Horn Island airport upgrade
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe upgrade to the Horn Island Airport will now go ahead following the announcement of an additional $3.1 million in joint Australian and Queensland Government…
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Extra assistance for Australians in need
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPAustralian families under financial pressure will have access to more than 50 new financial counsellors and an additional 49 emergency relief providers in disadvantaged communities…
Children eating healthier food in NTER communities
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPIndigenous parents living in Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) communities have reported that their children are eating more and are healthier, since the introduction of…
Appointment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, today welcomed the appointment of Mick Gooda to the Australian Human Rights Commission…
Opposition confirms policy on baby bonus and family tax benefits
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Opposition Shadow Minister for Families, Kevin Andrews, has confirmed that it is Liberal Party policy to remove the means test on the baby bonus…
Funding boost for volunteers and peak body
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPTo meet the growing demand for volunteers the Australian Government is delivering a $250,000 funding boost to train new volunteers and assist in accreditation of…
More services for more new mothers
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe increasing number of women becoming pregnant and having babies will benefit from the Rudd Government’s improved maternity services and support programs. The Australian Institute…
Working with families to protect children
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPEarly intervention services, which draw on kinship ties of Aboriginal people to build strong families and protect children, are being established in the Alice Springs…
$180,000 boost to upgrade Palm Island’s sporting and recreational facilities
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPAn Australian Government funding boost of $180,000 will complete the upgrade of the Palm Island sporting and recreational facilities. The funding will help build a…
Boost for financial counselling services in Far North Queensland, Alice Springs town camps, Tony Abbott – Doorstop, Cairns
Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP*** E & OE – Proof only *** JENNY MACKLIN: Jim and I are very, very pleased to be here at Lifeline in Cairns and…
Work begins on town camps
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian and Northern Territory Governments today welcomed the start of work on the transformation of the Alice Springs town camps. Prisoner work gangs have…
$456,000 boost for financial counselling services in Far North Queensland
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPFamilies in Cairns, Cape York and the Torres Strait facing financial pressure will now have better access to financial counselling support and services. Lifeline Community…
New Liberal Party policy on Indigenous Affairs
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government notes the new Liberal Party policy announced today to appoint individual commissioners to Indigenous communities to control most administration, including alcohol bans,…
Coordinator-General for Remote Indigenous Services (six monthly report)
Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP*** E & OE – Proof only *** JENNY MACKLIN: I’m very pleased to be here with Brian Gleeson, the Coordinator General of Remote Services…
Boost for volunteer organisations ahead of International Volunteer Day
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPMore than 6700 community organisations across the country will benefit from $21 million in Australian Government funding for volunteer grants. The Volunteer Grants Program 2009…
Indexation increases payments to over 1.1 million Australians
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPFrom 1 January 2010, over 1.1 million Australians who receive Carer Allowance, Youth Allowance and Disability Support Pension (under 21 without children) will receive increases…
New education requirements for Family Tax Benefit Part A
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPFrom today, around 273,000 families will receive a letter from Centrelink to explain new requirements for Family Tax Benefit Part A for children aged 16…
First report into Remote Indigenous Service Delivery
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government today released the first six monthly report from the Coordinator General for Remote Indigenous Services on the progress being made in delivering…
Liberal Party to levy business to fund paid maternity leave
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government notes the new Liberal Party policy announced today to impose a new payroll levy on business to fund a paid maternity leave…
New Opposition policy on the baby bonus
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government notes the new Liberal Party policy announced today to remove the means test on the baby bonus. The new Leader of the…
Disability Investment Group Report released
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government today released the Disability Investment Group’s report commissioned as part of our commitment to set out a ten year agenda for coordinated,…
Work to start on the transformation of the Alice Springs town camps
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPWith the last legal obstacle removed, work can now start in the Alice Springs town camps to make the changes essential to provide safe and…
$2.2 million to upgrade Manthathpe road
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPResidents at the Manthathpe subdivision near Wadeye in the Northern Territory will soon have all-weather road access to Wadeye following the approval of $2.2 million…
Major welfare reforms – 5AA Mornings with Leon Byner
Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP*** E & OE – Proof only *** JENNY MACKLIN: First of all, good morning Leon, and happy Christmas to you and all of your…
Alice Springs town camps – Doorstop, Parliament House Canberra
Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP*** E & OE – Proof only *** JENNY MACKLIN: I’m very please to be here with my colleague and the Member for Lingiari Warren…