A new social security agreement between Australia and Latvia will make retirement easier for about 2000 residents of both countries. From 2012, when the Agreement…
The Gillard Government is encouraging all Australians to embrace National Child Protection Week 2011 and do their part to help build a society that protects…
On Father’s Day the Australian Government has today started public consultations on its plan to introduce two weeks of paid leave for dads to take…
From today people applying for the Disability Support Pension (DSP), other than people with a severe disability or illness, will have to show they have…
Australia’s 3.4 million pensioners will soon receive an increase in their payments to help them meet increases in their cost of living. From 20 September…
Young children with autism spectrum disorders can now access specialist early childhood services at a new early learning intervention centre opened today on the Sunshine…
More people from remote Indigenous communities will have somewhere safe to stay when they visit Alice Springs for medical treatment, after the official opening of…
More than 1,000 children with disability have registered to access early intervention services through the Australian Government’s $147 million Better Start for Children with Disability…
Passengers flying to and from Horn Island in Queensland will benefit from more seats and more regular services following the completion of a $9 million…
Today marks the 45th anniversary of the Wave Hill walk-off – the event that helped to kick start the land rights movement and elevated the…
The Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, has welcomed the Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2011 Report, which highlights progress in closing the gap between…
*** E & OE – Proof only *** I begin by paying my respects to the traditional owners of this country, past and present, whose…
A new report has found that Australian Government reforms to community owned stores in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island communities have resulted in increased sales…
*** E & OE – Proof only *** Good morning everyone and welcome to Parliament House. Thanks very much to Dimity, it’s great to be…
Hearing Awareness Week kicks off today across the country (21 – 27 August) and parents of young hearing impaired children are being encouraged to sign…
Community organisations in 2,200 locations across Australia have now received funding to deliver vital support for vulnerable families and children. Under the Gillard Government’s Family…
The Australian and Queensland Governments have announced the Cape York Welfare Reform trial will continue until 31 December 2012, following extensive consultations with local communities.…
The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) today agreed on the need for major reform of disability services in Australia through a National Disability Insurance Scheme.…
Families of children with disabilities have embraced the Australian Government’s new $147 million Better Start for Children with Disability initiative, with 725 children registering in…
Today marks the start of Brain Injury Awareness Week (15 – 21 August), recognising and empowering the more than 500,000 Australians living with a brain…
State Member for Mount Isa Betty Kiernan MP last week helped to open the new-look Doomadgee PCYC which has had a $2 million redevelopment. The…
*** E & OE – Proof only *** ROSS STEVENSON: Minister, good morning to you. JENNY MACKLIN: Great to be with you. ROSS STEVENSON: New…
*** E & OE – Proof only *** PM: I’m here with Ministers Macklin and Shorten and with Parliamentary Secretary Senator McLucas and we’re very…
*** E & OE – Proof only *** TONY JONES: To discuss the Government’s proposed disability insurance scheme, Community Services Minister Jenny Macklin joined me…