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Exploring homelessness responses at national summit | The Hon Melissa Parke MP
20 May 2013
Parliamentary Secretary for Homelessness and Social Housing Melissa Parke today met with key stakeholders at the National Homelessness Summit in Sydne…
Federal Budget delivers DisabilityCare for Queenslanders | The Hon Jenny Macklin MP
20 May 2013
People with disability, their families and carers came together in Brisbane today to celebrate DisabilityCare Australia, the National Disability Insur…
Landmark study marks 30-year milestone - Media release - Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS)
20 May 2013
Understanding childhood temperament and its impact on behaviours in adulthood has been highlighted in a new report about the Australian Temperament Pr…
Media Release - VA043
20 May 2013
Claims raised in an article Veterans lose home support in the Sunday Herald Sun on 19 May 2013, are incorrect and unnecessarily concerning to older ve…
People Who Inspire Me
Angels for the Forgotten
A wonderful, regionally based charity that mobilises communities around Australia to provide practical support for vulnerable children. Angels for the Forgotten is dedicated to giving dignity, hope and joy to our community's most vulnerable who are entering foster care or living in crisis. Please visit the website and see how you, or your organisation can become Angels.
A Message from Ursula
The 2013 Budget includes the commitment to fund Disability Care Australia. I'm so proud to be part of a government that has brought this great social reform into being. Thanks to the overwhelming support of Australians for an increase in the Medicare levy, from 1 July 2013 profoundly disabled Australians won't be left behind.
Ursula
My Updates
It's time to think ahead and have "THAT" conversation!
May 21, 2013
This week is National Palliatve Care Week in Australia, and the theme for National Palliative Care Week 2013 is 'Palliative Care... everyone's business'. Palliative Care Australia is calling 2013 the year to make palliative care everyone’s business. To ensure that we all have quality care at the end of life, and are able to live and die well, we all need to take responsibility for making this happen. Read More
Tony Abbott will cut hundreds of dollars from low income Australians
May 17, 2013
What's at stake in the 2013 election? Well, for more than 1 million Australians there are hundreds of dollars in income support under threat, with Abbott's plan to cut $1.1bn in payments from newstart, supporting parents and young people. Read More
MEDICARE LEVY INCREASE TO FUND DISABILITYCARE AUSTRALIA PASSES THE PARLIAMENT
May 16, 2013
DisabilityCare Australia now has a strong and stable funding stream, after legislation that provides for a half a percentage point increase in the Medicare levy passed the Parliament. Read More
Who deserves thanks in your community?
May 13, 2013
It's National Volunteer Week and now is the chance to nominate someone who works for your community for one of the National Volunteering Awards. Read More
