Remember to get kids health check
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPAustralian families on income support who receive Family Tax Benefit Part A are being reminded to ensure their four year old children get a health…
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Payments for families with schoolkids start tomorrow
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPFrom tomorrow, 1.3 million Australian families will receive a boost to their budgets to help with school costs. Families receiving their Family Tax Benefit Part…
Schoolkids Bonus, Channel 9, Amelia Adams
Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPE & OE – Proof only AMELIA ADAMS: The Government’s warned it could get the chop if the Coalition wins Government next year. For more…
New mental health workers rolled out
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPSixty-six new mental health workers will be employed in community support services across Australia thanks to a $13.4 million boost to the popular Personal Helpers…
Millions of families to benefit from payment indexation
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPFrom 1 July more than 1.8 million families will receive a boost in their family payments to help make ends meet. Due to indexation the…
Household assistance for veterans and their families
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPMinister for Veteran’s Affairs, Warren Snowdon, announced from today more than 200,000 service pensioners and war widows will receive a household assistance advance payment of…
World Indigenous Housing Conference, National Housing Ministers’ Forum, ‘Building Homes That Last’
Speech by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPAcknowledgements Thank you Mr Tarbell for your kind introduction. I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, and…
Households receive $1 billion in assistance
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPMore than $1 billion in household assistance payments has been delivered to about 5 million Australian families and pensioners since the roll out began almost…
New scheme helps low-income Australians save on energy
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPMore than 100,000 low-income Australian households will have access to a new $29.9 million scheme from the Gillard Government that provides advice and support on…
The Future of Native Title
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government has announced it will drive reforms to the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) to ensure a sustainable and fair native title system…
Speech to the Native Title Conference celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Mabo High Court decision
Speech by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPAcknowledging our History, Shaping our Future Introduction I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of land on which we meet, the Wulgurakaba (Wool-garook-arbar) and…
Ramping up accessible information and representation for people with disability
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPAustralians with disability will benefit from improved access to the ABC’s Ramp Up website with an additional $557,700 investment from the Australian Government. The Minister…
New facility giving far north Queensland students a place to stay and learn
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPA new residential facility in Weipa is giving Indigenous students in far north Queensland a place to stay and learn while they complete secondary schooling.…
The mighty Wadeye Magic a boost for remote Northern Territory community
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPAn independent evaluation of a popular AFL program in Wadeye has found that it is helping to build a stronger, more cohesive community, with early…
$12 million Federal Government support for Torres Strait Coastal Protection
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Minister for Indigenous Affairs Jenny Macklin, Regional Australia Minister Simon Crean and Senator for Queensland Jan McLucas today announced up to $12 million to…
Supporting young people into jobs on Mornington Island and Doomadgee
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPYoung Aboriginal people on Mornington Island and in Doomadgee will have access to two new youth hubs which will operate as support and training facilities,…
New support for young people and their families
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, today visited Mornington Island to announce a range of new initiatives to help support young Aboriginal people and…
Tackling alcohol and substance misuse in Queensland
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, today visited Mornington Island to announce the Australian Government will deliver $5 million to help tackle alcohol and…
Marking two decades of land rights and progress for Indigenous Australians
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPAttorney-General Nicola Roxon and Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Jenny Macklin today marked the 20th anniversary of the historic High Court Mabo…
$16 million to support Australia’s volunteers.
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPApplications for Gillard Government Volunteer Grants for 2012 are now open, with $16 million available to not-for-profit organisations around the country. The Minister for Community…
Parenting Trial Gives Young Australians a Fairer Go
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPMore than 600 teenage parents are benefiting from education opportunities and services which are helping them to deal with the challenges of raising a family,…
Linking Indigenous Australians with community support services
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Gillard Government will continue funding for a successful program connecting Indigenous Australians with community support services to help them overcome disadvantage and social isolation.…
Indigenous students to study at Cambridge and Oxford
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThree young Indigenous Australians have been given the opportunity to study at Oxford and Cambridge, after being named as recipients of Charlie Perkins Scholarships. As…
Household Assistance Package payments to pensioners, Australian Labor Party, Enterprise Migration Agreement
Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPE & OE – Proof only Subject: Household Assistance Package payments to pensioners, Australian Labor Party, Enterprise Migration Agreement MARIUS BENSON: Jenny Macklin this is…
Nominations open for the 2012 National Disability Awards
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPAustralians are being encouraged to nominate individuals and organisations that contribute positively to the lives of people with disability for the sixth annual National Disability…