Tony Abbott has today revealed that that there is no real timeline for implementing his paid parental leave thought bubble but that he wants Australian…
Expanded environmental management projects and employment for the people of Tiwi Islands will be funded through a $6 million grant from the Aboriginal Benefits Account…
*** E & OE – Proof only *** LEON BYNER: So let’s talk to the Government’s Families Minister Federal Member of Parliament, Jenny Macklin. Jenny…
*** E & OE – Proof only *** JOURNALIST: Firstly, about a women’s network, how’s that going to work? JENNY MACKLIN: This is all about…
*** E & OE – Proof only *** MARIUS BENSON: Jenny Macklin, one of the comments that is included in the coverage of the parental…
*** E & OE – Proof only *** MURRAY OLDS: Now Federal Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott has apologised to his Party Room for announcing his…
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island women will have a new forum to raise issues of concern and develop their own solutions through the establishment of…
Innovative programs to tackle family and community violence at the grass roots level will be rolled out in 14 Indigenous communities across the country with…
Another day, another policy backflip from Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott, who was today frantically back pedalling from his commitment to remove the means test on…
*** Check Against Delivery *** First, I would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land where we are meeting today and pay my…
Women on low incomes will have greater financial security when planning to have a baby under the Rudd Government’s historic Paid Parental Leave scheme. Our…
Tony Abbott’s latest thought bubble on paid parental leave creates massive uncertainty for Australian families and businesses. His sham policy has no detail, no costings…
Around four million Australians will receive an increase in their pensions and other income support payments from 20 March 2010, through indexation. Pension payments will…
The Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment (AGDRP) will be provided to eligible people adversely affected by severe flooding in the Balonne, Quilpie and Western Downs…
The Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment (AGDRP) will be provided to eligible people adversely affected by severe flooding in the Murweh and Maranoa regional council…
The Australian Government is providing $5.4 million for new services and workers to give humanitarian entrants with a mental illness access to one-on-one support through…
Around 1,300 volunteers in the electorate of Parramatta have benefited from more than $91,000 in Rudd Government funding to purchase much-needed equipment and help cover…
The Australian Government is providing an additional $2.3 million dollars to rollout Opal fuel in the Goldfields region of Western Australia to help curb petrol…
The Australian Government is delivering on its commitment to improve access to financial counselling by providing an additional $1 million to fund 11 financial counselling…
People under financial pressure in Northern Sydney now have greater access to free financial counselling and advice. The Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and…
New analysis of Centrelink data shows that around 90 per cent of welfare payments allocated to the BasicsCard across the 73 Northern Territory Emergency Response…
The Australian Government is investing $172.4 million over three years to help build the skills of Indigenous Australians through a range of training, mentoring and…
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd today officially opened the $50 million National Centre of Indigenous Excellence (NCIE) in Redfern, Sydney. Created with the support of the…
The native title agreement reached this week between the Yawuru people of Broome and the West Australian Government is a landmark achievement with the potential…
The Australian Government has welcomed the apology made today by the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to former child migrants who were sent overseas from…