Media Releases by The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP
Common Ground Homelessness Project Underway In South Brisbane
An innovative project to help homeless people move from street to home, first developed in New York City, is now underway in inner-city Brisbane. Federal…
Rudd Government delivers 83 new affordable homes in Fortitude Valley
Tanya Plibersek today visited a new housing project at Fortitude Valley in inner Brisbane that will deliver 83 new affordable units when completed in early…
More affordable housing for seniors in Ryde
Tanya Plibersek, and Member for Bennelong, Maxine McKew, today inspected a new social housing project which is delivering 17 new affordable homes for seniors and…
Lead Agency Announced For Respectful Relationships Campaign
The Rudd Government today announced that advertising agency J Walter Thompson would be the lead agency in the Rudd Government’s $17 million respectful relationships social…
Stimulus plan delivers jobs and 56 new affordable homes in Kelmscott
Minister for Housing Tanya Plibersek today inspected a $14.25 million housing project that will deliver 56 new apartments in Kelmscott. Parkline Enterprises Pty Ltd won…
Stimulus plan delivers jobs and affordable homes for seniors in Gosnells
Minister for Housing Tanya Plibersek and Member for Hasluck Sharryn Jackson today visited the site of a $4.5 million project that will deliver a total…
National Rental Affordability Scheme delivers homes for families in Pinjarra
Minister for Housing Tanya Plibersek today inspected two new homes in Pinjarra that will provide affordable rental accommodation for families on low and moderate incomes.…
Enhancing Parent-Child Relationships in Northern Corridor
The Hon Tanya Plibersek, Minister for Housing and for the Status of Women officially opened UnitingCare West’s Merriwa Centre on Tuesday 30 March at 12.30pm.…
Jobs Fund supports Lime Street Accommodation to go green
Minister for Housing Tanya Plibersek and Federal Member for Perth Stephen Smith today announced $770,000 funding for St Bartholomew’s House Lime Street Project under the…
Stimulus plan delivers jobs and 11 new affordable homes in Queens Park
Tanya Plibersek today inspected the site of a $3.3 million project where 11 new affordable homes will be built in Queens Park. Local company Briklay…
350 New Affordable Homes in Henley Brook
Minister for Housing, Tanya Plibersek, today visited the Henley Brook housing development in Perth’s Swan Valley, where around 350 homes will be made cheaper and…
Stimulus plan delivers jobs and 13 affordable homes for seniors in Nollamara
Minister for Housing Tanya Plibersek today inspected the site of a $3.7 million housing project that will deliver 13 new homes for seniors in Nollamara.…
$50 million for more affordable homes
The Australian Government today announced eight housing development projects which will share in $50 million under Round Two of the Housing Affordability Fund. The $50…
New affordable housing for seniors and people with a disability in Lismore
Tanya Plibersek, Member for Page Janelle Saffin and Baptist Community Services CEO Dr June Heinrich today inspected the site of a project in Lismore that…
Lismore’s homeless given a helping hand
Minister for Housing, Tanya Plibersek, and Member for Page, Janelle Saffin today toured the Lismore Homeless Shelter. Delivering on an election commitment to provide a…
Stimulus plan delivers jobs and affordable homes in Ballina
Tanya Plibersek and Member for Page Janelle Saffin today inspected two projects that will deliver a total of 19 new affordable homes in Ballina. Under…
More homes for people in need in Port Macquarie
Housing Minister David Borger said 83 homes for people in need are now under construction in the Port Macquarie-Hastings area. Mr Borger said the homes,…
Boost to supply of affordable housing in inner Sydney
Tanya Plibersek, today visited a new $19.69 million development which will deliver 57 homes for low and moderate income earners in Zetland. All of the…
Weekly payments for vulnerable Australians
Vulnerable Australians will now have the option of receiving their regular income support payments weekly, instead of fortnightly, to help them better manage their budgets.…
National Women’s Alliances unite
Representatives from the six new National Women’s Alliances gathered for the first time at Parliament House in Canberra today. The meeting included members of the…
Gender pay gap costs $93 billion each year
The research, The impact of a sustained gender wage gap on the Australian economy, commissioned by the Australian Government’s Office for Women, identified reasons for…
Boost for rural women’s voice
Rural and regional women across Australia will have greater opportunity to engage with government with the announcement of funding for the National Rural Women’s Coalition…
Stronger voice for Indigenous women
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island women will have a new forum to raise issues of concern and develop their own solutions through the establishment of…
Government boosts the voice of women
Tanya Plibersek, today announced the establishment of six National Women’s Alliances. The alliances, which will share in $3.6 million over three years from the Australian…
Australia increases support for women in conflict situations
Today, International Women’s Day, marks the economic, social and political achievements of women. The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is ‘Empowering Women to…