Ministers

Portfolio responsibilities

Minister Porter is responsible for:

• Overall responsibility for the Social Services portfolio, including policy, budget and expenditure matters and deregulation
• Income Support for Seniors, Vulnerable People, People in Special Circumstances, People of Working Age and Students, including Newstart Allowance and Austudy/ABSTUDY
• Policy, payments and programs to support families and children, the Children and Parenting Support Programme, Family and Relationship Services Programme and related programs, Paid Parental Leave and Family Tax Benefit
• Payments and allowances for people with disability and their carers, including Disability Support Pension and Carer Payment
• Child Support Policy
• Policy to support people with Disability and their Carers
• Business Services Wage Assessment Tool Policy
• Programs and services to reduce violence against women and their children
• Housing and Homelessness Policy and Programs
• National Disability Strategy
• Disability Employment Reform Policy
• National Disability Insurance Scheme
• International Social Security Agreements
• Allowances and Concessions
• Social Security means test policy, nominee policy, advance payment policy and compensation provisions
• Welfare Payments Reform
• Civil Society, Charities, Volunteers and Not-for-profits
• Prime Minister’s Community Business Partnership
• Emergency Relief
• Financial Counselling
• Whole-of-Government Grants Hub
• Income Management (Policy)
• Investment Approach to Welfare
• Pay Equity in the Social and Communities Services Sector
• Multicultural Affairs and Settlement Services policy and programs

 

Former Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries

Former Ministerial and Parliamentary Secretary media releases and speeches are available from the Archived Media site.