E&OE Distinguished guests National finalists Previous winners Ladies and gentlemen Thank you Wayne Jackson for your introduction. Welcome everyone to this important event. This is…
Most Australian children are developing well by the time they start school, according to results launched today from the Australian Early Development Index (AEDI). The…
More than 400 school and university students from around Australia have put their writing skills to the test by entering the Prime Minster’s Community Business…
:Almost 17,000 extra Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) places will be delivered across 900 before school, after school and vacation care services as part of…
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson today offered Port Phillip Council the opportunity to be part of the first trial of…
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today welcomed Ms Vivian Solon’s return to Australia. Senator Patterson said her priority has always…
The Howard Government will deliver more than $585,000 in funding to a new project which will provide relationship support assistance to recently arrived humanitarian entrant…
The Howard Government will deliver $420,000 to Waverley Industries, which will help it expand its invaluable service in the disability business service sector and provide…
The Howard Government will deliver $300,000 in funding to the Migrant Information Centre to help recently arrived migrants and refugees living in Melbourne’s east with…
A new project supported by the Howard Government will help around 300 Melbourne humanitarian entrant families maintain strong family relationships and adjust to life in…
Four Indigenous communities in Queensland have been chosen as sites for “Safe Havens”, new temporary homes for children and young people wishing to escape potential…
Child care providers will, for the first time receive more comprehensive assistance, following the selection of preferred providers as Professional Support Coordinators. The Minister for…
The Howard Government’s response to two reports, detailing the historical abuse of children in institutional and out-of-home care, and contemporary child protection issues respectively, has…
:The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, last night presented awards at the 2005 National Awards for Local Government to winners for…
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today said the Howard Government’s commitment to support people needing crisis accommodation could not be…
E&OE Mr Bob Thomas, Chair , WA Department of Housing and Works The Hon Francis Logan – (previous speaker) WA Minister for Housing and Works)…
E&OE My federal and state parliamentary colleagues The Reverend Des Cousins—Chair, Wesley Mission Board Other members of the Wesley Mission Board Chris Hall—CEO, Wesley Mission…
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today pledged that her department would cut red tape to make it easier for community…
Under a new project supported by Howard Government around 750 humanitarian entrant families over the next three years will find it easier to become part…
The Howard Government will deliver $2 million in funding over three years for projects in Kwinana, Western Australia, under the $142 million Communities for Childreninitiative.…
A Howard Government funded program to help separated or divorced parents stay in contact with their children has received an extra three quarters of a…
The Australian and Greek Governments have agreed on a method of calculation of Australian pensions under the proposed Social Security Agreement between the two countries.…
The Minister for Family and Community Services and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women’s Issues, Senator Kay Patterson, today called on women to be…
For the first time access to an online catalogue of products and services offered by disability business services across Australia is available.The Minister for Family…
New family relationship services will be introduced at 33 locations around the nation as the Howard Government moves to further boost early intervention and prevention…