Rio Tinto Indigenous Rugby League Team Dreamtime Dinner
Speech by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPCHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Thank you for your warm welcome and it is great to be with you for the countdown to the 2008 Rugby League…
The Hon Jenny Macklin MP
Compulsory income management to continue as key NTER measure
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government will continue comprehensive, compulsory income management as a key measure of the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) because of its demonstrated benefits…
Report calls for lift in wellbeing of Aussie kids
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPAn Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) report on The Wellbeing of Young Australians released today shows Australia is lagging behind international benchmarks.…
Older Australians left behind – OECD
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPNew research reveals that older Australians became poorer in the ten years to 2005, compared with their counterparts in other developed countries. The OECD report,…
Australian Social Policy – Back in Business
Speech by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPI would first like to acknowledge the traditional owners of this land, the Cadigal people. And I would also like to thank the Sydney Institute…
Carers Week, Commonwealth Financial Planning NATSEM Women Carers report
Speech by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPE & O E – PROOF ONLY JENNY MACKLIN: Thanks very much Tim. And it’s a great pleasure to be here with Tim, but also…
New Productivity Commission inquiry into gambling
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government today released the timetable and terms of reference for the Productivity Commission’s update to its 1999 inquiry into Australia’s gambling industries. The…
ACT election, NSW by-elections, Carers Week, Economic Security Strategy, unemployment, self funded retirees
Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPE & O E – PROOF ONLY LO: Jenny Macklin, welcome to the program. JM: Thanks very much Laurie. LO: Well there is another terrible…
Carers Week pays tribute to unsung heroes around Australia
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPCarers Week 2008 is a time to reflect on the vital role carers play in our community and to acknowledge the enormous personal and financial…
Calling for input to the National Disability Strategy
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPMinister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, and Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children’s Services, Bill Shorten, today launched a discussion…
Economic Security Strategy, Northern Territory Emergency Response
Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPE & O E – PROOF ONLY JENNY MACKLIN: It is (inaudible) to open this very important symposium and particularly to highlight the impact of…
Opening of the Families Australia Symposium
Speech by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPCheck against delivery I would like to first acknowledge the traditional owners of this land, the Ngambri and Ngunawal people. It’s great to be here…
Economic Security Strategy
Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPE & O E – PROOF ONLY MADONNA KING: Well, pensioners take a bow, you deserve this. And remember it’s just a down payment; you’re…
Payments to pensioners; First Home Owners Grant
Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPE & O E – PROOF ONLY JOHN STANLEY: The scope of what’s been announced today, certainly in terms of payments is far in excess…
Pension payments
Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPE & O E – PROOF ONLY HOWARD SATTLER: Hello, good afternoon and welcome to the program on an historic day. Now, four months ago,…
People with disability big winners from Economic Security Strategy
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPFor the first time, lump sum payments are being extended to include more than 700,000 Disability Support Pensioners. The Rudd Government will deliver a $4.8…
$4.8 Billion down payment to help pensioners, seniors, and carers
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Rudd Government will deliver a $4.8 billion down payment to Australia’s four million pensioners, carers, seniors and veterans – providing them with immediate financial…
Australian families to receive $3.9 billion in Rudd Government support
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Rudd Government will invest $3.9 billion to provide immediate financial support to help around two million Australian families. This decisive action is part of…
NTER review report
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government today received the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) review report. The review board, comprising Chairman Peter Yu, Marcia Ella Duncan and Bill…
New alliance partners for NT Indigenous housing
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian and Northern Territory Governments today announced details of three building industry consortiums that will deliver the largest upgrade of housing ever undertaken in…
New base for Wadeye environment rangers
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Thammarrurr Land and Sea Rangers, a successful initiative employing 15 local people to work as rangers in and around Wadeye on environmental projects, now…
$1.5 million for remote community projects and new job opportunities
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government is providing $1.55 million for 18 small-scale NT community projects including more than $600,000 for two important capital projects in Wadeye, the…
$500,000 for Thamarrurr Development Corporation
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPA new enterprise to support Indigenous employment and boost local services in Wadeye will benefit from Australian Government funding through the Aboriginals Benefit Account. The…
Reforms to Indigenous employment programs
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government today released a paper on the Government’s preferred model for Indigenous employment programs, Increasing Indigenous Employment Opportunity. The proposed model includes reforms…
NAB boosts Microenterprise Loans
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPAustralians on low incomes have greater prospects of turning business dreams into reality after the National Australia Bank’s fivefold expansion of Microenterprise Loans. NAB’s decision…