People living with a mental illness in remote Australia will have access to much-needed support through the extension of the Personal Helpers and Mentors (PHaMS)…
The Minister for Families, Jenny Macklin, today launched the National Association for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (NAPCAN) online survey and community engagement…
*** Check Against Delivery *** It is a great pleasure to be here in National Child Protection week to launch NAPCAN’s community engagement strategy and…
*** Check Against Delivery *** Thank you for inviting me along for breakfast and to acknowledge an important day in our calendar – White Balloon…
The Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, today launched White Balloon Day to raise awareness of child sexual assault in…
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…
Medicare Australia can now provide information to state and territory child protection agencies to help protect and support children at risk of abuse or neglect.…
Around 3.3 million age pensioners, disability support pensioners, carers, wife and widow pensioners and veteran income support recipients will receive an increase in their pension…
The Australian Government is urging parents and carers of children with severe disability to apply to Centrelink to test their eligibility for income support. Major…
*** Check Against Delivery *** I would like to acknowledge the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation – the traditional owners of the land we…
*** E & OE – Proof only *** JOURNALIST: Minister, how many of these internet kiosks are we looking at around the country? JENNY MACKLIN:…
The Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, today unveiled the first of the Australian Government’s free internet kiosks for seniors…
The Australian Government today announced more than $100 million has been spent on BasicsCards across Australia. More than $70 million of spending has gone towards…
*** E & OE – Proof only *** Subject: Strategic Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure Program (SIHIP) review JENNY MACKLIN: Today I’m releasing the report of…
South Australian children with Autism Spectrum Disorders will benefit from specialist care and attention following the opening of an Autism Specific Early Learning and Care…
The Australian and Northern Territory Governments today released the report of the review into improving the delivery of the Strategic Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure Program…
*** E & OE – Proof only *** JENNY MACKLIN: By the end of 2009, the Australian Government will issue a formal statement of acknowledgement…
The Australian Government acknowledges that the abuse and neglect suffered by many children in institutional or other out-of-home care during the last century was unacceptable.…
E & OE – Proof only JENNY MACKLIN: Congratulations Essendon Football Club for developing the first Reconciliation Action Plan for an AFL Club. The Essendon…
Essendon Football Club today became the first AFL club to develop and implement its own Reconciliation Action Plan setting out a practical agenda to strengthen…
E&EO – Proof only JENNY MACKLIN: ………. Julia Gillard, $11 million that would be made available to community organisations, especially those who’ve shown that as…
The Australian Government is providing $11 million to charitable and non-profit organisations to enable them to continue to deliver valuable community services to the disadvantaged…
A Regional Partnership Agreement (RPA) signed in Port Macquarie today will target the green economy as a way of addressing Aboriginal unemployment in the Many…
The Australian Government is determined to start work on improving living standards for residents of the Alice Springs town camps. I want to get on…
A new Pensioner and Beneficiary Living Cost Index (PBLCI), released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, will better reflect price increases in goods commonly…