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Minister for Social Services, the Hon. Scott Morrison today announced a review of illegal offshore wagering, delivering on the Coalition Government’s election commitment to investigate…
E&OE MICHAEL BRISSENDEN: The Government’s planned changes to paid parental leave will come under scrutiny again today. A senate inquiry will hear evidence from some…
E&OE RAY HADLEY: Good morning. MINISTER MORRISON: G ‘day Ray. HADLEY: Two Cabinet Ministers have apparently told Fairfax that talks have been held about dumping…
Reports today that hundreds of thousands of families will be thousands of dollars worse off under the Government’s Jobs for Families package on child care…
The Australian Government has appointed Ms Anne Hollonds as the new Director of the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS), the government’s principal source of…
E&OE NEIL MITCHELL: Scott Morrison good morning. MINISTER MORRISON: G’day Neil, good to be here again. MITCHELL: Thank you for coming in. Could we get…
The Minister for Social Services, the Hon Scott Morrison, met with representatives from the Secretariat National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC) last week to…
Industrialised nations face huge challenges in social policy. Whether on welfare spending, ageing, jobs or access to housing, governments across the developed world are having…
E&OE MIRANDA DEVINE: Good evening Minister. MINISTER MORRISON: G’day Miranda. How are you? I’m just heading back from the Netball World Cup where the girls…
Minister for Social Services, the Hon. Scott Morrison today announced that from 1 October 2015, the child protection measure of income management will be introduced…
E&OE LEIGH SALES: The Social Services Minister Scott Morrison joins me now from our Parliament House studio in Canberra. Minister, thank you very much for…
E&OE RAY HADLEY: Minister good morning. MINISTER MORRISON: G’day Ray. HADLEY: News broke during this programme yesterday that Tony Smith is the new Speaker. There…
E&OE MINISTER MORRISON: It is wonderful to be here today with my colleagues Minister Cash and Parliamentary Secretary, Senator Fierravanti-Wells at this very important day…
Violence against culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) women was under the spotlight today when community and business leaders, academics, specialists and other key stakeholders came…
E&OE MINISTER MORRISON: Well I’m very pleased to be here at the ReCHARGE conference in homelessness and prevention week and I’m particularly pleased to be…
The Australian Government acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples throughout Australia and their continuing connection to land, water, culture and community. We pay our respects to the Elders both past and present.