The Hon Jenny Macklin MP
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Supporting communities and job seekers in remote Australia
Sixteen organisations will share in $4.6 million from the Labor Government’s Community Development Fund to help deliver projects to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employment,…
Kickstart for Indigenous kids
A program that has proved highly effective in helping parents across 50 Australian communities to become their child’s first teachers will focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families…
Supporting parents into work critical
New research released today shows the importance of the Labor Government’s commitment to supporting jobless families back into work.
More support for Indigenous businesses and more jobs for Indigenous Australians
The Australian Government will create more local jobs and better economic outcomes for Indigenous Australians under a renewed and expanded National Partnership Agreement on Indigenous Economic…
New streamlined service in Cape York to help people get work and strengthen communities
More people in Cape York will be helped to get jobs and participate in their communities thanks to the Australian Government’s new $1.5 billion Remote Jobs and Communities Program (RJCP), which…
Inquiry into parental leave discrimination: fairer workplace practices to benefit families and the economy
The Gillard Government has asked the Australian Human Rights Commission to conduct an inquiry into workplace discrimination against employees taking parental leave when they are pregnant or caring…
Transitioning to the new Remote Jobs and Communities Program
The Australian Government has announced extra support to help job seekers and Community Development Employment Projects providers to transition to the new Remote Jobs and Communities Program.
New early education target for Indigenous children
The Gillard Government will build on its work to close the gap on Indigenous disadvantage with a new Closing the Gap target to ensure Indigenous children are attending preschool or kindergarten…
Early childhood education target to be achieved in 2013
There are now more Indigenous children than ever before with access to preschool or kindergarten programs as a result of the Gillard Government’s unprecedented efforts to Close the Gap on…
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…
Call for providers to deliver new $1.5b remote jobs program
The Australian Government has begun the process of selecting providers for the new $1.5 billion Remote Jobs and Communities Program to deliver a more integrated and flexible approach to employment…
Crows take Indigenous youth under their wing
The Australian Government is investing $300,000 to support the Adelaide Football Club to run an intensive leadership program for approximately 30 Aboriginal students on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara…