Media Release: $1.3 billion boost for Australian households
Around $1.3 billion will land in eligible Australians’ bank accounts from this week, as the Morrison Government delivers a fourth Economic Support Payment.
Media Release: Helping older Australians improve their digital skills, confidence and online safety
Older residents across Australia will be encouraged to bridge the digital divide through a new government investment to help senior Australians remain connected with friends and family online and learn new skills.
Media Release: Morrison Government commits record $9B to social security safety net
The Morrison Government is enhancing our social security safety net by increasing support for unemployed Australians while strengthening their obligations to search for work
Media Release: Funding boost for Queensland Cashless Debit Card support services
Support services in the Bundaberg and Hervey Bay regions will receive additional funding to provide ongoing assistance to local Cashless Debit Card participants.
Statement on the National Redress Scheme
I am deeply disappointed that the Labor Party has today chosen to play political games with an issue as serious and important as the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse.
Media Release: National Redress Scheme December 31 deadline update
About 450 institutions have signed up to the National Redress Scheme covering more than 60,650 sites including churches, children’s homes, schools, swimming centres and sports clubs.
Breaking down barriers into the workforce for people with a disability and mental illness
The Morrison Government is investing in innovative strategies to address the barriers preventing people with mental illness and disability from finding and keeping a job.
Media Release: Delivering record support to prevent and address domestic violence
The Morrison Government continues to stand side-by-side with Australians as restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic impact families and the support services they rely on.
Media Release: Third annual progress report on the implementation of the Child Abuse Royal Commission’s recommendations
The Morrison Government has continued to make significant progress during 2020 towards implementing the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
Media Release: Temporary enhanced support extended for a further three months
The Morrison Government will continue to provide elevated levels of income support into the new year after Parliament today passed the Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Extension of Coronavirus Support) Bill 2020.