Media releases

The first national census in 1911 helped find a link, decades later, between deaf and mute children and the Rubella virus.

According to the last Census, there are 105 people in Australia who speak a made-up language at home.

Ferguson Plarre Bakehouses in Keilor Park is an outstanding example of the kind of innovative, environmentally-conscious company the Gillard Government wants to foster with the Clean Energy Futu

A commonly used financial structure for philanthropic organisations – public ancillary funds – will be reformed to improve their governance and accountability, as part of the Gillard Government's o

Costa Rica and the Special Administrative region of Macao, People's Republic of China, have become the latest jurisdictions to sign agreements with Australia to assist the Government in preventi

More than five million individual taxpayers with savings in banks, building societies and credit unions will only pay half the tax on the interest they receive, meaning more money in their pocke

Manufacturing workers will be supported through the transition to a low carbon economy, Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten said today after touring Rio Tinto Alcan Bell Bay with Minister for Small

Tony Abbott today admitted that running his scare campaign against the Clean Energy Future package is more important to him than supporting pensioners, agreeing on national television the Coaliti

Environmental companies in Tasmania will share in funding from a $200 million national program to support business investment in renewable energy, low emissions technology and energy efficiency,

More than 102,300 pensioners in Tasmania will be supported as Australia moves to a low-carbon economy, Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten announced at the Golden Years Club in Hobart today.

It's time for the Leader of the Opposition, Tony Abbott and the Shadow Treasurer, Joe Hockey to match every single cent of the Government's tax cuts, pension rises and increased payments, Assist

The Federal Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Bill Shorten, together with the Deputy Premier of NSW and Minister for Trade and Investment, Andrew Stoner,

Medicare will be responsible for the administration of early release of superannuation on compassionate grounds after new legislation was introduced into Parliament yesterday.

Submissions are sought on draft legislation designed to protect workers' superannuation from so called 'phoenix' companies, Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten announced today.

Today's announcement by the Coalition of a Senate Inquiry into foreign investment into rural land helps highlight a significant issue in the community the Government has acknowledged and has been a

Susan Pascoe, former Commissioner with the Victorian State Services Authority and former CEO of the Catholic Education Commission of Victoria, has been appointed as the Chair of the Implementation

The Government held a meeting with tax experts today to help clarify the uncertainty around the operation of the 'consolidation rights to future income and residual tax cost setting rules' follo

As part of ongoing efforts to increase Australia's attractiveness to foreign investors, the Assistant Treasurer, Bill Shorten, today announced the foreign accumulation fund (FAF) integrity rule wil

The Australian Government today welcomed the news that more than 99% of people making claims for loss and damage arising from the Queensland floods have now received an answer from their insurer

With the signing of a Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) in Vaduz last night (AEST), Liechtenstein has become the latest country to enter into an agreement with Australia that will assist