Self-funded retirees need to update their details
From today Centrelink is posting letters to 9,000 self-funded retirees who need to update their details in order to receive new cash payments to help them make ends meet.
Media Releases
April 2012
National Disability Insurance Scheme to launch in 2013
A National Disability Insurance Scheme will start in Australia from July 2013 in up to four locations across the country.
From mid 2013, about 10,000 people with significant and permanent disabilities will start to receive support.
Hockey fails to support NDIS
Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey has today revealed just how hollow Tony Abbott’s bi-partisan commitment to a National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is.
Gillard Government to establish National Children’s Commissioner
The Gillard Government today announced the creation of a National Children’s Commissioner within the Australian Human Rights Commission.
Jobs and sustainable communities for people in remote Australia
The Australian Government today announced significant changes to remote employment and community development services to help more people get into jobs and participate in their community.
Tackling alcohol and substance misuse in Bourke and Brewarrina
The Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin today visited Bourke to announce the organisations that will deliver services and support as part of the Australian Government’s $3.79 million plan help tackle alcohol and drug abuse in Bourke and Brew
Continued services for Bourke’s Indigenous community
The Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, today visited Bourke to announce the Indigenous Land Corporation will buy the former Indigenous Coordination Centre in Mertin Street office building from the Australian Government.
Barnett’s cruel cash grab will hurt WA pensioners
More than 22,000 pensioners living in public housing in Western Australia will be worse off because of Premier Colin Barnett’s refusal to quarantine the Gillard Government’s upcoming pension increase from public housing rent calculations.
Almost 1.5 million families at risk from Joe Hockey's cuts to 'entitlements'
Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey has made it clear a Liberal Government would cut back support for Australian families.
Barnaby’s Baby Bonus blunder
Nationals Senate leader Barnaby Joyce has had to scramble this morning to deny his party’s commitment to double the Baby Bonus, an almost $3 billion hit to the budget.
Locals lend their voice to support the NDIS
The Minister for Disability Reform, Jenny Macklin, and Member for Chisholm, Anna Burke, today visited the Oakleigh Centre in Melbourne’s east to meet with people with disability, their families and carers and discuss the National Disability Insurance S
More local support for people with mental illness
More Australians with severe mental illness will have access to practical support services with $8.1 million in funding from the Gillard Government.
Postal delivery expanded in Alice Springs town camps
Regular postal services to a further four Alice Springs town camps have begun, supported under the Australian and Northern Territory Governments’ $150 million Alice Springs Transformation Plan.
Building Innovative Accommodation for People with Disability
Twenty-one organisations across Australia will share $60 million to help build community-based accommodation for adults with severe or profound disability.
Jimmy Little AO
Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin has paid tribute to singer Jimmy Little AO.
Jimmy was an icon of the Australian music scene, best known for hits such as ‘Royal Telephone’.
Educating children for a stronger future in the Northern Territory
Children across the Northern Territory will continue to have better access to improved education, with a $583 million investment over ten years as part of the Australian Government’s Stronger Futures package.
Ned Cheedy
Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin has honoured the work of remarkable Australian and Aboriginal elder Ned Cheedy.
Mr Cheedy died yesterday at age 105.