DisabilityCare Australia, the national disability insurance scheme, will become a truly national scheme with the historic agreement today between the Commonwealth and Western Australian Governments…
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus QC and Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Jenny Macklin today announced the final terms of reference for the Australian…
The Australian Government has today announced its support for further reforms to the native title system to continue to drive economic and social benefits for…
Minister for Disability Reform Jenny Macklin, and Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers Amanda Rishworth, today appointed two new co-chairs and welcomed three new members…
Joe Hockey has once again refused to endorse his own party’s unfair and costly paid parental leave policy and left Australian families in the dark.…
More than 800,000 families across Australia will benefit from the continuation of vital support services delivered by community organisations, thanks to $1.5 billion of ongoing…
The Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Jenny Macklin today visited Rowville Lakes Early Learning Centre to talk to local families about how…
People with disability, their families and carers came together in Mornington today to celebrate DisabilityCare Australia, the national disability insurance scheme, being rolled out across…
Sixteen organisations will share in $4.6 million from the Labor Government’s Community Development Fund to help deliver projects to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander…
Eleven remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory will share in about $11.5 million in funding from the Australian Government to upgrade community infrastructure, improve…
People in remote Indigenous communities in South Australia will benefit from more new and improved houses, after the Australian Government and the South Australian Government…
DisabilityCare Australia’s headquarters is one step closer to opening its doors, with a site selected for the initial head office location in Geelong. The DisabilityCare…
Indigenous women’s leadership, education and health initiatives are among 58 projects from across the nation to share in more than $3 million from the Labor…
Community infrastructure upgrades, a boost in efforts to help protect and conserve the environment, a mobile male health unit and an inter-island barge for the…
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus QC today announced the appointment of Dr Tim Soutphommasane as Race Discrimination Commissioner. “Australian multiculturalism is about embracing and benefiting from the…
People with severe mental illness in Halls Creek will have greater access to support services and other practical assistance thanks to more than $1.5 million…
Australia’s first ever fully accessible theatre performance for deaf, blind, sighted and hearing audiences, an apprenticeship employment program for people with disability and an iPad…
Thousands of not-for-profit community organisations across Australia will share $16 million in Federal Government grants to support the nation’s volunteers. Minister for Families, Community Services…
The Australian Government is providing 33 organisations in the Northern Territory with more than $10 million over three years to strengthen their governance and service…
Children and families in five remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory will benefit from extra support services with more than $11 million in funding…
People with severe mental illness in Palm Island will have greater access to support services and other practical assistance thanks to more than $1.5 million…
Subject: DisabilityCare Australia, Kitchen Cabinet AARON KEARNEY: Amid asylum seeker plans and carbon tax changes and election dates speculation, the political news agenda is in…
People with severe mental illness in Ceduna will have greater access to support services and other practical assistance thanks to more than $1 million in…
Aboriginal people in the Murdi Paaki region of far western New South Wales will benefit from more job opportunities and better access to education as…
Aboriginal people in northern New South Wales will benefit from more job opportunities following the extension of the Northern Region Regional Partnership Agreement. The Federal…