Media Releases by The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP
Mayors secure Federal funding to improve housing affordability across SEQ
The South East Queensland Council of Mayors’ efforts to improve housing affordability for SEQ residents will move forward faster with $1.78 million in funding from…
Over 1,000 New Affordable Rental Homes in Western Australia
More than 1,000 affordable rental homes will be built in Perth and southern Western Australia through the Rudd Labor Government’s National Rental Affordability Scheme. Minister…
$1.5 million for research into homelessness
The Australian Government will provide $1.5 million for 16 research projects into homelessness and its long term impact. The announcement was made at the Street…
Major urban renewal project in inner Melbourne
A new partnership between the Rudd and Brumby Labor Governments is the first stage in the significant urban renewal projects on public housing sites in…
Women Raising Our Voices Forum
Minister for the Status of Women, Tanya Plibersek, today opened the ‘Women Raising Our Voices National Forum’ at Sydney University. The National Forum is a…
Stimulus delivers new affordable housing in Matraville
Minister for Housing Tanya Plibersek today officially opened a new affordable housing development in Matraville. Degree Constructions has built a total of 13 new one…
Women’s Budget Statement 2010-11
Over the last two and a half years the Australian Government has introduced the practical supports and framework to progress equality between women and men.…
Automated bulk verification system for community housing tenants
From next year, around 40,000 Centrelink customers living in community housing will no longer need to use a time-consuming paper-based process every six months to…
Helping Australians buy their first home by increasing flexibility of first home saver accounts
The Government will help Australians trying to realise the dream of home ownership by allowing First Home Saver Account-holders more flexibility to buy their first…
Rudd Government program saves Plantation Palms homebuyers $20,000
Minister for Housing Tanya Plibersek and Member for Dawson James Bidgood today announced that 400 home buyers at Plantation Palms would save $20,000 each as…
More affordable housing in WA
The Rudd Government today announced a $22.9 million investment in Western Australia to unlock housing supply and bringing new land to market quicker. Nine housing…
New Affordable Homes in Morayfield
Morayfield will soon have 1,300 new homes, years sooner, thanks to a $10.5 million investment from the Rudd Government’s Housing Affordability Fund. The $10.5 million…
$4 Million for Homelessness Research
Minister for Housing, Tanya Plibersek, today announced $4 million for research into homelessness at the launch of the latest edition of Parity magazine in Melbourne.…
Partnership to promote Greater Sydney as Australia’s global, creative city
The establishment of an independent, not-for-profit organisation to enhance and promote Sydney’s interests as Australia’s global city has received endorsement from all levels of Australian…
AIHW Releases Report Into SAAP Services
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare today released its 2008/09 Supported Accommodation Assistance Program National Data Collection Report. The report identifies the demographics of…
Stimulus plan boosts local housing supply at Mawson Lakes
Tanya Plibersek today inspected a completed $5.5 million project at Mawson Lakes that has boosted housing supply and supported jobs through the global recession. The…
Government Welcomes State of Supply Report 2010
Federal Minister for Housing, Tanya Plibersek, has welcomed the release of the National Housing Supply Council’s State of Supply Report 2010. The Council was set…
Planning the Future of Not-for-Profit Housing Providers
The Australian Government today released its discussion paper on the community housing sector, Regulation and Growth of the not-for-profit housing sector. The paper marks the…
St Kilda crisis centre reborn thanks to joint investment
A new crisis accommodation centre in St Kilda will help to improve the lives of vulnerable Victorians experiencing homelessness in inner Melbourne. Federal Housing Minister…
New outreach service to help rough sleepers in Sydney
Federal and State Housing Ministers Ms Tanya Plibersek and Mr David Borger today announced a joint Federal, State and Local Government plan to tackle homelessness…
Stimulus delivers 16 new affordable homes in Victoria Point
Tanya Plibersek, today inspected a housing project that will deliver 16 new affordable homes in Brisbane’s Victoria Point. Funded through the Rudd Government’s Nation Building…
Rudd Government program saves Sunshine Coast home buyers $26,000
Tanya Plibersek today announced that 450 home buyers on the Sunshine Coast would save $26,000 each as a direct result of a new $11.5 million…
Rudd Government delivers 48 new affordable homes in Fitzgibbon
Tanya Plibersek and Member for Petrie Yvette D’Ath today visited a new affordable housing project in Brisbane’s northern suburbs that will deliver 48 new homes…
20 new affordable homes for families in Bellmere and Ningi
Tanya Plibersek and Member for Longman Jon Sullivan today inspected a new four-bedroom home at Bellmere that has been built using the Rudd Government’s National…
Australia joins with Geena Davis and UNIFEM to promote gender equality and to reduce violence against women in the Pacific
In a meeting today with UNIFEM and its partner, American actress Geena Davis, the Australian Government announced an additional $300,000 to UNIFEM’s Pacific Fund to…