From today, the Department of Social Services will maintain and publish a list of institutions on its website that have not yet joined the National…
From today, new national rules come into force that reduce the customer verification period for new online wagering consumers from 90 days to a maximum…
The Liberal National Government today announced former ACCC deputy chair, Louise Sylvan AM, will lead its Financial Counselling Services Review. The Government recently announced its…
Minister for Families and Social Services, Paul Fletcher, today announced the National Disability Insurance Agency’s (NDIA) Western Australia (WA) Market Review is open for feedback.…
A new assessment of the effects of the Cashless Debit Card (CDC) shows positive “observable impacts” on alcohol and drug misuse, child welfare, crime and…
Keeping children safe from harm and wrongdoing while they are in the care of organisations is the focus of a new set of national principles…
The Liberal National Government will double the emergency relief funding for eight Townsville organisations from the Department of Social Services to help people recover from…
The Department of Social Services has joined the DXC Technology Dandelion Program to design specific roles within the Department that build on the skills of…
The Morrison Government is working to keep Australians safe, funding a new round of trials to prevent violence against women and better protect family and…
The latest quarterly data for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) released today shows that close to one in three people entering the scheme are…
The Liberal National Government today moved to establish a nationally consistent approach to screening people who work with people with disability in the National Disability…
Hundreds more women and children escaping domestic and family violence will have a safe place to sleep with a $78 million investment by the Morrison…
The Coalition Government has agreed to take action on all 76 recommendations contained in the Royal Commission’s Final Report and, in a number of important…
The Morrison Government is helping young people in Ulladulla find a job, enter education or undertake training through a new trial under the Try Test…
The South Australian Government has completed the final steps to join the National Redress Scheme – meaning that survivors of sexual abuse in institutions operated…
Federal Minister for Families and Social Services Paul Fletcher has welcomed the entry of four more institutions into the National Redress Scheme. “I am pleased…
Ten more institutions, including six Anglican institutions, have officially joined the National Redress Scheme. Federal Minister for Families and Social Services, Paul Fletcher, welcomed the…
The Federal Liberal-National Government has unveiled a $1.83 million project in Western Sydney to reconnect at-risk young Indigenous people with their culture to boost their…
E&OE EDWINA BARTHOLOMEW: Well, we all know dads have a big impact on the way kids grow up but as life gets busier…
The Liberal-National Government is investing $5.4 million in a program to improve engagement between fathers and their children. The Fathering Project was founded in Western…
The Western Australia government has entered the National Redress Scheme. Federal Minister for Families and Social Services, Paul Fletcher, said this was a significant milestone…
Federal Minister for Families and Social Services, Paul Fletcher has welcomed the news that another group of Catholic institutions has completed the steps to participate…
A number of changes introduced by the Liberal-National Government taking effect from tomorrow will make the welfare system more effective, sustainable and stronger. Minister for…
Minister for Families and Social Services, Paul Fletcher, has announced the implementation of new rules that make it easier to offer scholarships approved for ABSTUDY…
The Commonwealth and Western Australian (WA) Governments have agreed to provide additional time for people to transfer from the WA Government’s State-based National Disability Insurance…