Supporting families in Reid
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Minister for Families, Jenny Macklin, and the Member for Reid, John Murphy, today met with local families at Auburn West Public School to discuss…
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Apology Anniversary Speech
Speech by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThank you Jeff. (MC Jeff McMullan) I would like to pay my respects to the traditional owners of the land on which we are meeting…
Abbott’s secret plan will cost families
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPTony Abbott’s secret plan for Northern Australia will cost ordinary Australian families, who will be made to pay for his plans to shift people up…
Alcohol, NT Banned Drinking Register, Closing the Gap
Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPE & OE – Proof only STEVE CANNANE: And now to our guest. Jenny Macklin is the Minister for Indigenous Affairs and is responsible for…
Closing the Gap – Sky News, David Speers
Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPDAVID SPEERS: Well for more on this and what the Closing the Gap report shows about tackling indigenous disadvantage, I spoke to the Minister for…
Early childhood education target to be achieved in 2013
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThere are now more Indigenous children than ever before with access to preschool or kindergarten programs as a result of the Gillard Government’s unprecedented efforts…
NAIDOC Week 2013 – We value the vision: Yirrkala Bark Petitions
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe celebration of the unique connection Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have with country will be recognised in the National Aborigines and Islanders Day…
Continued funding for Reconciliation Australia
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government has today announced funding of $14.4 million over four years for Reconciliation Australia’s work to promote reconciliation and build stronger relationships between…
Long-term impacts of child sexual abuse
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPNew research released today shows child sexual abuse has significant lifelong negative impacts for survivors, affecting their behaviour, relationships, mental health and physical health, and…
Improved health for Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe health of Aboriginal children in remote communities in the Northern Territory is improving, the latest Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory Monitoring Report…
Geelong gets ready for the NDIS
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Minister for Disability Reform, Jenny Macklin and the Member for Corangamite, Darren Cheeseman have announced that around 80 people will be employed in and…
Supporting new parents in McEwen
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Minister for Families, Jenny Macklin, and Member for McEwen, Rob Mitchell, today visited new mums in Doreen in Melbourne’s north-east to discuss how the…
Abbott confirms he’ll rip Schoolkids bonus away from families
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPTony Abbott has confirmed his plans to take the Schoolkids Bonus away from families – leaving 1.3 million Australian families worse off. This Labor Government…
Australian families can’t trust Tony Abbott
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPTony Abbott must come clean in his speech to the National Press Club today about his real plan to slap a new tax on Australian…
Budget, NDIS, Schoolkids Bonus, Nova Peris, Stolen Generations, Tim Mathieson – Sky News
Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPE & OE – Proof only Subject: Budget, NDIS, Schoolkids Bonus, Nova Peris, Stolen Generations, Tim Mathieson DAVID LIPSON: …… Today in Canberra the Prime…
Newcastle gets ready for the NDIS
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Minister for Disability Reform, Jenny Macklin, and Member for Newcastle, Sharon Grierson, today visited local disability service provider, ConnectAbility Australia, to discuss how the…
Helping Newcastle families get back to school with the Schoolkids Bonus
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPFamilies and stores in Newcastle are feeling the benefits of the Gillard Government’s first Schoolkids Bonus cash payment which has been rolling out this month.…
Tony Abbott’s real plan to claw back help for Australian families
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPTony Abbott’s policy light ‘plan’ released today has failed to include his real plans for Australian families – to slash the Schoolkids Bonus and claw…
Celebrating Aboriginal culture and Indigenous constitutional recognition
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government is providing a total of $90,000 to support this weekend’s Saltwater Freshwater Festival which will celebrate Indigenous culture and help build public…
New Ranger Mine agreements
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Mirarr Traditional Owners and Aboriginal people in the wider Kakadu and West Arnhem region will benefit from a suite of new agreements for the…
Liberals claw back cash from families
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Member for Sturt, Christopher Pyne, today told SKY News that an Abbott Government will hurt families by cutting the Schoolkids Bonus. His comments come…
Schoolkids Bonus Helping Families with Back to School Costs
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPFamilies and stores across Australia are feeling the benefits of the first Schoolkids Bonus cash payment rolling out this month. With kids going back to…
Newman robs Peter to pay Paul
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPPremier Campbell Newman and the Queensland LNP Government are robbing Peter to pay Paul by announcing today that they will divert $12 million from a…
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse; Newstart; Executive remuneration; Drink spiking in Indonesia; Cyber-bullying
Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPE & O E – PROOF ONLY PM: Good afternoon. With Ministers Macklin and Roxon who are here with me today, I have just visited…
Government formally establishes Royal Commission
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPOn my advice, today the Governor-General has appointed a six-member Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Child sexual abuse is an evil…