Media releases

2024

Delivering more help for Australian home buyers

The Albanese Labor Government is taking another step to deliver Help to Buy to bring home ownership back into reach for 40,000 low and middle income families.

New partnership to drive more homes for Tasmanians

The Albanese Labor Government’s Social Housing Accelerator will help to transform the lives of more Tasmanians with a new development to deliver 15 homes in Hobart.

Acting to improve small business payment times

The Albanese Labor Government is progressing action to deliver on its commitment to improve small business payment times.

Albanese Labor Government delivering more training opportunities for small businesses

The Albanese Labor Government is committed to supporting small businesses with new tailored training opportunities now available to help businesses with tax and super.

Building more affordable rental homes

The Albanese Government is working to boost the construction of rental housing as part of its broad and ambitious plan to build more homes in Australia.

New homes for key workers in Macquarie Park

Key workers from Macquarie University are set to move into new affordable housing with the opening of 130 new apartments in Macquarie Park, part of a 3,300 home development supported by the Albanes

Parliament passes Labor’s designated complaints measure – consultations now open on further details

Yesterday the Parliament passed the Competition and Consumer Amendment (Fair Go for Consumers and Small Business) Bill 2024.

Applications now open for $500 million Housing Support Program

The Australian Government’s $500 million Housing Support Program is now open for applications from state, territory and local governments for projects that will boost the planning required to

Hundreds of new homes ready in Prahran

The Allan and Albanese Labor Governments are opening new homes right across the state, with residents moving into over 400 new homes in the heart of Prahran.

More support to help small business cyber resilience

Small businesses are a step closer to getting more personalised support to help prevent and recover from cyber attacks under the Small Business Cyber Resilience Service.

Working together to help more Queenslanders into home ownership

The Albanese and Miles Labor Governments are working together to cut the cost of a mortgage and help more Queenslanders into their own homes.

Albanese Government funds more than $8 million for social housing boost in Perth’s southern suburbs

In a new partnership, the Albanese Labor Government and the Cook Labor Government are delivering 16 new social housing dwellings in Perth’s southern suburb of Coolbellup.

Free AI education for small and medium businesses

Australian small and medium business owners will today be able to access a new free course in artificial intelligence 101, a development which has been welcomed by the Albanese Labor Government tod

Passage of Help to Buy legislation

The Albanese Labor Government’s legislation to establish a national shared equity scheme Help to Buy has passed the House of Representatives.

Innovative new partnership to give more Western Australians a place to call home

A new partnership between the Albanese and Cook Labor Governments will deliver more than 200 new homes in Perth, giving key workers and Western Australians in need, including older women at risk of

Albanese Government helping to provide more Victorians with a place to call home

More Victorians will have a safe and affordable place to call home with the reopening of 80 refurbished units at Lakewood, with the project supported by a $12.4 million contribution from the A

Improving competition by empowering consumers and small businesses

Consumer and small business advocates will now have special powers to raise significant and systemic issues with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for investigation.

Valentine’s Day the perfect time to show Australia’s small businesses some love

Australians are encouraged to shop small this Valentine’s Day and help show some love for the country’s 2.5 million small businesses.

First meeting of the new National Housing Supply and Affordability Council

The National Housing Supply and Affordability Council will hold its first meeting as a new permanent housing body today, following passage of the Albanese Government’s Housing Legislative Package.

Albanese Labor Government helps 100,000 people into home ownership

The Albanese Labor Government is bringing home ownership back into reach with the Home Guarantee Scheme helping more than 100,000 people into a home since May 2022.