The Hon Jamie Briggs MP Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Federal Member for Mayo Additional funding boost to upgrade Freeway Reserve The Australian Government is delivering…
The Australian Government today announced the members of a new Carer Gateway Advisory Group to lead an initiative to better support Australia’s 2.7 million unpaid carers. The Government invested…
The Australian Government is providing $40 million to support aged care providers transition to the new Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) and the consumer directed care (CDC) model of home…
Address to the Committee for Economic Development (CEDA) State of the Nation Conference Parliament House, Canberra Monday, 22 June 2015 1pm E & OE Subjects: The Senate and…
Tonight common sense prevailed, with the successful passage of the Business Services Wage Assessment Tool (BSWAT) payment scheme Bills through the Senate. The Coalition Government has persevered to deliver…
Certainty for Commonwealth Home Support Programme The Government has taken two decisions to provide certainty for Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) clients and providers. CHSP funding agreements will…
New Town, Hobart Tasmania 12 June 2015 3:30pm E & OE Subjects: Visit to Cosmos-Star, National Disability Insurance Scheme FIFIELD: It’s great to be in…
The Abbott Government has today announced that applications for the 2015 Aged Care Approvals Round (ACAR) for both home care and residential aged care places will open in August. The…
SPEECH Speech at opening of Fairway Rise Aged Care Lindisfarne, Tasmania 12 June 2015 11:45am Thanks so much Ray, it’s wonderful to be here. And…
The claim by Shayne Neumann today that the Government is ceasing support for people with younger onset dementia is false. It was the previous Labor Government that took the…