The Australian Government is investing more than $1.8 million in a successful program that helps Alice Springs youth tackle alcohol and substance abuse. The Minister…
The Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Jenny Macklin and the Minister for Indigenous Health Warren Snowdon today met with community representatives in…
JENNY MACKLIN: Thanks very much everyone joining us today. I’m very pleased to be here in Alice Springs with my colleague, the Minister for Indigenous…
E & OE – Proof only JENNY MACKLIN: Thanks very much everyone for joining us here today. I’m very pleased to be here with my…
E & OE – Proof only Subject: Alcohol management plans INTERVIEWER: It’s no news in the Northern Territory that the rivers of grog that have…
The Australian Government today released the minimum standards for Alcohol Management Plans, designed to help improve the safety of Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory.…
The Gillard Government today announced the appointment of Ms Megan Mitchell as Australia’s first National Children’s Commissioner. The Government congratulates Megan Mitchell on this important…
Tasmanians can learn more about the new National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) at a series of forums now underway across Tasmania. Commonwealth Minister for Disability…
The tender for twenty new Family Mental Health Support Services that will provide intensive support to vulnerable children and young people at risk of mental…
The Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, and Federal Member for Hindmarsh, Steve Georganas, today joined the local Fulham Over 50’s…
Managing back-to-school costs has been easier for families in north-east Adelaide this year thanks to the new Schoolkids Bonus cash payment, delivered by the Gillard…
The Adelaide Football Club is helping young Indigenous people in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands complete high school and become leaders in their community,…
The Australian Government is investing $100 million over ten years as part of the Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory package in a major initiative…
Indigenous families in Western Sydney have access to important services to help them prepare their children for school, thanks to support from the Gillard Government.…
Tony Abbott has used a speech in Sydney today to once again boast of his plans to leave Australian families worse off, by ripping away…
A $10 million investment from the Gillard Government will improve the quality and security of water supplies in Ardyaloon and other remote Indigenous communities in…
Following careful consideration of an inquiry by the former Aboriginal Land Commissioner, the Australian Government has refused an application to establish a new Aboriginal Land…
INTERVIEWER: Will the infamous animal bars of Alice Springs be a thing of the past. The Federal Government wants to clean up the NT when…
Australia has moved closer towards constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with the Act of Recognition passing the House of Representatives today.…
The Australian Government today introduced legislation to amend the Royal Commissions Act 1902 to assist the work of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to…
CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Speaker, it is an honour to be commending this Bill to the House today. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to…
E & OE – Proof only KIERAN GILBERT: Minister, thanks for your time. JENNY MACKLIN: Good morning. KIERAN GILBERT: What is the significance of today’s…
The Australian Government will reduce the pension deeming rates from 20 March 2013 to benefit more than 740,000 pensioners by better reflecting returns available to…
People are being warned to beware of contact from anyone claiming to work for the Government who tries to make them pay an administration fee…
A report setting out how governments across Australia will work together to deliver the National Disability Strategy has been tabled by the Standing Council on…