Delivering for older Australians
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Gillard Government will continue its strong record of supporting senior Australians with a number of initiatives in the 2013-14 Budget, including $112.4 million for…
The Gillard Government will continue its strong record of supporting senior Australians with a number of initiatives in the 2013-14 Budget, including $112.4 million for…
The Gillard Government will invest $14.3 billion over seven years to roll out DisabilityCare Australia, the national disability insurance scheme, across the country. This Budget…
The Gillard Government is providing $434.1 million over four years from 2012-13 to support the work of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child…
The Gillard Government is delivering further reforms to secure a fair and sustainable family payments system for Australia’s future. Labor believes in a strong family…
Late registrations for the closed Pension Bonus Scheme will end from 1 March 2014 to help ensure our pension system is simpler and more sustainable…
The Gillard Government is continuing its unprecedented investment to close the gap on Indigenous disadvantage with more than $1.6 billion in funding for improved health,…
The Gillard Government has a proven track record of delivering cost of living relief to millions of Australian households. A central part of this has…
A review of the Gillard Government’s Household Assistance Package has found it has helped millions of Australian households keep up with their bills and meet…
Disability advocate and 2011 Senior Australian of the Year, Emeritus Professor Ron McCallum AO, has today been named as this year’s Patron for International Day…
The Government will introduce legislation this Wednesday to provide for a half a percentage point increase in the Medicare levy from 1.5 to 2 per…
More than 280,000 families have now benefitted from the Gillard Government’s Paid Parental Leave scheme, giving Australian mums another reason to celebrate today. Our Paid…
The Gillard Government and the Northern Territory Government have reached an historic agreement today that will see DisabilityCare Australia, the national disability insurance scheme, rolled…
The chaos continues. Tony Abbott has seen the writing on the wall. He knows his colleagues hate his rolled gold paid parental leave plan –…
Tony Abbott’s rolled gold paid parental leave scheme just got even more unfair, with reports today he wants to leave state and local government employees…
A clear pathway for people with disability to access DisabilityCare Australia, the national disability insurance scheme, in the Tasmanian launch was announced today by the…
A clear pathway for people with disability to access DisabilityCare Australia, the national disability insurance scheme, in the South Australian launch area was announced today…
A crucial step towards the Victorian launch of DisabilityCare Australia, the national disability insurance scheme, has been taken, with the Commonwealth and Victorian Governments agreeing…
A clear pathway for participants to access DisabilityCare Australia in the Hunter launch area was announced today by the Australian and New South Wales Governments.…
The Gillard Government and Queensland Government have reached an historic agreement today that will see DisabilityCare Australia, the national disability insurance scheme, rolled out across…
As the list of Coalition MPs protesting against Tony Abbott’s unfair paid parental leave policy grows longer by the hour, senior Coalition figures have admitted…
E & OE – Proof only Subject: Tony Abbott’s paid parental leave policy; DisabilityCare Australia JENNY MACKLIN: Thanks for joining us this morning. Tony Abbott…
Tony Abbott’s unfair and costly Paid Parental Leave scheme has been given yet another nail in the coffin this morning – with yet another Liberal…
Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey’s inaccurate and ignorant assertion this morning that the Government is planning cuts to the Disability Support Pension is simply wrong. The…
E & O E – PROOF ONLY Subjects: DisabilityCare Australia; National Plan for School Improvement; Live animal exports; Federal election; Asylum seekers; Great Barrier Reef;…
The Gillard Government and Victorian Coalition Government have reached a historic agreement today that will allow for the full roll out of DisabilityCare Australia, the…