australians currently receiving less than the maximum rate of the pension are expected to get a boost to their payments from the beginning…
The current Commonwealth State Territory Disability Agreement is due to expire on 30 June 2002. The Commonwealth is presently in negotiations with the States and…
Today marks the one hundred year anniversary of women in Australia being granted the right to vote and stand in Federal elections. To commemorate this…
Today marks the one hundred year anniversary of women in Australia being granted the right to vote and stand in Federal elections. On such an…
Wayne Swan has continued his scare campaign today by claiming that the Government has a secret welfare agenda that will target lone parents. Nothing could…