Federal Tanya Plibersek and Queensland Member for Townsville Mandy Johnstone today launched a new RentConnect service in Townsville. The expansion of RentConnect – an existing…
Tanya Plibersek and Senator for North Queensland Jan McLucas today announced that the National Rental Affordability Scheme would deliver 15 new affordable rental homes at…
Tanya Plibersek today expressed disappointment at Tony Abbott’s decision to cut the number of women in senior positions on his new coalition front bench. Today’s…
New figures out today show the Nation Building Economic Stimulus Plan continues to support housing sector jobs and first home buyers, with more than 190,000…
****Check against delivery**** I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet today, the Wurundjeri people, and pay my respects to their…
Today is White Ribbon Day, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. While violence against women is a global problem and requires…
The Australian Government today welcomed the Making it Fair report from the House of Representatives pay equity inquiry. The report is a comprehensive investigation of…
On November 25, 1990 Marc Dutroux walked into a classroom at École Polytechnique, Montreal, Canada. He divided the women and men into two groups and…
A total of 240 families in Western Sydney will receive a cheque for $21,500 for new homes purchased at the Ropes Crossing estate through the…
The Australian Government is inviting applications from researchers wishing to undertake research into homelessness. The National Homelessness Research Agenda commits funding of $11.4 million over…
****Check against delivery**** Thanks Greg (Combet) and the Chief of the Defence Force, Angus Houston, for inviting me to today’s event. There is a telling…
Tanya Plibersek, is calling for applications from organisations to form national alliances that will represent the broad range of views of women across the country.…
Cement Australia has been awarded the Minister’s Award for Outstanding EEO Practice for its efforts to address the gender pay gap. The Minister made the…
****Check against delivery**** I would like to pay my respects to the traditional owners of the land on which we are meeting, the Gadigal people…
****Check against delivery**** I would like to pay my respects to the traditional owners of the land on which we are meeting, and to their…
The Rudd Government will deliver more affordable houses for low and moderate income earners through Round Two of the Housing Affordability Fund, which opens today.…
****Check against delivery**** Australia faces a serious housing shortage – a shortfall of around 85,000 homes. That means that we need 85,000 homes over and…
Tanya Plibersek and Attorney-General Robert McClelland today met with their state and territory colleagues to discuss progress on national efforts to reduce violence against women…
Federal Tanya Plibersek today announced that provisional approval had been given to $24 million worth of social housing projects in Mackay and the Whitsunday Coast…
Tanya Plibersek and Federal Member for Dawson James Bidgood today announced that the National Rental Affordability Scheme would deliver 59 new affordable rental homes in…
Federal Tanya Plibersek today announced that provisional approval had been given to $80 million worth of social housing projects in Far North Queensland that will…
Federal Tanya Plibersek today announced that the National Rental Affordability Scheme was delivering 100 new affordable rental homes in Far North Queensland. Ms Plibersek made…
****Check against delivery**** I would like to pay my respects to the traditional owners of the land on which we are meeting this morning, the…
The Rudd Government is announcing today that after December 31, the Commonwealth will allow States and Territories to set a price-cap for recipients of the…
Federal Housing Minister Tanya Plibersek, Member for Werriwa Chris Hayes and NSW Housing Minister David Borger today announced that South Western Sydney will receive 400…