Judi Moylan
This section of the web site contains media releases from January 1997 to December 1997 for Judi Moylan
Date: 23/9/2004
Title: Child care void filled by joint government funds
Description:
Families with young children in Mt Morgan will have greater access to quality child care with the Federal Government's announcement today of a new 44-place child care centre.
Date: 7/10/1997
Title: Extension for outside school hours care reforms
Description:
Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) service providers have been granted an extension until the end of Term 1 of the 1998 school year to implement new payment arrangements announced in the May Budget.
Date: 6/10/1997
Title: Status of women – priority for Howard government
Description:
Family Services Minister and Minister for the Status of Women-elect, Judi Moylan, said today she welcomed the opportunity to contribute to the advancement of women's issues across the range of Government portfolios.
Date: 5/10/1997
Title: Moylan takes up new women's affairs portfolio
Description:
Federal Family Services Minister Judi Moylan said today she was ready for her new role in women's affairs following the Prime Minister's reshuffle of the Coalition Ministry.
Date: 2/10/1997
Title: National healthy ageing strategy consultations
Description:
Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, today announced a national program of consultation on the draft National Healthy Ageing Strategy.
Date: 1/10/1997
Title: Accommodation bond board directors appointed
Description:
The Government today announced the appointment of directors to the Aged Care Accommodation Bond Board Limited – the first such scheme to protect residents' funds in hostels and nursing homes.
Date: 1/10/1997
Title: Aged care hotline
Description:
Details of the Aged Care Information Hotline phone number: 1800 020 613.
Date: 1/10/1997
Title: Rebuilding the nursing home sector
Description:
A new guide to help people choose the right nursing home (or hostel) is now available as the Government begins rebuilding the nursing home sector from Day 1 of its aged care reforms.
Date: 29/9/1997
Title: Federal goverment celebrates seniors week in ACT
Description:
The Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, today opened the inaugural ACT Seniors Week Chief Minister's Breakfast.
Date: 29/9/1997
Title: Federal funds provide additional aged care places
Description:
More than 5200 additional residential care and community aged care places will be funded by the Government in 1997-98, the Minister for Family Services, the Hon. Judi Moylan MP, announced today.
Date: 28/9/1997
Title: Increased dementia funding for country areas
Description:
The Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, today offered to State governments annual Commonwealth grants worth more than $1 million to assist people with dementia and their carers.
Date: 26/9/1997
Title: Aged care standards agency board appointed
Description:
Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, today announced the appointment of the Board of Directors to the Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency, one of the key planks of the Government's aged care reform package.
Date: 26/9/1997
Title: Increased funds for multi-purpose centres in Victoria
Description:
Victorians living in the rural communities of Cann River, Omeo and Mallacoota will continue to benefit from further Federal Government funding announced today.
Date: 23/9/1997
Title: Minister rejects community based child care claims
Description:
Today's calls by the National Association of Community Based Children's Services (NACBCS) for the Government to act to assist families paying increased child care fees overlooks one important point:it is not the Government which set these fees.
Date: 22/9/1997
Title: Child care - working families the first priority
Description:
The Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, said today working families would remain the number one priority on the Government's social policy agenda.
Date: 19/9/1997
Title: Income tested fees to commence 1 November
Description:
The Federal Government's income tested fees provision under the Aged Care Act 1997 will commence 1 November.
Date: 10/9/1997
Title: Victorian disadvantaged area child care funds boost
Description:
A further three community child care centres in Victoria will benefit from Federal Government assistance under an initiative aimed at supporting services operating in disadvantaged areas, the Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, announced today.
Date: 10/9/1997
Title: Step out and stay healthy
Description:
Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, today launched the "Step Out, Stay Healthy" campaign in Perth for the Australian Medical Association's committee on Care of Older People.
Date: 10/9/1997
Title: WA disadvantaged area child care funds boost
Description:
A further four community child care centres in Western Australia will benefit from Federal Government assistance under an initiative aimed at supporting services operating in disadvantaged areas, the Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, announced today.
Date: 10/9/1997
Title: SA disadvantaged area child care funds boost
Description:
A further four community child care centres in South Australia will benefit from Federal Government assistance under an initiative aimed at supporting services operating in disadvantaged areas, the Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, announced today.
Date: 9/9/1997
Title: Commonwealth funds ACT parenting education projects
Description:
The Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, today launched four ACT projects funded under the Commonwealth's Best Practice Parenting Education Program.
Date: 9/9/1997
Title: New national child abuse prevention council
Description:
A new national community based council to advise on the prevention of child abuse has been established, the Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP announced today.
Date: 7/9/1997
Title: Father's Day - a celebration of love
Description:
The Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, announced on Father's Day two new research projects focussing on the role of fathers and parenting: Men's Role in Parenting and Parenting of Adolescents – receiving $113 000 and $110 000 respectively.
Date: 6/9/1997
Title: Carer respite centre for north-west Tasmania
Description:
Carers in north-west Tasmania will have even better access to respite with the opening today in Burnie of one of 56 Carer Respite Centres being launched nationwide as part of the Government's commitment to people with disabilities, the frail and their families.
Date: 6/9/1997
Title: New Abbeyfield house opens in Burnie
Description:
The aged population in Burnie, Tasmania, will have access to a new Abbeyfield house from today.
Date: 3/9/1997
Title: Child care for children with special needs
Description:
Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, today reaffirmed the Government's commitment to helping children with special needs to participate equally in mainstream child care programs.
Date: 29/8/1997
Title: Federal government fosters success in child care
Description:
Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, today launched a new information package to help people wanting to establish child care centres improve the standard and availability of services for Australian families.
Date: 28/8/1997
Title: Remote NT community wins Prime Minister's award
Description:
The Mutitjulu Community Council has won the Northern Territory section of the Prime Minister's Employer of the Year Awards.
Date: 28/8/1997
Title: World declaration against child exploitation
Description:
Today is the first anniversary since Australia joined 122 countries in a commitment to reduce the commercial sexual exploitation of children.
Date: 28/8/1997
Title: PM's awards to health service, beauty manufacturer
Description:
A health service in Sydney's far-west, and a manufacturer of beauty products at Hornsby, have demonstrated that employing people with disabilities can be an award-winning policy.
Date: 26/8/1997
Title: Launceston firms take out PM awards
Description:
Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, today announced two Launceston firms have taken out the Tasmanian division of the 1997 Prime Minister's Employer of the Year Awards.
Date: 26/8/1997
Title: Brisbane, Gold Coast winners of PM's awards
Description:
Brisbane-based furniture factory, Janda Furniture, and Gold Coast small business, Australian Bathroom Products, today proved employing people with disabilities is an award-winning policy.
Date: 22/8/1997
Title: Renewed funding for the King Island multi-purpose centre
Description:
The Federal Government has provided $91,440 to renew a funding grant for the King Island Multi-Purpose Centre, Tasmania.
Date: 22/8/1997
Title: Community supermarket and school's 'pied piper' win awards
Description:
Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, today announced the WA winners of the Prime Minister's Employer of the Year Awards at a ceremony in Perth.
Date: 21/8/1997
Title: Carer respite centres open nationally
Description:
Australia's carers are set to get even better access to respite with the opening today in Western Australia of the first of 56 Carer Respite Centres being launched nationwide as part of the Government's commitment to people with disabilities, the frail and their families.
Date: 20/8/1997
Title: Melbourne based firms win Prime Minister's awards
Description:
Australia's leading supermarket, Safeway, and Dandenong timber company, Dormit Pty Ltd, today proved employing people with disabilities is an award-winning policy.
Date: 19/8/1997
Title: New child care centre for Clare
Description:
A $500,000 grant has been approved by the Federal and State Governments for a new 31-place community child care centre in Clare which will provide child care for working parents with children aged up to 5 years of age.
Date: 19/8/1997
Title: Burnum Burnum to be sorely missed
Description:
The contribution of prominent Aboriginal elder, Burnum Burnum, to the newly formed Conference for Older Australians will be sorely missed, Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, and Conference Chairman, Senator Kay Patterson, said today.
Date: 19/8/1997
Title: Employer of the year award
Description:
The Federal Minister for Family Services, Mrs Judi Moylan, today announced the SA winners of the Prime Minister's Employer of the Year Awards during a visit to Adelaide.
Date: 18/8/1997
Title: Government links families to build neighbourhoods
Description:
The first National Home Visiting Conference was opened today by the Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP. Funded by the Federal Government, the conference has the theme of Linking Families and Building Neighbourhoods.
Date: 17/8/1997
Title: Carers role praised at Alzheimer's conference
Description:
Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, today commended the role played by the Alzheimer's Associations assisting carers of people with dementia.
Date: 17/8/1997
Title: Dementia training for indigenous communities
Description:
Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, today announced Commonwealth funding of more than $173,000 to develop culturally appropriate ways of recognising and managing dementia in indigenous communities.
Date: 12/8/1997
Title: New member for National Disability Advisory Council
Description:
A new member has been appointed to the National Disability Advisory Council resulting from the resignation of Mrs Elizabeth Harricks AM, due to ill health.
Date: 6/8/1997
Title: Aged care reforms to benefit Queensland
Description:
The Government's aged care reforms will address existing problems and lay the basis to meet future aged care needs, Family Services Minister, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, said today at the opening of the Assisted Living Association's conference in Brisbane.
Date: 6/8/1997
Title: Prudential arrangements for accommodation bonds
Description:
The Government today announced Australia's first-ever prudential scheme to safeguard accommodation bonds paid to aged care providers.
Date: 3/8/1997
Title: Child care boost for Ngunnawal
Description:
Federal and Territory funding has given families with children in Ngunnawal and surrounding areas of the ACT access to a new child care centre and preschool.
Date: 2/8/1997
Title: Extension to Gracehaven hostel officially opened
Description:
Frail elderly people in the Rockingham Local Government Area will benefit from the opening of extensions to the Gracehaven Hostel in Rockingham, Western Australia.
Date: 24/7/1997
Title: New special needs child care support
Description:
Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, today launched a national scheme which enables children with severe disabilities or traumatised refugee children to participate equally in mainstream child care programs.
Date: 24/7/1997
Title: Future options for community aged care services
Description:
The Federal Government remained committed to the more than half million Australians who care for a frail older person or a person with a disability living in the community, the Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, said today.
Date: 15/7/1997
Title: Federal funding for ACT children with special needs
Description:
Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, and ACT Senator, Margaret Reid, today announced funding of more than $22 000 to improve access to formal child care for children with special needs in the ACT.
Date: 15/7/1997
Title: Government to help Aboriginal aged in Tiwi Islands
Description:
The Minister for Family Services, the Hon. Judi Moylan MP, and the Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, Senator John Herron, today announced Federal Government funding worth $1.6 million to provide aged care facilities and services for the Aboriginal people of the Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory.
Date: 11/7/1997
Title: Helping hand for those in crisis in WA.
Description:
Funding of more than $2.2 million under the Federal Government's Emergency Relief Program for community organisations will make this winter a little easier for many Western Australian families in crisis.
Date: 11/7/1997
Title: Helping hand for those in crisis in ACT.
Description:
Funding of more than $240 000 under the Federal Government's Emergency Relief Program for community organisations will make this winter a little easier for many ACT families in crisis.
Date: 11/7/1997
Title: Helping hand for those in crisis in Tasmania
Description:
More than $750 000 in funding for community organisations will make this winter a little easier for many Tasmanian families in crisis under the Federal Government's Emergency Relief Program.
Date: 5/7/1997
Title: Helping hand for those in crisis in Queensland
Description:
Funding of more than $4.5 million under the Federal Government's Emergency Relief Program for community organisations will make this winter a little easier for many Queensland families in crisis.
Date: 5/7/1997
Title: Helping hand for those in crisis in Victoria
Description:
Funding of more than $5 million under the Federal Government's Emergency Relief Program for community organisations will make this winter a little easier for many Victorian families in crisis.
Date: 5/7/1997
Title: Helping hand for those in crisis in NSW
Description:
Funding of more than $7.6 million under the Federal Government's Emergency Relief Program for community organisations will make this winter a little easier for many New South Wales families in crisis.
Date: 4/7/1997
Title: PM's awards promote employment of people with disabilities
Description:
The Prime Minister's 1997 Employer of the Year Awards for those businesses which have hired people with disabilities is now open for nominations.
Date: 3/7/1997
Title: Disabled have say in employment assistance services
Description:
People with disabilities will have a say in the development of a new quality assurance system which will improve service delivery to those receiving employment assistance under Commonwealth Disability Services legislation.
Date: 3/7/1997
Title: Helping hand for those in crisis in South Australia
Description:
More than 130 community welfare organisations helping people in crisis across South Australia are to receive funding of $2.025 million through the Federal Government's Emergency Relief Program.
Date: 3/7/1997
Title: Child care on the move in rural Australia
Description:
Support for mobile child care services across Australia was today approved by the Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP.
Date: 30/6/1997
Title: Commonwealth funds improve special needs child care access
Description:
The Federal Government today announced funding of more than $4,000 to the Maryborough Child Care Association Inc. to improve access to formal child care for special needs children in the Maryborough and Burnett areas in Queensland.
Date: 30/6/1997
Title: Federal funds for QLD disadvantaged children
Description:
Parents and children in the Queensland areas of Cunnamulla, Woorabinda, Rockhampton, Stradbroke Island, Woodridge and Inala will have improved access to child care services as a result of Federal Government funding grants announced today.
Date: 30/6/1997
Title: Federal funds help manage subsidy withdrawal
Description:
Child care services in Queensland will have access to specialised training to assist them to manage their financial resources after the loss of an operational subsidy from 1 July, Federal Family Services Minister, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, said today.
Date: 30/6/1997
Title: Federal funds for seasonal workers' child care
Description:
Families requiring child care during the up-coming cane harvesting, small crop and fruit picking seasons in north and central Queensland would benefit from Federal Government funding of almost $80,000 for the creation of seasonal family day care places, Family Services Minister, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, announced today.
Date: 30/6/1997
Title: Federal funds to expand family day care in NSW
Description:
Working families with young children in New South Wales will have greater access to quality child care with the announcement today of new Commonwealth Government funding to expand 30 Family Day Care services.
Date: 26/6/1997
Title: Tasmanian carers receive additional funding
Description:
Tasmanian carers of the frail aged and people with disabilities have received additional funding, Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, announced today.
Date: 26/6/1997
Title: Carer resource centres to open in capital cities
Description:
Australia's carers will have vastly improved access to information and advice and links to regional respite services with the establishment of Carer Resource Centres in all capital cities, Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, said today.
Date: 26/6/1997
Title: New psychogeriatric care services for the ACT
Description:
A new psychogeriatric care project will be established in the Australian Capital Territory following allocation of more than $112,000 funding, the Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon. Judi Moylan MP, and ACT Senator, Margaret Reid, announced today.
Date: 25/6/1997
Title: Tasmanian child care gets a big boost
Description:
Families across Tasmania will benefit from an additional 215 child care places allocated to 11 year-round care services following approval today by the Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP.
Date: 24/6/1997
Title: Funds boost for Queensland home and community care
Description:
Frail older people, younger people with disabilities and their carers will benefit from increases in funding to a wide variety of Home and Community Care (HACC) services in Queensland, Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon. Judi Moylan MP announced today.
Date: 24/6/1997
Title: Agreement reached on aged care reform
Description:
Family Services Minister, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, today welcomed Australian Democrats support which will ensure passage of the Government's aged care reform package through the Senate this week.
Date: 24/6/1997
Title: Media alert
Description:
Federal Family Services Minister, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, will conduct a joint media conference with Australian Democrats Aged Care spokesman, Senator John Woodley, to provide details of an agreement reached on the Government's "Aged Care Reform Bill 1997".
Date: 24/6/1997
Title: Increased funding for home and community care
Description:
The frail aged, young people with a disability and their carers will benefit from increased funding for Home and Community Care (HACC) services in Queensland.
Date: 23/6/1997
Title: $240,000 for remote NT children's services
Description:
Families will benefit from the allocation of over $240 000 for the development and support of children's services throughout the Northern Territory, Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, announced today.
Date: 23/6/1997
Title: Increased federal funding for family day care in WA
Description:
Families with young children in both metropolitan and rural areas of Western Australia are to benefit from $668,000 in increased funding for family day care services, announced today by the Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP.
Date: 23/6/1997
Title: $400,000 to assist services for the homeless in SA.
Description:
The homeless and victims of domestic violence will benefit from a joint Federal and State Government funding package which was announced today.
Date: 23/6/1997
Title: Federal funds for Queensland multi-purpose centres
Description:
People in three remote rural regions in Queensland will benefit from Commonwealth funding totalling $274,320 under the Multi-Purpose Centre Program.
Date: 23/6/1997
Title: Child care for families in Gunnedah region
Description:
Parents with young children in outlying regions around Gunnedah will have access to occasional child care services under an innovative Commonwealth Government initiative announced today by Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon. Judi Moylan MP.
Date: 23/6/1997
Title: Government supports aged care advocacy services
Description:
Aged care advocacy services throughout Australia which support, inform and protect residents of hostels and nursing homes were today given $1.9 million funding by the Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon. Judi Moylan MP to continue providing their services.
Date: 22/6/1997
Title: Federal training funds for Tasmanian child care
Description:
Child care services across Tasmania will benefit from $33,000 in Commonwealth funding for training to support the provision of quality child care following approval by the Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP.
Date: 20/6/1997
Title: Advisory group to promote older Australians
Description:
The major role of the Conference for Older Australians would be to advise the Federal Government on its involvement in the International Year of Older Persons in 1999, the Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon. Judi Moylan MP said today.
Date: 20/6/1997
Title: Youth suicide workshop to set research priorities
Description:
Advice will be sought from members of the general community, service providers, researchers and policy makers to identify research priorities to address the continuing problem of youth suicide in Australia, the Minister for Family Services, the Hon. Judi Moylan MP said today.
Date: 20/6/1997
Title: ACT home and community care services expanded
Description:
Home and Community Care (HACC) service users in the ACT will benefit from a joint Territory and Federal Government additional allocation of almost $600,000 the Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon. Judi Moylan MP and the ACT Chief Minister, Mrs Kate Carnell, announced today.
Date: 20/6/1997
Title: NT gets federal funds to support the frail aged
Description:
The Northern Territory would receive $185,000 in Federal funding to support frail and aged people to remain living in the community, the Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon. Judi Moylan MP announced today.
Date: 19/6/1997
Title: Sliding scale for concessional residents announced
Description:
Federal Family Services Minister, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, today released her proposal for a sliding scale of subsidies for concessional residents in aged care facilities.
Date: 19/6/1997
Title: Government committed to improving community aged care
Description:
The Federal Minister for Family Services the Hon. Judi Moylan MP said today the community could learn how to improve aged care from those with practical experience in the sector.
Date: 18/6/1997
Title: Federal funding for Victorian child care
Description:
Victorian families with children who have a disability, and those who come from a non-English speaking background will benefit from extra funding announced today.
Date: 18/6/1997
Title: Child care resources benefit from federal grants
Description:
Families with children who have a disability and those who come from a non-English speaking background living in Victoria will benefit from extra funding totalling more than $65,000 announced today by the Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP.
Date: 17/6/1997
Title: Employer incentives strategy receives $112 000 boost
Description:
Job opportunities for people with disabilities are set to increase with a further boost to the Commonwealth's new Employer Incentives Strategy.
Date: 17/6/1997
Title: Additional child care funds for greater Dandenong
Description:
Families in the City of Greater Dandenong will benefit from a Federal Government grant of more than $31,000 for child care announced today.
Date: 14/6/1997
Title: Opening of Flying Start defence child care centre
Description:
Minister for Family Services and Federal Member for Pearce, the Hon Judi Moylan MP today opened a new child care centre in Bullsbrook.
Date: 13/6/1997
Title: Young people at risk of homelessness
Description:
An innovative new service aiming to help young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness by assisting and supporting families, was launched in Perth today by the Minister for Family Services, the Hon. Judi Moylan MP.
Date: 13/6/1997
Title: Older people benefit from funding for visitor scheme
Description:
A successful Federal Government initiative which resulted in more than 5 500 volunteers visiting older Australians living in residential care in the past year will receive $5.36 million to continue its operations for the next 12 months, the Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon. Judi Moylan MP announced today.
Date: 13/6/1997
Title: NT children's services boosted by federal funding
Description:
Childcare centres across the Northern Territory are to benefit from almost $350,000 in federal funds to support a number of the Coalition Government's childcare and playgroup programs.
Date: 13/6/1997
Title: $1.85 million for NSW home and community care services
Description:
Frail older people, people with a disability and their carers throughout New South Wales will have access to a range of improved community services with the announcement today of more than $1.85 million in Commonwealth and New South Wales Government grants under the Home and Community Care (HACC) program.
Date: 13/6/1997
Title: Joint funding for NSW home and community care projects
Description:
Frail older people, people with a disability and their carers in New South Wales can look forward to a range of improved community services following the announcement today of a joint Commonwealth and New South Wales Government grant funded under the Home and Community Care (HACC) program
Date: 12/6/1997
Title: New hostel wing opens in Highgate
Description:
The completion of a new 14-place hostel wing at Silver Chain Nursing Association's Cottage Homes complex will provide high quality residential care services for frail aged people in Highgate and surrounding communities.
Date: 12/6/1997
Title: Over $2.7 million home and community care funding
Description:
Aged Australians, younger people with a disability, and their carers will benefit from new funding announced today by the Federal and Victorian Governments.
Date: 12/6/1997
Title: Innovative WA company helps with literacy problems
Description:
People with literacy difficulties are being helped by an organisation launched in Western Australia today by the Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon. Judi Moylan MP.
Date: 12/6/1997
Title: $6 million for WA home and community care services
Description:
Western Australian Home and Community Care (HACC) services for frail older people and younger people with disabilities will benefit from an extra $6 million in funding announced today by the Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, and Western Australian Minister for Health, the Hon Kevin Prince MLA.
Date: 12/6/1997
Title: $5.6 million funding boost for home and community care
Description:
The frail aged, young people with a disability and their carers will benefit from increased funding for Home and Community Care (HACC) services throughout Queensland.
Date: 12/6/1997
Title: $1.6 million for home and community care services
Description:
Frail aged, younger people with a disability and their carers will benefit from an additional $1.6 million in funding jointly announced by the Federal and Tasmanian Governments today.
Date: 12/6/1997
Title: $6.1 million funding boost for the aged and disabled
Description:
Frail aged, younger people with a disability and their carers will benefit from an additional $6.1 million in Home and Community Care (HACC) funding jointly announced by the Federal and South Australian Governments today.
Date: 11/6/1997
Title: Older Australians must be heard!
Description:
Older Australians represented a growing and dynamic sector in the community with expectations their voices would be heard, Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon. Judi Moylan MP told the Australian Institute of Urban Studies in Perth today.
Date: 6/6/1997
Title: Funding boost for ACT home and community care
Description:
Home and Community Care service providers and users in the ACT will benefit from a joint ACT and Federal Government allocation of $436,000 this financial year, the Federal Minister for Family Services, Mrs Judi Moylan, and the ACT Chief Minister, Mrs Kate Carnell, announced today.
Date: 6/6/1997
Title: Federal funding boost to aged care in East Gippsland
Description:
Services for aged people in East Gippsland received a boost today with the official opening of the new Sutherland Lodge in Bairnsdale.
Date: 6/6/1997
Title: Aged care funds for Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander communities
Description:
A $200 000 funding package to assist the development of aged care services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities was announced today by the Minister for Family Services, the Hon. Judi Moylan MP.
Date: 5/6/1997
Title: Federal funds to support the frail aged
Description:
Services supporting Australia's frail aged and older people with dementia will be enhanced following a funding boost from the Federal Government.
Date: 5/6/1997
Title: Respite support workers receive additional funding
Description:
The Federal Government has announced additional funding of $72 401 for the Family Based Care Association in Tasmania to meet the costs associated with the adoption of the Support Worker's Enterprise Agreement.
Date: 5/6/1997
Title: Local government urged to employ more with disabilities
Description:
Local Government in Australia is being encouraged to employ more workers with a disability with the launch of the publication Accessible Workplaces, produced by the Australian Local Government Association (ALGA).
Date: 4/6/1997
Title: Family day care expansion helps Tasmanian families
Description:
Tasmanian families will benefit from childcare funding allocated to Family Day Care following approval today by the Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, of an additional 80 places.
Date: 4/6/1997
Title: Assistance for elderly people in rural areas
Description:
Elderly people in rural and remote areas in Australia would benefit from Federal Government grants which encourage the development of innovative models of aged care service delivery in isolated areas, the Minister for Family Service, the Hon. Judi Moylan MP said today
Date: 2/6/1997
Title: Child care options increase for Yarrabah families
Description:
Yarrabah families would benefit from an extra 15 long day care places created for the town's new child care service, Federal Family Services Minister the Hon Judi Moylan MP said today.
Date: 2/6/1997
Title: New child care centre for Hurstville
Description:
Working families with young children in the Hurstville area will have improved access to quality child care with the announcement today of Commonwealth Government funding for a new long day care centre in Dora Street, Hurstville
Date: 2/6/1997
Title: Child care options increase for Cloncurry families
Description:
Cloncurry families would benefit from an extra 29 long day care places created at the multifunctional child care service in Steel Street, Federal Family Services Minister the Hon Judi Moylan MP said today.
Date: 2/6/1997
Title: Child care options increase for Longreach families
Description:
Longreach families would benefit from an extra 18 long day care places created at the multi-functional child care service in Steel Street, Federal Family Services Minister the Hon Judi Moylan MP said today.
Date: 2/6/1997
Title: Child care options increase for Bundaberg families
Description:
Bundaberg families would benefit from an extra five long day care places created at the YMCA service in Quinn Street, Federal Family Services Minister the Hon Judi Moylan MP said today.
Date: 2/6/1997
Title: Child care options increase for Cherbourg families
Description:
Cherbourg families would benefit from an extra 16 long day care places created at the Gundoo Day Care Centre, Federal Family Services Minister the Hon. Judi Moylan MP announced today.
Date: 30/5/1997
Title: Commonwaelth/State disability agreement talks
Description:
A better deal for people with disabilities was the key factor during further discussions between Commonwealth/State Disability Ministers at the meeting in Canberra today, said the Minister for Family Services the Hon Judi Moylan MP.
Date: 30/5/1997
Title: Government funds boost community child care
Description:
A $900,000 grants package to assist 62 community based long day care centres around Australia was announced today by the Federal Minister for Family and Children's Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP.
Date: 30/5/1997
Title: Federal funds help Lifeline reach more young Australians
Description:
A project that will make 24-hour telephone counselling more accessible for young people, particularly those in remote areas, was launched today by the Minister for Family Services, the Hon. Judi Moylan MP.
Date: 29/5/1997
Title: Kempsey aboriginal aged care facility a first for NSW
Description:
Older Aboriginal people in the Kempsey area can look forward to quality accommodation and care in a culturally sensitive environment following the opening of an innovative new aged care facility at Greenhill.
Date: 29/5/1997
Title: Opening of new hostel units at Lindisfarne
Description:
Hobart's aged population will have access to 14 additional hostel units with today's opening of the Queen Victoria Home's latest aged care development.
Date: 26/5/1997
Title: Aged care structural reform details announced
Description:
The Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, today released new aged care facility arrangements enabling hostel and nursing home sectors to be funded under one instrument.
Date: 23/5/1997
Title: Federal funds for special needs child care
Description:
The Federal Government today announced funding of more than $400,000 across Queensland to support the inclusion of children with special needs into mainstream child care.
Date: 23/5/1997
Title: Minister reaffirms commitment to child care
Description:
The Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, today reaffirmed the Government's joint commitments to improving parents' access to child care and planning for the industry's future.
Date: 20/5/1997
Title: New aged care hostel in Canley Vale, Sydney
Description:
Older people from Sydney's Chinese community can look forward to quality accommodation and care in a culturally sensitive environment with the opening today of an innovative new aged care facility at Canley Vale.
Date: 18/5/1997
Title: Child care accreditation is about quality, not fairytales
Description:
Media reports regarding the National Childcare Accreditation Council's (NCAC) Quality Improvement and Accreditation System handbook are fanciful misrepresentations of reality, according to the Federal Family Services Minister, Judi Moylan.
Date: 15/5/1997
Title: Good Beginnings program launched on International Day of Families
Description:
Good Beginnings, a program designed to provide practical support to families was launched today by the Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP.
Date: 12/5/1997
Title: Federal funds boost for aged services in Victoria
Description:
Older Victorians can look forward to better care and greater choice of accommodation, the Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, announced today.
Date: 12/5/1997
Title: Federal funds boost for aged care services in the ACT
Description:
The ACT's older population can look forward to greater accommodation choice with the announcement today of additional nursing home, hostel and community aged care places by the Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP.
Date: 12/5/1997
Title: Disadvantaged area child care subsidies announced
Description:
Subsidies from a $4.1 million allocation for child care services operating in disadvantaged areas were announced today by the Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP.
Date: 12/5/1997
Title: SA aged care services receive $2.7 million boost
Description:
Older people in South Australia can look forward to better care and greater choice of accommodation, the Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, announced today.
Date: 12/5/1997
Title: Federal funds for aged care services in Queensland
Description:
Frail older people in Queensland will benefit from funding for new nursing home, hostel and community aged care services, Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, announced today.
Date: 12/5/1997
Title: Federal funds boost for aged care services in NT
Description:
Frail elderly people in the Northern Territory will have access to an increased range of community care services, the Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, announced today.
Date: 12/5/1997
Title: Aged care services receive federal funding boost
Description:
Older Australians will benefit from a $43 million increase in Federal Government funding of aged care services, the Federal Minister for Health and Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, announced today.
Date: 12/5/1997
Title: Boost to aged care services in Western Australia
Description:
Frail elderly people in Western Australia will have access to an increased range of residential and community care services, the Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, announced today.
Date: 12/5/1997
Title: Federal funds boost for aged services in NSW
Description:
Older people in New South Wales will have improved access to support and accommodation services, the Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, announced today.
Date: 12/5/1997
Title: Funding boost to aged care services in Tasmania
Description:
Frail elderly people in Tasmania will have access to an increased range of residential and community care services, the Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, announced today.
Date: 11/5/1997
Title: Minister welcomes aged care report
Description:
A joint report released today by peak consumer and Church aged care provider groups was an important contribution to the overall debate about the future of older Australians and aged care reform, according to the Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP.
Date: 5/5/1997
Title: Greater access and choice for disabled Australians
Description:
People with disabilities in Australia will soon be given more choice in the range of employment and rehabilitation services from which they can choose.
Date: 5/5/1997
Title: ACT families to benefit from boost to children's services
Description:
Families using Outside School Hours Care and Family Day Care Services in the ACT will benefit from additional services announced today in a joint move by the Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, and ACT Minister for Children's and Youth Services, Bill Stefaniak.
Date: 5/5/1997
Title: ACROD New South Wales actions a 'disgrace'
Description:
The actions of the New South Wales branch of the Australian Council for Rehabilitation of People with Disabilities (ACROD) were unnecessarily panicking and frightening the community, and were a disgrace, said the Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP today.
Date: 4/5/1997
Title: Volunteers play a vital role in the community
Description:
Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, today paid tribute to Australia's volunteers without whose efforts many community support organisations would not function.
Date: 1/5/1997
Title: Advisory group established for older Australians
Description:
Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, today launched the Conference for Older Australians, a 10-person group whose diverse membership includes Senator Kay Patterson (chair), Ita Buttrose, Burnum Burnum and Marion Lau.
Date: 1/5/1997
Title: Donovan Village Hostel officially opened
Description:
Frail elderly people in the Kalamunda area will benefit from the opening today of a new hostel in Forrestfield, Western Australia.
Date: 28/4/1997
Title: Nurses assured of Coalition commitment to quality aged care
Description:
Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon. Judi Moylan MP, today told nurses they played an important role in the Government's reforms to the aged care sector.
Date: 28/4/1997
Title: Additional federal funding for child care in Hume
Description:
Families in the City of Hume, Victoria, will benefit from a Federal Government grant for child care announced today.
Date: 24/4/1997
Title: Federal funds support healthy seniors
Description:
Older Australians will benefit from Federal Government funding for 28 new projects under the Healthy Seniors Initiative, the Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, announced today.
Date: 24/4/1997
Title: Grant renewal boosts community services for Collinsville, Qld
Description:
The Federal Government today announced a funding renewal of $70,000 over two years for the multi-purpose centre in Collinsville, Queensland.
Date: 24/4/1997
Title: Government works to help aboriginal elderly in Coober Pedy
Description:
Minister for Family Services, Mrs Judi Moylan, today announced approval of up to $1.6 million to provide aged care facilities and services for the Aboriginal people of Coober Pedy, in the far north of South Australia.
Date: 23/4/1997
Title: Strengthening Australian families
Description:
The Federal Government today reinforced its commitment to Australian families through its Strengthening Families strategy.
Date: 22/4/1997
Title: Commonwealth funding for multi-purpose centre at Northam
Description:
Northam residents in rural WA will benefit from the renewal of funding for Northam Share and Care approved today by the Federal Member for Pearce and Minister for Family Services, the Hon. Judi Moylan MP.
Date: 17/4/1997
Title: Commonwealth/State disability agreement talks
Description:
Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, today offered to convene a follow-up meeting with State/Territory Ministers to further progress a new Commonwealth State Disability Agreement (CSDA).
Date: 11/4/1997
Title: New growth strategy delivers more child care places for ACT
Description:
Families in Canberra are set to benefit from extended year round care services for school-age children under the Federal Government's "New Growth Strategy".
Date: 11/4/1997
Title: $1 million home and community care funding
Description:
Aged Australians, younger people with a disability, and their carers will benefit from new funding worth almost $1 million jointly announced today by the Federal and Victorian Governments.
Date: 11/4/1997
Title: New report profiles Australia's homeless
Description:
A new national database drawing on information from more than 1000 agencies providing support to homeless people has delivered its first snapshot of Australia's homeless.
Date: 9/4/1997
Title: Child care services funded in the Northern Territory
Description:
Children in the Northern Territory will benefit from a carefully targeted Federal Government grant totalling $94,198.
Date: 9/4/1997
Title: Child care places increased in Victoria
Description:
Victorian families will benefit from extra outside school hours care places announced today by the Federal Government.
Date: 9/4/1997
Title: Increase in family day care places in the ACT
Description:
Families in the ACT will benefit from 60 additional family day places in Gunghalin and South Canberra.
Date: 7/4/1997
Title: Minister rejects carer's criticism
Description:
Federal Family Services Minister Judi Moylan today rejected criticism of the Government's policy on carers.
Date: 4/4/1997
Title: Centacare grant to help prevent homelessness
Description:
Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, today announced a $200,000 grant to Centacare ACT under the Youth Homelessness Pilot Program called "Coping with Adolescence Together".
Date: 4/4/1997
Title: New nursing home places for Hills-Mallee area
Description:
The Federal Government has given South Australia's Adelaide Hills-Murray Mallee area a much-needed aged care boost by awarding 20 new nursing home places to the area's regional health service.
Date: 4/4/1997
Title: Federal funding for multi-purpose centre at Roebourne
Description:
People living in the town of Roebourne in the north of WA will benefit from the renewal of funding for a Multi-Purpose Centre grant approved by the Minister for Family Services, the Hon. Judi Moylan MP.
Date: 1/4/1997
Title: Funding to measure nursing home residents' satisfaction
Description:
The Federal Government has announced a $74,900 grant for work aimed at gauging the quality of care in nursing homes throughout Australia.
Date: 27/3/1997
Title: Quality care for children
Description:
Quality child care in the ACT received a boost today with $19,000 in Federal Government funding for long day care centres participating in the Quality Improvement and Accreditation System.
Date: 27/3/1997
Title: Quality care for children
Description:
Quality child care in Tasmania received a boost today with $22,000 in Federal Government funding for long day care centres participating in the Quality Improvement and Accreditation System (QIAS).
Date: 27/3/1997
Title: Quality care for children
Description:
Quality child care in Queensland received a boost today with $230,000 in Federal Government funding for long day care centres participating in the Quality Improvement and Accreditation System.
Date: 27/3/1997
Title: Quality care for children
Description:
Quality child care in South Australia received a boost today with $59,000 in Federal Government funding for long day care centres participating in the Quality Improvement and Accreditation System (QIAS).
Date: 27/3/1997
Title: Quality care for children
Description:
Quality child care in the Northern Territory received a boost today with $32,000 in Federal Government funding for long day care centres participating in the Quality Improvement and Accreditation System.
Date: 27/3/1997
Title: Quality care for children
Description:
Quality child care in Western Australia received a boost today with $108,000 in Federal Government funding for long day care centres participating in the Quality Improvement and Accreditation System (QIAS).
Date: 27/3/1997
Title: Quality care for children
Description:
Quality child care in New South Wales received a boost today with $377,000 in Federal Government funding for long day care centres participating in the Quality Improvement and Accreditation System.
Date: 27/3/1997
Title: Quality care for children
Description:
Quality child care in Victoria received a boost today with $213,000 in Federal Government funding for long day care centres participating in the Quality Improvement and Accreditation System (QIAS).
Date: 26/3/1997
Title: Safeguarding quality in child care
Description:
Minister for Family Services, the Hon. Judi Moylan MP, today appointed six new members to the National Childcare Accreditation Council.
Date: 26/3/1997
Title: New medicine guidelines a step forward in nursing home care
Description:
Guidelines for achieving better use of medicines in Australia's nursing homes and hostels were launched in Canberra today.
Date: 25/3/1997
Title: The fight against depression and youth suicide
Description:
The Federal Government today released guidelines to help combat the rate of depression among young Australians, fast becoming one of the most serious social and economic problems facing the community.
Date: 24/3/1997
Title: Minister reaffirms committment to aged care reform
Description:
Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, today reaffirmed the Coalition Government's commitment to access to aged care facilities based on need, rather than on the capacity to pay.
Date: 21/3/1997
Title: Commonwealth consults on competition and choice in disability reforms
Description:
The Federal Government will conduct a national round of consultations on proposed reforms to employment programs for people with disabilities, the Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, said today.
Date: 18/3/1997
Title: Aboriginal children's centre bus funding approved
Description:
Funding for the purchase of a new bus for the Aboriginal Children's Centre in West Moonah was approved today.
Date: 18/3/1997
Title: Office of disability goes live
Description:
People with disabilities can now 'surf the net' for information on Commonwealth disability programs and for links to other relevant sites on the Internet.
Date: 14/3/1997
Title: Peel businesses disability employee program a success
Description:
Federal Minister for Family Services, Mrs Judi Moylan, today congratulated four Peel small and large businesses for their employment of people with a disability.
Date: 28/2/1997
Title: Home and community care conference at crucial time
Description:
The Government was committed to building a more efficient and effective community services system, the Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, told a conference in Home and Community Care (HACC) services in Brisbane today.
Date: 21/2/1997
Title: Renewed funding for the Flinders Island multi-purpose centre
Description:
The Federal Government has provided $91,440 to renew a funding grant for the Flinders Island Multi-Purpose Centre, Victoria.
Date: 21/2/1997
Title: Funding approved to Lady Gowrie child care centre in Tasmania for support and training of child care services
Description:
Child care services across Tasmania will benefit from funding provided to the Lady Gowrie Child Centre for support, training and resources to ensure quality care is maintained and enhanced for children attending child care facilities.
Date: 21/2/1997
Title: Health funding for the young homeless in Tasmania
Description:
Young homeless people across Tasmania will continue to receive assistance for essential health services following a grant made to the Link Youth Health Service to operate the Youth Health Fund in all regions of the State.
Date: 21/2/1997
Title: Renewed funding for the Midlands multi-purpose centre
Description:
The Federal Government has provided $91,440 to renew a funding grant for the Midlands Multi-purpose Centre in Oatlands, Tasmania.
Date: 21/2/1997
Title: Services for people with disabilities in remote communities
Description:
Milikapiti town community has been guaranteed continued funding of its supported employment service by the Federal Government.
Date: 21/2/1997
Title: Increased employment options in Tasmania for young people with a disability
Description:
Tasmanian young people with a disability will benefit from the funding of two Jobnet services announced today by the Commonwealth Government.
Date: 19/2/1997
Title: Increase employment assistance for people with disabilities in Tasmania
Description:
People with disabilities in Tasmania will benefit from new funding for employment assistance.
Date: 19/2/1997
Title: Increased employment assistance for people with disabilities in New South Wales
Description:
People with disabilities in New South Wales will benefit from new funding for employment assistance.
Date: 19/2/1997
Title: Increased employment assistance for people with disabilities in Queensland
Description:
People with disabilities in Queensland will benefit from new funding for employment assistance.
Date: 19/2/1997
Title: Increased employment assistance for people with disabilities in the Australian Capital Territory
Description:
People with disabilities in the Australian Capital Territory will benefit from new funding for employment assistance.
Date: 19/2/1997
Title: Increased employment assistance for people with disabilities in Western Australia
Description:
People with disabilities in Western Australia will benefit from $642,857 in new funding for employment assistance, today announced by the Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP.
Date: 19/2/1997
Title: Increased employment assistance for people with disabilities in South Australia
Description:
People with disabilities in South Australia will benefit from new funding for employment assistance.
Date: 19/2/1997
Title: $7 million to employment support for people with disabilities
Description:
Disability employment support services across Australia are set to benefit from $7.6 million in Federal funding announced today by the Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP.
Date: 19/2/1997
Title: Increased employee assistance for people with disabilities in Victoria
Description:
People with disabilities in Victoria will benefit from new funding for employment assistance, Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon. Judi Moylan, announced today.
Date: 19/2/1997
Title: Increased employment assistance for people with disabilities in the Northern Territory
Description:
People with disabilities in the Nothern Territory will benefit from new funding for employment assistance.
Date: 17/2/1997
Title: Information line for community child care centres
Description:
Federal Minister for Family Services, the Hon Judi Moylan MP, today welcomed the launch of a national telephone information line for community based long day care centres.
