About the Department
Groups identified by the Priority Investment Approach will receive support from current programs and from new and innovative policy responses to be developed through the $96.1 million Try, Test and Learn Fund.
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The Department on behalf of the Prime Minister’s Community Business Partnership, recently commissioned research to better understand volunteering and giving within culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) and Indigenous communities.
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The Community Grants Hub started operating on 1 July to simplify the grant experience for service providers, the community and the Government.
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The Department of Social Services (DSS) has recently received reports that members of the public have been contacted via phone by an individual or individuals identifying themselves as DSS officers offering a $7,600 government grant.
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Assistant Minister Jane Prentice today announced Karni Liddell as the 2016 Patron for International Day of People with Disability.
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Minister Porter recently announced the opening of the grant round for the second Community and Philanthropy Partnerships Week, to be held from 5-11 December 2016 with the theme ‘the power of partnerships’.
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Minister Porter today welcomed the release of the inaugural annual report of the Prime Minister’s Community Business Partnership.
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Welfare recipients in the Ceduna region in South Australia will soon be able to start using their cashless debit cards.
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Nominations are now open for the 2016 Australian Disability Enterprises Excellence Award, which recognises, encourages and promotes the significant contribution Disability Enterprises make in improving the lives of people with disability.
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Many families are financially stretched over the first few months of the year, as the bills from Christmas, holidays and school begin to mount.
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