Media Release: Three institutions named for failure to join National Redress Scheme
Minister for Families and Social Services Anne Ruston has today named three institutions which have failed to fulfil their moral obligations to sign up to the National Redress Scheme.
Media Release: Five part children’s audiobook to help Stop it at the Start
The Morrison Government’s Stop it at the Start campaign has partnered with Nova Entertainment to launch a five part children’s audiobook to encourage respectful attitudes in the next generation.
Media Release: Dedicated national helpline for Australians with autism
The first national helpline for Australians with autism will provide online, digital and phone-based support services to improve the lives of people on the autism spectrum.
Media Release: July indexation supports Australian families
The Morrison Government is boosting support to about 1.4 million Australian families to help them keep up with the changes in the cost of living.
Media Release: Review of Disability Employment Services to enhance support
The Morrison Government is committed to delivering effective supports to help people with disability into employment and is implementing improvements to the Disability Employment Services program.
Media Statement: Labor must come clean on its plans for income management
Labor must explain whether the party still supports income management after a series of confused interviews on the topic in recent days have created more questions than answers.
Media Release: More safe places for women and children in regional and remote areas escaping violence
The Morrison Government is providing an additional $12.6 million to expand the Safe Places Emergency Accommodation Program to support women and children escaping violence in the remote and regional communities of Cairns and Logan-Beaudesert in Queensland, and Albany, West Pilbara and Goldfields in Western Australia.
Media Release: Waringarri Arts funded to continue building community and culture in Kununurra
The Morrison Government is providing an additional $280,000 over two years to Waringarri Arts Aboriginal Corporation to reduce social harm and improve employment outcomes in Kununurra.
Media Release: Response to Productivity Commission’s Expenditure on Children in the Northern Territory report
The Morrison Government has today provided its response to the Productivity Commission’s final Expenditure on Children in the Northern Territory report which outlines in-principle support for the suggested reforms.
Media Release: Creating better outcomes for communities in the NT
This week, Minister for Families and Social Services and Women's Safety, Anne Ruston, will meet with community groups, peak bodies and local stakeholders to discuss responses to domestic and family violence as well as the rollout of the Cashless Debit Card.