Media Releases by The Hon Scott Morrison MP
Coalition Government delivers yet another payment boost for age pensioners
The Coalition Government has delivered another increase to Australia’s 3.7 million pensioners, giving single pensioners a $6.80 boost to their fortnightly payments or $176.80 a…
Labor and the unions wrong again
Minister for Social Services, the Hon. Scott Morrison told Parliament today that the best way to control our welfare expenditure is to get Australians into…
Applications open for service providers to deliver Coalition Government’s Nanny Pilot
Minister for Social Services, the Hon. Scott Morrison today announced service providers can now apply to deliver the Australian Government’s new Nanny Pilot Programme, which…
The Syrian and Iraqi humanitarian crisis
Australia will resettle an additional 12,000 refugees who are fleeing the conflict in Syria and Iraq. Our focus will be on those most in need…
Coalition government invests $1.7 million to research philanthropic support
The Coalition Government will invest in research to better understand philanthropic behaviour in Australia, Minister for Social Services, the Hon. Scott Morrison announced today during…
Changes to end child swapping in family day care
Minister for Social Services, the Hon. Scott Morrison today announced new rules to eliminate the widespread abuse of payments through ‘child swapping’ in the family…
25 years of National Child Protection Week
Minister for Social Services, the Hon. Scott Morrison today presented a national award to an innovative counselling service for promoting child safety and wellbeing. Minister…
Coalition Government tackles illegal offshore wagering
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…
Labor’s child care scare campaign
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…
New Director for Australian Institute of Family Studies
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…
Better start for Indigenous children
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…
Coalition Government helps protect Adelaide families
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…
National roundtable to discuss violence against culturally and linguistically diverse women
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…
Government funds sporting codes to help prevent domestic violence
Four national sporting organisations have been awarded Commonwealth grants to help fund violence against women prevention activities, Minister for Social Services, the Hon. Scott Morrison,…
New funding for community projects to reduce violence against women
Community organisations can now apply for grants to help deliver projects to reduce violence against women and their children, Minister for Social Services, the Hon.…
Celebrating multicultural Australia
Minister for Social Services, the Hon. Scott Morrison will tonight join thousands of Muslims celebrating at Sydney’s Chand Raat Eid Festival to mark the end…
Nearly $60 million to help WA’s homeless
Minister for Social Services, the Hon. Scott Morrison today visited Foyer Oxford, one of 22 projects the Western Australian government has agreed to fund as…
Australian families gain government support
A new survey has highlighted the potential long-term ‘scarring’ effects on youth if they are unemployed for extended periods, Minister for Social Services, the Hon.…
Disability support payment rules tighten
Minister for Social Services, the Hon. Scott Morrison announced the number of people being granted a Disability Support Pension (DSP) has now dropped below the…
Abbott Government to fund St Giles’ speech program
Minister for Social Services, the Hon. Scott Morrison and Federal member for Bass, Andrew Nikolic today announced the Abbott Government will commit more than $790,000…
Coalition Government provides extra funding to help Illawarra’s unemployed youth
Minister for Social Services, the Hon. Scott Morrison, Parliamentary Secretary, Senator the Hon. Concetta Fierravanti-Wells and Federal Member for Gilmore, Ann Sudmalis today announced the…
Coalition governments sign up for national partnership agreement on homelessness
Minister for Social Services, the Hon. Scott Morrison today announced all Coalition state/territory governments are signing up to the 2015-17 National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness…
Annual progress report highlights achievements to address violence against women
Commonwealth, State and Territory Ministers held a special meeting on Friday to discuss progress and achievements under the National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women…
Government’s fairer and sustainable pension budget changes secure critical Senate support
Minister for Social Services, the Hon. Scott Morrison today announced the Government has reached agreement to secure the support of the Australian Greens for the…
More indigenous communities to benefit from early childhood learning
An extra 25 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across Australia will benefit from the Federal Government’s Home Interaction Program for Parents and Youngsters (HIPPY),…