September 12, 2011
Minister for Family and Community Services Pru Goward marked the start of Foster Care Week by announcing an additional $455,000 per year to Connecting Carers NSW for vital foster care support including regular carer conferences, carer camps and a 24/7 phone support line.
Ms Goward said this extra funding is a first step in securing carers’ v...
September 11, 2011
NSW Minister for Family and Community Services Pru Goward today officially opened Foster Care Week 2011 at the Foster Care Week Carnival at Sydney Olympic Park.
Foster Care Week 2011 acknowledges the hard work carers around NSW do in providing homes for some of the state’s most vulnerable children. There will be a number of events in regio...
September 6, 2011
The Liberals & Nationals’ first Budget delivered today is about rebuilding New South Wales, including improved roads and police services for the people of Goulburn, said Minister for Family and Community Services and Member for Goulburn, Pru Goward.
“Rebuilding NSW means repairing what was left behind, improving services and buildi...
September 6, 2011
The NSW Liberals & Nationals Government is focused on developing innovative approaches to tackling gender inequity and reducing domestic violence through a number of new initiatives.
Minister for Women Pru Goward said key election commitments met in the 2011-12 Budget include:
Investing a further $2.5 million to expand the Staying Home ...
September 6, 2011
The NSW Liberals and Nationals Government has committed $1.6 billion in the 2011-12 Budget as a first step to rebuilding the Department of Family and Community Services and improving support for children, young people and families across NSW.
Minister for Family and Community Services Pru Goward said the Budget lays a solid foundation for the futu...
September 4, 2011
Minister for Family and Community Services Pru Goward has released a fact sheet with some useful tips on helping parents monitor their children’s activity on mobile phones and the internet, as part of Child Protection Week, which runs from September 4 to 11.
“The proliferation of social networking sites and smartphone technology means ...
August 30, 2011
Minister for Family and Community Services Pru Goward today visited the innovative Camperdown Project currently under construction which will help homeless people move from the street to a home.
Minister Goward was joined by Rosanne Haggerty, the founder and President of Common Ground, a not-for-profit organisation that was established to end home...
August 30, 2011
Minister for Family and Community Services Pru Goward welcomed the NSW Ombudsman's Keep Them Safe? report, tabled today. Together with his office's report on Reviewable Child Deaths in 2008 and 2009, tabled last week, the Ombudsman has again strongly put the case for real reform to improve support, care and protection for vulnerable children and yo...
August 10, 2011
Minister for Family and Community Services Pru Goward and Minister for Ageing and Minister for Disability Services Andrew Constance today slammed the Opposition for hypocrisy in the Australian Services Union’s (ASU) Equal Remuneration Test Case.
“The former state Labor Government made a mess of this case, making submissions which neith...
August 9, 2011
Minister for Women Pru Goward today announced $400,000 in funding to help a vital domestic and family violence support service continue in Penrith.
Last year there were 992 domestic violence related assaults in Penrith, a 13.9 percent increase from the previous year.*
The Bridges Project provides support services to women in the Penrith and St Ma...