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Environment Minister, Peter Garrett, today announced funding of $1.4 million for a small wind farm in the Western Australian community of Denmark.
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Next year, 180 scholarships valued at up to $10,000 will be available for community aged care nurses to improve their skills – as part of the Australian Government’s commitment to improving the skills in nursing.
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The Minister for Ageing, Justine Elliot, today announced that the first 500 of 2,000 training places for community aged care workers from culturally-diverse or indigenous backgrounds will soon be available.
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The Australian Government today detailed a plan to improve the long-term quality of aged care for Indigenous communities.
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The nearly 56,000 older Australians who receive help at home through community aged care packages will get a greater say in the provision of their services - under the Rudd Labor Government.
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The official countdown to the Sydney 2009 World Masters Games has been launched with a call from NSW Minister for Tourism Jodi McKay for volunteers to be part of the biggest multi sport event on earth.
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New crime statistics released yesterday by the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research show an 8 per cent drop state-wide in domestic violence assaults in the past two years.
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This morning (October 16), the Rudd Labor Government will introduce legislation to provide further protection for the 170,000 older Australians in the nation’s nearly 3,000 aged care homes.
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Global financial markets are experiencing some of the most challenging conditions ever witnessed.
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Speech: The extraordinary thing is the number – two and a half million people. That’s an army of care. That’s an army of concern. That’s an army of love out there.