Community Services
MON 25 MARCH 2013
Transcript of Interview with Carrie Bickmore, Andrew Rochford, Steve Price & Wil Anderson
BICKMORE: And the Prime Minister Julia Gillard joins us now. Prime Minister, a big few days, Tony Abbott's called your new-look Cabinet a bunch of L-platers. You've lost I think it’s 52 years' of combined Cabinet experience to the backbench. Is it going to be hard having them...
FRI 02 NOVEMBER 2012
Valuing Our Volunteers
The Australian Government today announced 4,800 not-for-profit volunteer organisations will receive $16 million as part of the Volunteer Grants 2012 initiative. ...
WED 10 OCTOBER 2012
Transcript of remarks to Social & Community Service Workers
MINISTER COLLINS: Thank you to everyone for coming in today. It’s great to have obviously the Prime Minister, Minister Shorten, Minister Macklin and I understand Minister Plibersek who are also dropping in to say hello. ...
TUE 09 OCTOBER 2012
Speech to the Powerful Women in Politics Breakfast
Can I thank Katy for her leadership of the ACT. As a part time resident in Canberra I am acutely aware that often we give your beautiful place a bit of a bad name. ...
TUE 09 OCTOBER 2012
Locking in funds for historic equal pay rises
The Gillard Government will introduce legislation tomorrow to ensure its $2.8 billion contribution to equal pay increases for social and community sector (SACS) workers is secure now and into the future. ...
SUN 15 JULY 2012
$3 billion for Social and Community Sector Workers
The Gillard Government will provide an additional $1 billion as part of our contribution to the historic pay rise awarded to Australia’s social and community sector (SACS) workers in February of this year. This takes our total commitment for equal pay for social and community...
WEDNESDAY, 20/6/2012 Jenny Macklin
Why we're making life a bit easier for parents
This morning, Wayne Swan and I walked to school with Elizabeth and Anthony and their kids, Liam and Lauren.
We had a coffee beforehand – and a chat about some of the things Elizabeth and Anthony have to buy to get their kids ready for school. We could have spent the whole day going through it all.
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FRI 11 NOVEMBER 2011
Transcript of doorstop interview, Sydney
PM: I’m here in Sydney with Jacinta Collins the Parliamentary Secretary for Workplace Relations and I’ve had the enormous privilege this morning of spending some time with people who work in our social and community services sector and I can see a number of them still in the...
WED 09 NOVEMBER 2011
New school facilities to boost learning at Western Autistic School
Prime Minister Julia Gillard today opened a new campus at the Western Autistic School in Laverton to help autistic students build social networks and help them transition to mainstream schools and programs. She was joined by Member for Maribyrnong, Bill Shorten, whose electorate...