Financial counselling, National Child Protection Framework, child abuse
Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPE & O E – PROOF ONLY JENNY MACKLIN: Thank you and if I can thank Wesley Mission very much for having us here today.…
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Financial counselling for families under stress
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government today announced $3.5 million in funding for 41 community and local government organisations to continue delivering Commonwealth Financial Counselling services to help…
National leadership to better protect Australia’s children
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPNew measures to improve information sharing between the Australian Government and State and Territory child protection agencies were agreed to today by the Council of…
Milestone delivery for new dads in northern Melbourne
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPIn an important milestone, the 1,750th new father today completed the I’m a Dad program in Melbourne. The Children’s Protection Society’s I’m a Dad program…
Redfern, Sydney
Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPJENNY MACKLIN: Thanks very much everyone. If I could first of all thank everyone from Sydney Day Nurseries for having us here today in this…
Paid parental leave
Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPE & O E – PROOF ONLY CHARLES WOOLEY: Let’s get the Government’s reaction to the plan from the Productivity Commission on paid maternity leave,…
Grandparents helping make children smarter
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPNew research has confirmed what many Australian families already know – grandparents are unsung heroes in the community and they also have an influential role…
Productivity Commission Inquiry into Paid Parental Leave – interim report
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Government welcomes the Productivity Commission’s Draft Inquiry Report on Paid Parental Leave released today. The interim report includes one possible model for a paid…
Turnbull backflip on pensions
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPMalcolm Turnbull today made it obvious that he does not understand his own pension policy and is out of touch on major domestic challenges like…
NTER staff accommodation
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) has received a report from Consulting Enterprises in Technology (CETEC) about the presence of…
Launch of SBS documentary, First Australians
Speech by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPCheck Against Delivery Six years in the making, this remarkable series looks at the history of contemporary Australia from the perspective of its first people…
Double superannuation eliminated in Australia and Germany
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPDouble superannuation coverage affecting people who work in Australia and Germany will be eliminated under a new agreement announced by the Minister for Families, Housing,…
Pensions, Prime Minister’s travel
Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPE & O E – PROOF ONLY JENNY MACKLIN: This morning Malcolm Turnbull, the new Leader of the Opposition, has demonstrated yet again that he…
Abbott insults pensioners
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPTony Abbott has insulted pensioners by saying that he does not see their issues as central to political debate. This is a stinging slap in…
Paralympians – inspirational role models
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPAustralia’s Paralympic Games athletes have inspired a nation with their outstanding performances in Beijing. A top five finish, including 23 gold medals and 79 medals…
Leadership skills for young Indigenous Australians
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPFifteen Indigenous trainees are undertaking a week-long leadership course in Canberra as part of a new eight-week Australian Defence Force and Department of Education, Employment…
Turnbull is Arthur and Martha on pensions
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPIn his first day in his new job, Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull has shown that he is out of touch with 2.2 million Australian pensioners…
Australian Government helps Stolen Generations tell their stories
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government will build on the National Library of Australia’s oral history project by contributing $100,000 to enable the Stolen Generations to share their…
New social security agreement with Finland
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPAround 2,000 residents of Australia and Finland will soon have improved access to the age pension from the Finnish and Australian Governments with the introduction…
Indigenous Healing Forum Dinner
Speech by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPCHECK AGAINST DELIVERY I would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we are gathered. I understand that you had a…
Speech to the Indigenous Healing Forum
Speech by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPFirst I would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we are gathered. When the Australian Parliament apologised to Indigenous Australians…
Single age pensioners misled by Nelson
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPBrendan Nelson’s empty pension proposal has been exposed as a political stunt. Dr Nelson has been promising to introduce a private member’s bill to seek…
Doorstop – Pensions
Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPE & O E – PROOF ONLY JENNY MACKLIN: In his effort to make a political point, Brendan Nelson seems to have forgotten married pensioners,…
National Child Protection Week, Pensions
Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPE & O E – PROOF ONLY JENNY MACKLIN: Thanks very much everyone. I’m very very pleased to be here today at the opening of…
Nelson ignores 2.2 million pensioners
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPIn his rush to score political points, Brendan Nelson has forgotten about 2.2 million married age pensioners, carers, widows, veterans and disability support pension recipients.…