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Students and staff at Blue Gum Community School will have full use of refurbished school buildings thanks to funding from the Turnbull Government.   Assistant Minister Seselja officially opened the new facilities in Hackett today on behalf of the Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham.   “It was great to visit Blue Gum Community School and see the new …

Assistant Minister for Social Services and Multicultural Affairs, Senator Zed Seselja, today welcomed the release of new information resources by the ACT Government, aimed at simplifying the often complex domestic adoption process in the ACT and making it more accessible for everyone. “I am pleased that the ACT Government has developed these new information resources to help Canberra families better …

Assistant Minister for Social Services and Multicultural Affairs, Senator the Hon Zed Seselja, will this morning launch the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Australia’s Welfare 2017 report. The 13th biennial snapshot of Australia’s welfare highlights the importance of a strong system to underpin the health and wellbeing of the most vulnerable Australians. “The report shows that we have a …

Today we have seen another thought bubble from Bill Shorten and Labor, with an opportunistic and ill-thought out ‘plan’ to address homelessness.   Proving that Bill Shorten is all gesture and no action, he reiterated his election promise to halve homelessness levels in Australia by 2025. But more than a year later, he still has no clear policy direction.   …

The Australian Government and the Football Federation Australia (FFA) have teamed up to help young new arrivals settle into Australian life, Assistant Minister for Social Services and Multicultural Affairs, Zed Seselja announced today. Speaking before the World Cup qualifying match between the Socceroos and Syria in Sydney today, Assistant Minister Seselja said the Government had allocated $100,000 to support the …

Australia’s future depends on our children’s long-term wellbeing, and that’s why the Coalition Government is joining with the Queensland Government and Logan City Council to co-invest an additional $2.7 million in the community-driven initiative, Logan Together. Assistant Minister for Social Services and Multicultural Affairs, Zed Seselja, today joined Logan’s Mayor, Luke Smith; the Queensland Minister for Communities, Women and Youth, …

A special event in Melbourne today will mark the completion of the settlement of 12,000 Syrian and Iraqi refugees. Minister for Social Services, Christian Porter, and Assistant Minister for Social Services and Multicultural Affairs, Zed Seselja, will join refugee families in Melbourne to mark the milestone. It is just over two years since the Government announced that Australia would welcome …

Senator the Hon Zed Seselja, Liberal Senator for the ACT, will today open the new Department of Social Services (DSS) headquarters that the Coalition Government has built in Tuggeranong. “As options were being considered for the future of DSS I fought hard, as Senator for the ACT, to ensure that the Department would not be moved from the Tuggeranong town …

Today it has been confirmed that the West Block building in the Parliamentary Triangle will be sold for $6.25 million to a subsidiary of the Geocon Land Holding Group. Geocon is an established local property developer in Canberra, with a sound track record of construction and management of hotels in the Canberra region. Geocon plans to restore the heritage-protected façade …

Students and staff at Galilee School will have full use of a new Senior Campus thanks to funding from the Coalition Government. Assistant Minister Seselja officially opened the new facility in Holder today on behalf of the Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham, with Mr Tim McNevin, Principal of Galilee School and Mr Lorcan Murphy, the Chief Executive Officer …