Member for New England, Barnaby Joyce and Minister for Social Services, Christian Porter, today announced an extra $50,000 to help vulnerable young people in Tamworth.…
COAG Disability Reform Council Statement Nationally consistent protections for participants in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) will be put in place under a new…
The Commonwealth and Western Australian governments have finalised negotiations on a nationally consistent, WA-delivered NDIS, formalised in the signing of a bilateral agreement today. West…
Up to 1300 new jobs are expected to be created in the Northern Territory by 2020 as a result of the National Disability Insurance Scheme…
The Government has announced a Productivity Commission review into the National Disability Insurance Scheme costs consistent with the Heads of Agreements with the states and…
E&OE CHRIS SMITH: I want to return right now to the growing issue of welfare rorting in Australia. Some of the figures on this subject…
E&OE MINISTER PORTER: … recovery system inside Centrelink, we have the first results available from that system. And they do show that we have had…
E&OE MINISTER PORTER: …An opportunity through the traditional media to get facts in front of people about changes that will occur on 1 January, and…
The Board overseeing the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) will be expanded from 1 January 2017 to ensure it has the disability service, financial management,…
The Turnbull Coalition will deliver $117.2 million to support front-line services addressing homelessness. Around 85,000 people, particularly women and children affected by domestic violence and…
Australia and New Zealand have signed a revised social security agreement reflecting 14 years of changes to each country’s social welfare systems. The current agreement…
Innovative ideas that help move people from welfare to work will be funded by the Turnbull Government, with the opening of the $96 million Try,…
Minister for Social Services, Christian Porter, and Assistant Minister for Social Services and Multicultural Affairs, Zed Seselja, announced the funding commitment this morning in Alice…
About one million welfare recipients will benefit from an increase to their payments from 1 January 2017. Minister for Social services, Christian Porter, said the…
The Commonwealth and Western Australian Governments today agreed to commence the final negotiations, on a no prejudice basis, on a nationally consistent but state-run National…
Today marks White Ribbon Day, also known as International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women – an opportunity to reflect on how all…
Good morning to everyone attending this ACOSS National Conference and thank you for the invitation to speak with you today. It is important audiences such…
National Statement of Principles for Child Safe Organisations Ministers agreed to the development of National Statement of Principles for Child Safe Organisations to be endorsed…
$10 million in grants is now available to community organisations to support the efforts of their volunteers. Announcing the opening of the Volunteer Grants 2016…
Tasmania is leading the country in improving protection for children against vaccine preventable diseases, the latest Australian Immunisation Register data shows. Since No Jab, No…
E&OE DAVID LIPSON: Fifteen months since the Royal Commission into Institutional Child Sexual Abuse recommended a national scheme of compensation, today survivors learned they will…
The Turnbull Government is today announcing a Commonwealth Redress Scheme for survivors of institutional child sexual abuse and is inviting states, territories and other non-government…
E&OE MINISTER PORTER: I just want to start by saying that the work that preceded this announcement has been a joint project. The Prime Minister’s…
Data released by the Coalition Government today indicates a dramatic improvement in the service levels of 1800RESEPCT’s telephone counselling service. “1800RESPECT is a vital counselling…
The Coalition Government is investing almost $50 million into frontline services, early intervention initiatives and research to help reduce violence against women and their children.…