Media Releases
New funding for crisis housing
The Albanese Labor Government is backing those that help our most vulnerable Australians with $300 million in new grant funding for crisis and transitional housing.
Construction begins on the National Memorial for Victims and Survivors of Institutional Child Sexual Abuse
Victim and survivors have today helped to break ground on the National Memorial for Victims and Survivors of Institutional Child Sexual Abuse in Canberra.
Funding boost delivering stronger financial wellbeing support for First Nations Australians
The Albanese Labor Government will double its funding for Mob Strong Debt Help, investing an additional $6 million in the national First Nations-led financial counselling service.
Robodebt compensation payments to be exempt from tax, recovery arrangements and income testing
The Australian Government will make sure people get their full compensation payment under the new Robodebt class action appeal settlement.
New expert advisory council to guide Australia’s mission to end domestic, family and sexual violence
The Albanese Labor Government has appointed 14 leading voices to the newly established Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Advisory Council.
Funding boost to keep more Queenslanders safe from gender-based violence
The Albanese Labor Government is delivering $67.2 million over the next four years to strengthen Queensland’s response to gender-based violence and ensure more victim-survivors can access the support they need, when they need it.
Backing frontline workers, breaking cycles of violence in Western Australia
The Albanese Labor Government is boosting its response to family, domestic and sexual violence in Western Australia, with a $31.7 million investment to support victim-survivors and hold perpetrators to account.
September indexation to deliver more cost-of-living relief
From 20 September, more than 5.3 million of Australians will see a boost to their payment as indexation delivers increases to a range of rates, thresholds and limits across the social security system.
New crisis housing to support more than 22,000 women and children
The Albanese Labor Government is delivering safe, secure homes for women and children escaping family and domestic violence.
Women and Women’s Safety Ministerial Council Communique
The Women and Women’s Safety Ministerial Council (the Council) was convened virtually today, bringing together Commonwealth and state and territory governments to drive national progress on gender equality and ending gender-based violence.
Major funding boost for the Northern Territory’s domestic, family and sexual violence response
The Albanese Labor Government is strengthening support for victim-survivors with an almost $17 million funding boost to strengthen frontline services, prevent violence, and save lives in the Top End.
More support for leaving violence in Broome and the West Kimberley
The Albanese Government is strengthening support for victim-survivors of intimate partner violence in regional Western Australia, investing $2.8 million to extend the Leaving Violence Program Regional Trial in Broome.
$10 million investment to build safer Central Australian communities
More children, young people and families in Central Australia are set to benefit from the Albanese Labor Government’s new $10 million Safe on Country Fund that will improve family and community safety.
Statement on Christian Brothers
The Albanese Labor Government welcomes the announcement by Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA) that it will assume responsibility for current and future payments owed by Christian Brothers under the National Redress Scheme.
Frontline funding boost to build a safer future for South Australians
The Albanese Labor Government is stepping up its response to family, domestic and sexual violence in South Australia, today announcing an additional $22.78 million in federal funding to deliver timely support for those affected by violence and hold more perpetrators to account.
New grants to expand the impact of First Nations social enterprises
The Albanese Labor Government will help more First Nations social enterprises grow and transform lives with a new dedicated $2.52 million grant round under the Social Enterprise Development Initiative (SEDI) opening today.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle Joint Statement
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle (ATSICPP) has been nationally agreed by all jurisdictions. It affirms the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, families and communities by ensuring culture, family, community and Country are central to child protection decision making. These ATSICPP objectives are entirely consistent with child safety.
Shared Decision-Making Committee Meeting
On Friday 17 July 2026, Community Services Ministers (CSM) from the Commonwealth, states and territories (except Northern Territory and Western Australia, which were represented by proxies) met together with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Leadership Group (Leadership Group) in Sydney on the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation for a Safe and Supported Shared Decision-Making Committee (the Committee) meeting.
Community Services Ministers' Meeting
A meeting between the Community Services Ministers (CSM) occurred on Friday 17 July 2026 on the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation in Sydney, New South Wales.
Dialling up support for Tasmanians doing it tough
The Albanese Labor Government is boosting emergency relief support in Tasmania, with an additional $1.33 million investment in the Salvation Army Phone Assessment Line, connecting more people to services they need most.