Remarks to Social and Community Service Workers
Transcript by The Hon Julie Collins MPJoint Transcript with: Prime Minister, Minister for Community Services and the Status of Women E & O E – PROOF ONLY MINISTER COLLINS: Thank you…
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Helping students with financial skills for life after school
Media Release by The Hon Julie Collins MPThe Minister for Community Services, Julie Collins, today met with teenagers in Launceston at the innovative enterprise Studentworks, which is promoting the importance of financial…
A day of action on older women’s financial inequality
Media Release by The Hon Julie Collins MPInternational Day of Older Persons October 1 should serve as a reminder that too many women in Australia are reaching retirement age with insufficient financial…
Young Australians learning not to cross the line on violence
Media Release by The Hon Julie Collins MPAn Australian Government campaign aiming to reduce violence against women is helping to change the attitudes of young people. The Minister for the Status of…
Key step towards reducing violence against women
Media Release by The Hon Julie Collins MPAustralian governments have today reiterated their commitment to working together to reduce violence against women and their children with the release of the plan to…
Scholarship opportunities for ‘board ready’ women
Media Release by The Hon Julie Collins MPThe Minister for the Status of Women, Julie Collins, is inviting Australia’s ‘board ready’ women to apply for Australian Government-backed scholarships aimed at increasing the…
Celebrating 50,000 affordable loans to vulnerable Australians
Media Release by The Hon Julie Collins MPAffordable loan schemes supported by Gillard Government and National Australia Bank funding have passed the milestone of helping 50,000 Australians under financial stress get back…
Labor moves to ban gag clauses in not-for-profit sector
Media Release by The Hon Julie Collins MPLegislation will be introduced to ban gag clauses in Commonwealth contracts with the Not-For-Profit sector, ensuring ongoing positive engagement and open debate between the Federal…
Campbell Newman passes the buck on help for struggling Queenslanders
Media Release by The Hon Julie Collins MP‘Cutbacks Campbell’ has morphed into ‘Pass-the-buck Campbell’ as the Queensland Premier’s unprecedented budget cuts start to hit home, the Federal Minister for Community Services, Julie…
Quilt honouring victims of domestic violence on display
Media Release by The Hon Julie Collins MPThe National Remembrance Quilt in honour of women and children killed in domestic violence crimes now hangs in Parliament House, Canberra. The quilt is on…
Campbell Newman steps up attack on Queensland’s most vulnerable
Media Release by The Hon Julie Collins MPWith today’s Queensland State Budget, Premier Campbell Newman has stepped up his ongoing attack on his State’s most vulnerable people, the Federal Minister for Community…
Playing their part in protecting Australia’s children
Media Release by The Hon Julie Collins MPThe Minister for Community Services Julie Collins has today presented the inaugural National Child Protection Week “Play Your Part” Award acknowledging the outstanding work of…
Taking the message of MoneySmart Week to future savers
Media Release by The Hon Julie Collins MPThe Minister for Community Services and Member for Franklin Julie Collins is encouraging Australians to take on board the message of MoneySmart Week and help…
Gillard Government steps in to save Queensland Working Women’s Service
Media Release by The Hon Julie Collins MPThe Queensland Working Women’s Service (QWWS) will continue to provide an important service for working women thanks to an additional $200,000 in funding from the…
Do a Money Health Check in MoneySmart Week
Media Release by The Hon Julie Collins MPThe first ever MoneySmart Week is underway – and the Australian Government is encouraging Australians to carry out their own ‘money health check’. The Minister…
Equal Pay Day – Gillard Government working to close gender pay gap
Media Release by The Hon Julie Collins MPThis year, 2 September is not just a celebration of the role fathers and partners play in our lives – it is also Equal Pay…
Building targeted services for Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants
Media Release by The Hon Julie Collins MPThe inaugural two-day meeting of Find and Connect support services opened in Melbourne today so staff could share their expertise and knowledge on delivering targeted…
Country Women’s Association of Australia 34th Triennial Conference
Speech by The Hon Julie Collins MPGood morning everyone. Before I begin I would like to acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which we are meeting on today, and…
New toolkit to stop violence against women in rural communities before it happens
Media Release by The Hon Julie Collins MPThe Minister for the Status of Women, Julie Collins, has today launched a new toolkit aimed at stopping violence against women in rural communities before…
Parliamentary breakfast for Under-Secretary General and Executive Director of UN Women Michelle Bachelet
Speech by The Hon Julie Collins MPGood morning. Thank you Auntie Agnes Shea for that warm Welcome to Country. I would like to begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the…
Opposition leader and women, Newspoll, Foodbank Report
Transcript by The Hon Julie Collins MPASHLEIGH GILLON: Earlier I spoke with another female Labor Minister, Labor’s Minister for the Status of Women, Julie Collins, and I asked her about these…
Newman’s gag order is business as usual for Liberals
Media Release by The Hon Julie Collins MPThe Queensland Government’s move to gag the State’s community sector after subjecting it to massive funding cuts shows the shameful way Coalition governments do business,…
Australian Services Union Tasmania women’s lunch, Tasmania
Speech by The Hon Julie Collins MPGood morning and thank you for the kind invitation to join you all today. I would like to begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of…
Celebrating 40 years of the Women’s Electoral Lobby
Media Release by The Hon Julie Collins MPThe Minister for the Status of Women, Julie Collins, has today congratulated the Women’s Electoral Lobby as it celebrates 40 years of activism. Ms Collins…
Launch of National Homeless Persons’ Week
Speech by The Hon Julie Collins MPGood morning. I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet and pay my respects to their Elders, both past…