A range of local charities are set to benefit from the sale of a house in Franklin which is being built and auctioned for charity. Chief Minister Katy Gallagher today launched the Franklin Charity House project which involves a new charity partnership between the Land Development Agency (LDA) and the Master Builders Association of the [...]
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Franklin Charity House Launch
A range of local charities are set to benefit from the sale of a house in Franklin which is being built and auctioned for charity. ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher today launched the Franklin Charity House project which involves a new charity partnership between the Land Development Agency (LDA) and the Master Builders Association of [...]
Franklin Charity House Launch
A range of local charities are set to benefit from the sale of a house in Franklin which is being built and auctioned for charity. ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher today launched the Franklin Charity House project which involves a new charity partnership between the Land Development Agency (LDA) and the Master Builders Association of [...]
Establishment of a trial legal clinic for homeless people in the ACT
Senator for the ACT, Kate Lundy has today welcomed the announcement by Attorney-General, Robert McClelland of the additional one-off funding of $6 million for legal assistance services. The additional one-off funding will provide: $3.6 million for the development of pilot programs to build better partnerships and greater collaboration between all Family Relationship and nearby Community [...]
$1.2 million to reconnect ACT’s homeless youth
Senator for the ACT, Kate Lundy today welcomed the Federal Labor Government’s investment of $1.2 million over the next two years to continue to support young people in the ACT who are homeless or at risk of being homeless, through the Reconnect program. This funding is part of the Government’s $48 million investment Australia-wide [...]
Increase in HACC funding for ACT
ACT Senator Kate Lundy has welcomed the Federal Governments announcement that Home and Community Care (HACC) services in the ACT will get a $6.6 million dollar funding boost. The HACC Program is a joint Australian and State/Territory Government initiative. Nationally, the Australian Government contributes 60 per cent of funding for the initiative, which is managed [...]
Homelessness in the ACT
Adjournment Speech Tonight I want to talk about the very serious issue of homelessness in our society. And I am very proud to say that this is an issue that the Rudd Labor Government has already set about tackling head on following a decade of neglect by the former government. I believe that access to [...]
