Continued strong economic growth has resulted in a 5% fall in the number of people receiving unemployment benefits in the year to December 2003, the…
The Labor Party today revealed they will revert to their old child care policies that would see families receiving less assistance for their child care…
The Australian Government will extend for a further 12 months the assets test exemption to those people on income support whose homes were destroyed in…
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today reassured people who receive the Disability Support Pension (DSP) that their payments were not…
More families are receiving maximum levels of assistance and families are able to keep more of each dollar they earn, the Minister for Family and…
Labor will scrap funding for local community grassroots projects that strengthen families and support communities, the Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson,…
Attorney-General Philip Ruddock and Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today announced Australia has provided a written contribution for inclusion in a…
Australia’s report on actions to end discrimination against women has been lodged with the United Nations. The report is an assessment of Australia’s performance against…
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today announced that the Social Security Agreement between Australia and Slovenia will come into effect…
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, responding to a new report on housing affordability for low-income earners by the Australian Council…
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today congratulated the five national winners announced last night by the Prime Minister in the…
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today said that the ACOSS announcement did not paint a full or accurate picture of…
The number of people receiving unemployment benefits is at the lowest level in 12 years, the Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson,…
The Australian Government is working to streamline and simplify Family Tax Benefit (FTB) payments to reduce the likelihood of overpayments. More than two million families…
The Australian Government is committed to the simplification of the claim forms for the Family Tax Benefit, which delivers an average $6000 a year to…
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today congratulated the 10 National Finalists in the Prime Minister’s Awards For Excellence in Community…
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today marked International Volunteer Day 2003 by announcing funding of almost $1million to be distributed…
The latest report on welfare services in Australia highlights the dedication and commitment of 2.5 million Australians who provide care for family and friends, the…
Schoolchildren at more than 8000 schools around Australia will use a new resource kit to knock the ‘dis’ out of disAbility and focus on ability…
Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today opened the National Association for Gambling Studies (NAGS) 13th Annual Conference in Canberra. Senator Patterson…
A new report shows the positive contribution of older people to the community through their household caring and voluntary work, the Minister for Family and…
A range of women’s organisations will share in nearly $520,000 in grants for policy and capacity building projects under the 2003-04 Women’s Development Programme the…
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today named Campbell Town in Tasmania as the state and overall national winner in the…
A number of high profile Australian men including entertainers Wil Anderson and Andrew Denton supported the White Ribbon Day ceremony hosted by Senator Kay Patterson,…
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson, today announced funding of more than $1.6 million for six projects to help Indigenous communities…