A new Implementation Plan across all Australian jurisdictions released today will support the delivery of the Fourth Action Plan of the National Plan to Reduce…
The Morrison Government will move to legislate an online National Self-Exclusion Register that will allow people to ban themselves from all online wagering sites and…
E&OE Can I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet today and I pay my respects to their elders past, present…
More than 550 sites have joined the National Redress Scheme driving down the number of applications on hold to the lowest level since the Scheme…
The National Apology to Victims and Survivors of Institutional Child Sexual Abuse has been inscribed on a vellum to ensure the voice of victims and…
The Morrison Government is strengthening our commitment to supporting the financial counselling sector with the release of the Review of the Coordination and Funding for…
Minister for Families and Social Services Anne Ruston today announced more than 300 additional sites including churches, schools and community groups are now covered by…
More than 2000 Indigenous Australian families with children who need to live away from home to access secondary school will benefit from an extra $5900…
More than 4.8 million Australians will receive an increase to their social security payments from 20 September when indexation takes effect. The base rates of…
Statement on the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability following the signing of letters patent by his Excellency General…
E&OE… ALI CLARKE: But now we are joined by Senator Anne Ruston, Minister for Families and Social Services, and Manager of the Government Business in…
E&OE… NATALIE BARR: The Coalition is reviving its plan to drug test welfare recipients. It’s pushing to pass legislation next week to begin a two-year…
The Morrison Government will introduce legislation to trial drug testing for new welfare recipients as part of our commitment to remove barriers to employment. Minister…
The Morrison Government is testing innovative ways to assist Australians at-risk of long-term welfare reliance through projects funded under the final round of the Try,…
Almost 500 Australian children are being immunised each day under the Morrison Government’s strengthened No Jab, No Pay requirements. In 2018-19 the Government notified the…
E&OE… STEVE PRICE: Senator Ruston joins me on the line. Senator, thanks for your time. MINISTER RUSTON: My pleasure. STEVE PRICE: Obviously, Labor are no…
The Morrison Government is introducing the single biggest reform in more than a decade to better support Australia’s 2.7 million carers. Minister for Families and…
Minister for Families and Social Services Anne Ruston today announced that an additional 875 sites including churches, schools and community groups are now covered by…
E&OE DAVID BEVAN: Anne Ruston is the Minister for Families and Social Services and she held a press conference yesterday to draw attention to…
The Morrison Government will introduce a Bill to boost support for more than 2000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families with children who need to…
Minister for Families and Social Services Anne Ruston today congratulated Kurt Fearnley AO for being appointed as the 2019 Patron for International Day of People…
About 1 million Australians will benefit from a $600 million boost across the next four years following the Morrison Government’s decision to cut deeming rates.…
The Commonwealth and Victoria governments have reached enduring arrangements for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in Victoria. Minister for Families and Social Services and…