Twenty years of commitment to Indigenous employment by Australia Post demonstrates that corporate Australia has a crucial role to play in bringing Indigenous Australians into…
Research compiled by the Australian Institute of Family Studies has found that a substantial number of Australian children are living in households where adults routinely…
As part of National Child Protection week, the Australian Government has provided $300,000 to the National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse (NAPCAN), which is…
E & O E – PROOF ONLY JENNY MACKLIN: Thanks very much for being here and first of all if I can thank all the…
Second Reading Speech Ms MACKLIN (Jagajaga – Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs) I thank the House for the opportunity to sum…
Not-for-profit organisations can receive up to $2,500 to help pay for their volunteers’ petrol bills, as part of the Australian Government’s $21 million Volunteer Grants…
A new national advisory council providing advice to the Australian Government on the needs of people with disability, their families and carers is meeting for…
Almost four million Australians will receive an increase in their pensions and other income support payments and allowances from 20 September. Indexation will deliver an…
CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY We are all here today because when it comes to child abuse and neglect there is no room for politics – we…
Indigenous Affairs Minister, Jenny Macklin, and Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy, today announced an online resource to raise awareness of Indigenous cultural protocols relating to media…
Two Indigenous enterprises in the fields of financial services and the arts have been recognised for their outstanding contribution to Indigenous business at the Indigenous…
CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Acknowledgements Sally Finn (founder of Overdose Awareness Day) Janet Cribbes (Mayor City of Port Phillip) Judith Jackson (Aboriginal elder and mother of…
New research has shown that the number of children with disability attending school has more than tripled over the last 25 years but people with…
This week the Deputy Prime Minister will introduce legislation to Parliament on Wednesday that will link welfare payments to school enrolment and attendance. The program…
The Australian Government is providing $61,000 to the Spinal Education Awareness Team program for up to 80,000 Queensland school students to learn how prevent spinal…
The Kyabra Community Centre, which provides wide-ranging community services on Brisbane’s southside, will receive a $40,000 grant from the Australian Government for capital upgrades to…
Today Jenny Macklin, the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, presented awards to 27 volunteers in the Brisbane suburb of Moreton. The…
Aspleycare’s new building, constructed with a $280,000 grant from the Australian Government, was officially opened today by the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and…
Agreement has been reached on the granting of 50-year leases by the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara to the State Government to allow much needed public housing…
The Australian Government has appointed a specialist in child protection to investigate ways to improve information sharing within and between jurisdictions as part of its…
The Australian Government will provide $2.1 million to give carers of young people access to emergency, unplanned respite care. The respite funding will support a…
CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY First of all I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of this land, the Wurundgeri people, and thank them for welcoming…
I would first like to acknowledge the traditional owners of this land, the Cadigal people. It is a great privilege to be here, to celebrate…
Work on a national centre for Indigenous youth is underway on the former Redfern Public School site following a $24 million funding boost from the…
Arts Minister, Peter Garrett and Indigenous Affairs Minister, Jenny Macklin today announced more than $37 million in funding for Indigenous arts, cultural, languages and broadcasting…