The Australian Government today announced that it has received applications for more than 27,000 dwellings in round two of the National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS).…
The annual Demand for Supported Assistance Accommodation by Homeless People 2007-08 report released today underlines the need for greater services for families who become homeless.…
Premier Nathan Rees and Federal Housing Minister Tanya Plibersek today announced that the first home in the country built as part of the Federal Government’s Nation…
Federal Housing Minister Tanya Plibersek today announced that over $1 million is being invested to upgrade 224 social housing dwellings in Melbourne’s inner north before the…
Minister for Housing and the Status of Women, Tanya Plibersek and Victorian Minister for Housing, Richard Wynne today met with members of the Family Violence…
The National Association of Services Against Sexual Violence (NASASV) has today taken an important step towards reducing violence against women in Australia with the release…
Attorney-General Robert McClelland and Tanya Plibersek have today officially opened the Sydney City Family Relationship Centre. Mr McClelland said the new Centre provides important advice and…
Federal Housing Minister Tanya Plibersek and Victorian Housing Minister Richard Wynne today visited Melbourne’s south-east, where over $780,000 is being invested to upgrade 128 social housing…
Federal Housing Minister Tanya Plibersek today visited Bayswater North, where over $410,000 is being invested to upgrade 66 social housing dwellings before the end of…
Tanya Plibersek today welcomed the six month extension of the First Home Owners Boost while visiting first home buyers in Sydney’s south west. Extending the…
Federal Housing Minister Tanya Plibersek and NSW Housing Minister David Borger today announced that over $1.4 million is being invested in Sydney’s inner West suburbs…
The 2009-10 Women’s Budget Statement adopts the theme Supporting Women in a Time of Economic Challenge. Economies across the world are experiencing one of the…
Tonight the Rudd Government announces it will extend the highly successful First Home Owner’s Boost (FHOB) for an extra six months to support more Australian…
The Australian Government is tackling homelessness and housing affordability with a record $15.3 billion investment in housing programs. Over the next three years the Rudd…
*Check against delivery* Hello, I’m Tanya Plibersek, Minister for Housing and Minister for the Status of Women. This years budget is focused on Nation Building…
The Australian and Western Australian Governments today announced that construction is underway on the repairs and maintenance component of the Rudd Government’s Nation Building Economic…
Anthony Albanese, Minister for Infrastructure and Local Government and Tanya Plibersek, , today announced the Rudd Government would offer $3.4 million for the Stage Two…
Federal Tanya Plibersek and South Australian Minister for Housing Jennifer Rankine today attended the first official opening of a National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS) project…
Tanya Plibersek today announced that a local infrastructure proposal by the South Australian Government Department for Families and Communities which has been offered $250,000 to…
Tanya Plibersek and Member for Port Adelaide Mark Butler today announced that a local infrastructure proposal by the City of Charles Sturt will be offered…
Anthony Albanese, Minister for Infrastructure and Local Government and Tanya Plibersek, Member for Sydney, today announced that the Rudd Labor Government would offer $2 million…
ABS Building Approvals Figures data released today shows the Rudd Government’s Nation Building Economic Stimulus Plan is continuing to deliver a much-needed boost to jobs…
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.