*** Check Against Delivery *** I would like to begin by acknowledging the traditional owners and custodians of the land where we are meeting –…
New research released today shows the pattern of spending by families when children are born changes significantly after the birth of the first child, and…
The Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR) will head a team of nineteen leading academics to undertake a comprehensive and independent evaluation of the Gillard…
The Australian Government today released draft national standards to safeguard the health, safety and wellbeing of children living in foster homes and other formal out-of-home…
The Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, today welcomed the start of the National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) Week with an announcement…
Nine Indigenous ancestral remains have been handed back to representatives from Indigenous communities in Arnhem Land at a ceremony in the United States this weekend.…
The Australian Government today released a discussion paper for consultation on possible reforms to the native title agreement process. The Government is committed to ensuring…
An Aboriginal ranger program in Central Australia is one of eight land and sea management projects receiving funding under the latest round of grants from…
Families in the Cardinia Shire will have extra support through a range of child-focused services to help them provide a safe, happy and healthy environment…
*** E & OE – Proof only *** Subject: Prime Minister, Paid Parental Leave Scheme INTERVIEWER: We asked Federal MP Jenny Macklin to be on…
*** E & OE – Proof only *** Subject: Payments to carers and pensioners; increase in Baby Bonus LOUISE SAUNDERS: The Minister for Families is…
The Australian Government will simplify the way families deal with the Child Support Agency (CSA) and the Family Assistance Office (FAO). From 1 July 2010,…
From 1 July 2010, new education participation requirements will be introduced for Family Tax Benefit (FTB) Part A for young people aged 16 to 20.…
From 1 July 2010, 3.3 million pensioners will have access to a more flexible advance payment system as well as the option of quarterly Pension…
From 1 July 2010, more than 500,000 carers across Australia will receive a $600 Carer Supplement, as part of the Australian Government’s Secure and Sustainable…
Following the passage of legislation last week, the Indigenous Land Corporation (ILC) will receive a minimum Australian Government payment of $45 million each year to…
Families in East Arnhem will have extra support through a range of child-focused services to help them provide a safe, happy and healthy environment for…
*** E & OE – Proof only *** HUGH RIMINTON: Thank you very much, Emma Dallimore joining us from Toronto with the latest news there…
E & OE – proof only LINDY BURNS: Minister, it’s good to have you along. JENNY MACKLIN: Hello Lindy. LINDY BURNS: Does it feel different?…
The Australian Government’s legislation to implement a simpler and fairer assessment process for thousands of carers of children with severe disability or medical conditions today…
Senator Nick Sherry, Assistant Treasurer and Senator Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy *** E & OE – Proof only ***…
The Australian Government’s response to two Senate Inquiries, released last night, shows the introduction of Opal fuel led to a significant decrease in petrol sniffing…
All openings of future Federal Parliaments will now be opened with a ‘Welcome to Country’ by Traditional Indigenous Owners, after the Federal Government simultaneously moved…
E & OE – Proof only MICHAEL ROWLAND: The Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin joins us now from Canberra. And Minister what are you…
E & OE – Proof only JULIA CHRISTENSEN: Welfare quarantining, it might well have passed you by as an issue up until now, but it…