The Hon Larry Anthony MP

National Youth Week 2004 starts tomorrow

Media Release by The Hon Larry Anthony MP

National Youth Week – the largest celebration of young people on the Australian youth calendar starts tomorrow, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony…

Government in partnership to ensure quality child care

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The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony today launched the new look Centre for Community Child Health newsletter, Childcare and Children’s Health. “This…

Every Child Is Important

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: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, today launched the Australian Childhood Foundation’s nation-wide Every Child Is Importantcampaign. Mr Anthony said the campaign…

How are our children faring?

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Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, said he was hopeful that today’s workshop of experts could find a way to achieve a national…

Capital Grants for Community Based Child Care

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 Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony today announced funding of $3 million to assist community based child care services to upgrade their facilities.…

Helping organisations to protect children

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Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, today announced an extra $300,000 in Australian Government funding for a project helping children and youth organisations…

More help for separated men

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 Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, today said that men going through separation are more likely to seek help than they were just…

Swan picks new fight with Latham

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Shadow Minister for Family and Community Services, Wayne Swan, today picked a new fight with Labor Leader, Mark Latham, over child care workers wages, Minister…

Swan admits he was wrong

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 Wayne Swan’s statement today regarding the Australian Government’s Stronger Families and Communities Strategy is yet another example of Labor flip flop politics. At the start…

Helping organisations to protect children

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 Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, today announced an extra $300,000 in Australian Government funding for a project helping children and youth organisations…

50 Young Australians Ready For Roundtable

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 Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, today announced the 50 young Australians chosen to be members of the National Youth Roundtable 2004. Mr…

ACOSS Child Care Assumptions Wrong

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ACOSS research released today on the costs of child care requires a good understanding of the fine print, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry…

Parents Tell Government How To Help

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Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony today announced $3.2 million for a range of projects that will inform the Australian Government how it…

Helping families at risk

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Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, today released an evaluation report on the Australian Government’s Early Intervention Parenting Program that highlights its success…

Latham Endorses Government’s Strategy

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Mark Latham’s speech to the Press Club today was a glowing endorsement of the Government’s highly successful Stronger Families and Communities Strategy and focus on…

Parental Income Test Linking

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Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, today announced that the Australian Government will waive a large number of Youth Allowance overpayments that have…

Australian Youth get Reconnected with their families

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Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, today welcomed the release of the final report that highlights the success of the Australian Government’s youth…

Run with It – National Youth Week 2004

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Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony has officially launched the National Youth Week 2004 websiteand the national talent competitions giving young Australians the…

Labor to cut $47 million from youth services

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Leader of the Opposition, Mark Latham has announced that a Labor Government would axe funding to essential youth services and redirect it to fund public…

Australian Government continues support for volunteers

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 Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, today announced a new round of the Volunteer Small Equipment Grants and $100,000 to support volunteering in…

Reports expose Beattie doing child protection on the cheap

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Two authoritative reports released recently clearly outline serious shortfalls in the Queensland child protection system, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, said today.…

Labor’s child care promise to cost $3 billion

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Labor Party’s policy to provide free child care to all children under the age of five years and take over the preschool system is economically…

Government already has $4.4 million mentoring program

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Mark Latham has again failed to acknowledge the Coalition Government as his inspiration for his Party’s new children and youth policies, Minister for Children and…