The Rudd Government is providing $63.0 million over four years to help protect Australia’s vulnerable children from child abuse and neglect under the National Framework…
The Rudd Government will take important steps to reform family payments to make them more sustainable for the long-term. Australia’s spending on family payments is…
The Australian Government will invest $148.9 million in a range of new measures to help re-set the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. The Government’s…
As part of the 2009-10 Budget, the Rudd Government has finalised negotiations with the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic and Latvia to introduce social security…
The Australian Government recognises the impact of the global recession on the incomes of self-funded retirees and is providing extra assistance in the 2009-10 Budget.…
Rules about the care of children of separated parents will be made simpler and more consistent following changes made in the 2009-10 Budget. Separated parents…
Fifty Volunteer Resource Centres around Australia will benefit from $10.3 million in Australian Government funding to support a skilled, well-trained and well-resourced volunteer workforce. Celebrating…
Age and service pensioners will be able to keep more of the money they earn through part time work under the Australian Government’s Secure and…
The 2009-10 Budget details the level of financial support provided to Australians affected by the devastating Victorian bushfires, the North Queensland floods, the South East…
The Rudd Government is strengthening its commitment to people with disability and carers by providing extra support through a range of initiatives in the 2009-10…
Australia’s single pensioners will receive increases of up to $32.49 a week as part of the Australian Government’s Secure and Sustainable Pension Reforms. All 3.3…
New indexation arrangements will better reflect cost of living increases for pensioners as part of the Government’s Secure and Sustainable Pension Reform. A new Pensioner…
Around 500,000 carers across Australia will receive a new, permanent, Carer Supplement to help them meet the significant financial challenges they face, as part of…
The Rudd Government is strengthening measures to enhance community safety, tackle child abuse and rebuild communities in the Northern Territory, committing $807.4 million over three…
Around 720,000 Australians receiving the Disability Support Pension will receive pension increases as part of the Government’s Secure and Sustainable Pensions Reforms. Many disability support…
To help vulnerable Australians during the global recession, the Rudd Government will provide an additional $130.4 million to double funding for Emergency Relief and expand…
The Rudd Government will provide almost $10 million over four years to increase funding for Indigenous art centres and organisations, and support Indigenous employment. The…
Pension payments will be simpler, fairer and more flexible under the Australian Government’s Secure and Sustainable Pension Reforms. The reforms provide certainty for Australian pensioners…
As part of the Government’s Secure and Sustainable Pension Reform, in 2017 the qualifying age for the Age Pension will gradually increase from 65 to…
The Australian Government is taking steps to provide certainty to pensioners who live in aged care facilities and public housing who are concerned about the…
The Rudd Government will invest a further $10 million over four years to support the expansion of the Sporting Chance Program to improve the education,…
The Rudd Government is investing a further $204.3 million in the 2009-10 Budget to improve health care in Indigenous communities and help close the life…
The Rudd Government will provide additional funding to support the native title system so that it can help close the gap between Indigenous and non…
The Australian Government has committed $1.3 billion to continue driving its national reform agenda to close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. This is…
The Rudd Government has made an historic decision to commit $731 million over five years to Australia’s first comprehensive, statutory, Paid Parental Leave scheme. The…