People living in Western Australia’s Kimberley region will be given help to balance their family budgets and to learn more about how the banking and…
Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott needs to come clean on his secret plan to make older Australians work longer to pay for welfare payments for high-income…
*** E & OE – Proof only *** JENNY MACKLIN: I’m very pleased to be here with my Parliamentary colleagues, Minister for Central Australia, Karl…
Construction is underway on the first of 85 houses to be built in the Alice Springs town camps under the Strategic Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure…
A commonsense, practical guide will be distributed in remote Indigenous communities to help manage and maintain essential infrastructure services such as energy, waste, water, storm…
Aboriginal visitors to Alice Springs will have a safe place to stay following the establishment of a new, secure accommodation facility as part of the…
Today we mourn the passing of Ruby Hunter, a talented and inspirational Aboriginal singer and songwriter. Her death overnight at her home at Killarney in…
*** E & OE – Proof only *** JOURNALIST: Minister, can you just explain what the Federal Government has announced today? JENNY MACKLIN: We’ve got…
Local families in the Midland area will be given additional support to help them provide a safe, happy and healthy environment for their children. The…
The Australian Government today unveiled details of a $10 million boost to the Personal Helpers and Mentors (PHaMs) program, to give homeless Australians with a…
*** E & OE – Proof only *** JENNY MACKLIN: I’m very very pleased to be here in Perth today with representatives from Constable Care…
The Rudd Government is urging the Opposition Leader Tony Abbott to support the Government’s targets to halve homelessness and offer accommodation to all rough sleepers…
Four Western Australian organisations will share in almost $1 million to provide more intensive support to people who are under financial pressure. The Minister for…
A new Autism Specific Early Learning and Care Centre in Perth will give young West Australian children with Autism Spectrum Disorders access to specialist early…
The Rudd Government is supporting the Constable Care program to take its child safety message to around 15,000 Indigenous primary school children across remote and…
*** Check Against Delivery *** First I want to acknowledge the First Australians, past and present, on whose land we are meeting. Thank you Allen…
To mark the second anniversary of the Apology to Indigenous Australians, the Rudd Government will invest $585,000 in the leadership skills of the Stolen Generations…
*** E & OE – Proof only *** DAVID SPEERS: Jenny Macklin thanks for your time. If we can go through some of the findings…
The Rudd Government today welcomed the release of the Productivity Commission’s final report on the Contribution of the Not-for-Profit Sector Report. The Minister for Community…
About 10,000 students will benefit from an expansion of the Australian Government’s Sporting Chance Program to support Indigenous students’ engagement with school. Sporting Chance Program…
A new Government Ambassador for Business Action has been appointed to encourage Australian business to play a part in the economic development of Indigenous communities.…
The Australian Government will establish a three-year, $46 million fund to support high priority projects in 29 remote Indigenous communities. Under the Remote Service Delivery…
Indigenous babies will have a better chance of being born healthy and staying healthy following an announcement today of Australian Government funding of $9.1 million…
Secondary schools in remote Indigenous communities are set to benefit greatly over the next 10 years through new or upgraded trade training facilities provided by…
Vulnerable Australians will have the option to receive their regular income support payments weekly under legislation introduced into Parliament today. The Social Security and Family…