Items Tagged With "Families"
Helping family friendly small business (News)
Eligible small businesses with less than 15 employees can apply for Rudd Government grants of up to $15,000 to put in place family-friendly arrangements in their workplaces.
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The Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Julia Gillard, and Special Adviser for Work and Family Balance and Pay Equity, Senator Jacinta Collins, today encouraged small business to apply for grants of up to $15,000 to help them better balance work and family.
From today, eligible small businesses with less than 15 employees can apply for the grants to put in place family-friendly arrangements in their workplaces.
The second round grants form part of the Australian Government’s $12 million Fresh Ideas for Work and Family Grants Program.
Paid parental leave is already a Labor program
Blog post by Michelle Rowland
posted: Tuesday Feb 16, 2010, 6:17pm
Less than a day after branding Australian women as ironing ladies (and then calling them hypersensitive for being offended) the man who is putting himself forward as the alternative Prime Minister tried to deflect attention with a quasi-announcement about paid parental leave. This is the same person who said he would only support paid parental leave “over my dead body”.
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Liberals reveal anti-family migration policy (News)
The Liberal Party has revealed it plans to deny thousands of Australians the chance to be reunited with their spouses and children.
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The Liberal Party has today revealed it plans to deny thousands of Australians the chance to be reunited with their spouses and children.
The Opposition’s immigration spokesman, Scott Morrison, says he will “tighten up” on the family reunion component in the annual migration program.
Mr Morrison is so ignorant of the migration program that he obviously is not aware that of the 60 300 visas available under the family stream of the migration program for 2009-10, the vast majority will go to spouses, children and parents of Australians.
Award-winning domestic violence project (News)
A community-based project, which is helping reduce domestic violence in a remote Indigenous community in Queensland, will receive funding from the Australian Government to continue and expand into other communities.
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A community-based project, which is helping reduce domestic violence in a remote Indigenous community in Queensland, will receive funding from the Australian Government to continue and expand into other communities.
The Domestic Violence – it’s not our game project in Normanton is run by the Carpentaria Shire to continue working in conjunction with the local Normanton Stingers rugby league team.
Release of family law reviews (News)
The reports provide a comprehensive and objective analysis of the family law system against the aim of providing fair and sustainable solutions for families, while ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children.
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Attorney-General, Robert McClelland, today released key reports examining the operation of the family law system and how the family law courts deal with cases involving family violence.
"The reports provide a comprehensive and objective analysis of the family law system against the aim of providing fair and sustainable solutions for families, while ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children," Mr McClelland said.
Ministers meet to tackle violence against wome (News)
All Australian governments maintain a strong position of zero tolerance of violence against women, and will work together to reduce domestic violence and sexual assault and are in the final stages of developing a National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and their Children.
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$527M in unclaimed Education Tax Refund (News)
Back to school costs put extra financial pressure on families at this time of year and the Government introduced the $4.4 billion Education Tax Refund to take some of that pressure off family budgets.
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* Release with Wayne Swan
The Rudd Government is encouraging Australian families to keep their receipts from education related expenses so they can take advantage of the Education Tax Refund (ETR).
Figures from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) have revealed that only half of all eligible Australian families have lodged a claim, leaving more than $500 million in unclaimed benefits.
Back to school costs obviously put extra financial pressure on Australian families at this time of year.
The PM's Australia Day Address (News)
Kevin Rudd says he's optimistic about Australia's future because the nation will tackle the challenges ahead in the Australian way - with good humour, with strong spirit, and with practical common sense.
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G'day to all Australians as we celebrate Australia Day for 2010. Wherever we celebrate Australia Day, on the back veranda, at the beach, at a picnic in the park, or maybe volunteering with our emergency services, this is a chance to remember our past, to reflect on the present, and to look with confidence to our future.
A safer internet for families (News)
The Rudd Government's approach to cyber-safety has been informed by the trial of internet filtering and extensive industry feedback about the most appropriate way to improve safety for families online.
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The Australian Government today announced further details of its approach to improve safety on the internet for Australian families.
The Government's approach to cyber-safety has been informed by the Government's trial of internet filtering and extensive industry feedback about the most appropriate way to improve safety online.
The cyber-safety measures announced today include:
