E&OE Ladies and gentlemen Introduction Thank you Roslyn (Strong, Vice-President of UNIFEM) for your introduction. I am delighted to be here in my home city…
The capacity of Australian, States and Territory Governments to provide support services for Australians with a severe or profound disability has been boosted with the…
The confronting real-life story of teenage domestic violence victim Angela Barker is the centrepiece of the Australian Government’s innovative new education pack being delivered to…
The launch of a Problem Gambling Support Centre in south west Sydney by the Salvation Army and the Fairfield RSL Club, is a positive initiative…
Changes in Australian families over the past two decades and the challenges they face have been tracked in a research report launched in Melbourne today.…
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today welcomed the release of a bulletin on children’s health, development and wellbeing as an…
The Howard Government will introduce legislation tomorrow to continue to deliver on its election commitments and ensure that the value of Family Tax Benefit (FTB)…
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson today announced a new allocation of over 6300 Outside School Hours Care places. ‘The new…
The Australian Government will provide emergency assistance to the victims of the train crash near Bundaberg, Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson…
A discussion paper released today seeks input from the community into the implementation of wide-ranging reforms to the family law system, Attorney-General Philip Ruddock and…
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today delivered on the first of the promises made by the Coalition during the 2004…
Labor is divided over whether they will keep their Family and Tax policy and whether the Howard Government’s $600 per child payment is real.Media reports…
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today welcomed the findings of a new report released by the Australian Institute of Health…
A new report, released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, demonstrates the value of the Australian Government’s support for carers of older…
Labor’s new Shadow Spokesperson for Work, Family and Community, Tanya Plibersek, must tell Australian families whether she supports Labor’s election policies. Ms Plibersek must come…
Labor’s new Shadow Treasurer has shown his true colours this afternoon, failing yet again to acknowledge that the $600 increase in Family Tax Benefit is…
The number of people receiving unemployment benefits in September has fallen to its lowest level in 14 years. The Minister for Family and Community Services,…
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson has announced the Howard Government will fund a national meeting of young carers every two…
Almost 1.2 million families with 2.3 million children have now benefited from the Howard Government’s $600 per child increase in Family Tax Benefit. This represents…
E&OE I am pleased to be here at the Home Truths Stop Sexual Assualt and Domestic Violence – a National Challenge Conference. Sexual assault and…
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today announced that the Senate last night passed legislation which will help more than 13 000…
Thousands of Australians are dobbing in people who are ripping off the welfare system. In the last financial year, the Department of Family and Community…
The Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women, Senator Kay Patterson, today announced almost $600,000 in funding for fourteen new initiatives under…
Greens Leader, Senator Bob Brown, today admitted that he does not understand his own welfare policy. Asked about the Greens policy to provide welfare to…
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, said there were 601,043 people receiving unemployment benefits (New Start Allowance and Youth Allowance (other))…