The Rudd Government today announced new appointments to the Board of Medibank Private Limited. Lindsay Tanner, Minister for Finance and Deregulation announced that both Ms…
Tanya Plibersek and Member for Bass, Jodie Campbell today toured the Karinya Young Womyn’s Service in Launceston. Karinya Young Womyn’s Service was developed in 1979…
Tanya Plibersek and Member for Bass, Jodie Campbell today toured Launceston’s City Mission. The Australian Government is providing City Mission with $500,000 over three years…
Tanya Plibersek, today announced that the Australian Government has funded Lutheran Community Care a total of $215,266 to open a new Reconnect homelessness intervention service…
****Check Against Delivery**** Introduction I would first like to acknowledge the traditional owners of this land, the Turrbal people, and to pay my respects to…
A high-profile site in the heart of Port Adelaide will be used for a new housing, employment and training project for young people funded by…
The Australian Government today announced it has received 91 expressions of interest in the first round of applications for its Housing Affordability Fund. The Housing…
*** CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY *** Introduction I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of this land, the Kaurna people, and pay my respects to…
** CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY ** Introduction Thank you Ros (Strong, President, Australian National Committee for UNIFEM). It is great to be here on United Nations…
Homebuyers across Australia will benefit from nationally consistent electronic development assessments (eDAs) being developed by the Rudd Government. The Government has signed contracts and made…
Twenty-two projects to support victims of domestic or family violence through early intervention and prevention approaches will each receive a share of $500,000 in Australian…
Tanya Plibersek, today announced $500,000 in Australian Government funding to help bring builders and developers in the ACT one step closer to full electronic development…
** CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY ** Acknowledgements Francine Senécal (Vice-Chair of the city of Montreal Executive Committee, Montreal, Canada) Shubha Raul (Mayor of Mumbai, India) Masoumeh…
The Rudd Government today announced a First Home Owners Boost to ensure first home buyers will be eligible for grants of up to $21,000. The…
Homeless families found it harder than homeless single people to secure accommodation through the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) in 2006/07, according to a report…
Federal , Tanya Plibersek and Tasmanian Minister for Human Services, Lin Thorp, today launched the A Place To Call Home program in Tasmania, a joint…
****Check against delivery**** Introduction I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we are gathered, and pay my respects to…
Tanya Plibersek today announced the commitment of $2 million to ‘HOME’ – a new residential complex for people living with mental illness in Queanbeyan –…
Federal , Tanya Plibersek and Victorian Minister for Housing, Richard Wynne, today jointly launched a $55 million Commonwealth/State homelessness initiative through the ‘A Place to…
Affordable housing was top of the agenda when , Tanya Plibersek, addressed a local social and affordable housing summit in the City of Whitehorse in…
Australian Women’s Ministers today endorsed the development of the National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women at the Commonwealth, State, Territory & New Zealand Ministers’…
The Minister for Employment Participation, Brendan O’Connor, and the , Tanya Plibersek, today urged providers with expertise in providing services to the homeless to tender…
Homebuyers across the country can today start taking advantage of the Rudd Government’s new First Home Saver Accounts to help bring the dream of homeownership…
Tanya Plibersek and Member for Werriwa, Chris Hayes today launched the Baptist Community Services Chisholm Care units in Campbelltown, in Sydney’s south-west. The units provide…
The Rudd Government today introduced legislation to establish the National Rental Affordability Scheme. NRAS is a key component of the Rudd Government’s $2.2 billion affordable…