From today, Australian families going through relationship difficulties or separation are being better supported with the opening of 24 new Family Relationship Centres, Attorney-General Robert…
This week, Australia’s first ever Central Australian Aboriginal male health summit will be held near Alice Springs. Since the announcement of the Northern Territory Emergency…
I am pleased to announce that the National Policy Commission on Indigenous Housing met for the first time today in Canberra. The Minister for Families,…
Legislation has been passed into law that will protect charitable sector employees from Howard Government 2006 Budget measures that would have seen many employees lose…
MACKLIN: Thanks very much everyone, for being here, with my Parliamentary Secretary, Bill Shorten, we’re very pleased to be here at Malkara School today. If…
All children aged six and under who are diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and are not yet at school will have access to…
Sing Australia is to receive more than $446,000 in Australian Government funding to expand its network of choirs in rural and regional areas, especially targeting…
More than 430,000 carers and 2.7 million seniors have started receiving more than $1.8 billion in bonuses from the Australian Government. All payments are due…
Around 50,000 residents of Australia and Greece will soon have improved access to the age pension from the Greek and Australian Governments with the introduction…
New services to support Indigenous families have been launched in eight locations around Australia as part of a $16.6 million Australian Government commitment to give…
New land lease agreements for Groote Eylandt and 13 parks and reserves will go ahead in the Northern Territory after legislation was passed in the…
E & O E – PROOF ONLY Macklin: Thanks everyone for being here today. I’m very pleased to be releasing the Northern Territory Emergency Response…
The recommendations of the final report of Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) Taskforce have included annual health checks for children and investment in housing in…
The first six Northern Territory locations to trial linking school attendance with welfare payments have been selected. Hermannsburg, Katherine, Katherine town camps, Wallace Rockhole, Wadeye…
The Australian Government is taking action to encourage Indigenous landowners in the Northern Territory to use significant resource industry payments for the long-term benefit of…
Tomorrow marks the first anniversary of the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER). The response was launched on 21 June 2007 following the recommendations of the…
E & O E – PROOF ONLY TREASURER: Cabinet this afternoon has agreed to address a great social injustice that we discussed here the other…
E & O E – PROOF ONLY ELEANOR HALL: The Federal Government has signalled today that it is likely to continue with the controversial intervention…
The Rudd Government is taking urgent action to ensure employees in the charitable and not-for-profit sector are not hurt by the Howard Government’s 2006 budget…
A mobile child protection team has begun operating across the Northern Territory – one of two new child protection initiatives supported by the Australian and…
The construction of a health clinic, delivering a community health training program, and the improvement of dentistry services are central to the 2008 Army Aboriginal…
The Rudd Government is urgently examining the impact of changes in family assistance law made by the former Howard Government which may impact adversely on…
E & O E – PROOF ONLY JON FAINE : But this morning, on the anniversary of the intervention in the Northern Territory, or the…
A national program that harnesses the resources of Australia’s 5,000 pharmacies to make it easier for more people to join community groups will soon be…
The challenge you have set yourselves at this conference is considerable – building, sustaining and nurturing pathways to social inclusion in the political, environmental, social…