Jenny Macklin

...of this policy was important for the nation. There was, however, one shadow. The Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, had already made it clear that a compensation fund for the stolen generations was not going to be...

In this article: Public Interest Advocacy Centre, Self-determination, University of Technology, Sydney, Larissa Behrendt, Tasmania, and Canberra

...rights solution that empowers peoples and engages them to take responsibility for the solutions." Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin has vowed to reinstate the act and will introduce the relevant legislation into federal parliament...

In this article: Irene Khan, Amnesty International, Moral imperative, National Press Club, Australia, Alice Springs, and Canberra

...Australia's international obligations on human and indigenous rights. In a statement Wednesday, Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin agreed that suspending discrimination laws had "left Aboriginal people feeling hurt, betrayed and...

In this article: Irene Khan, Australia, Amnesty International, National Press Club, United Nations, Canberra, London, and Bangladesh

...fallen in NSW from $3614 to $2052 - by far the lowest of all the states, the report says. The federal Minister for Families, Jenny Macklin, yesterday said Australia had to make more effort to ensure the care of children needing protection.

In this article: NSW and Australia

...has vowed to reinstate the act and is expected to introduce legislation to parliament this week. Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin won't say whether the bill would result in changes to the intervention. Professor Dodson says the...

In this article: Mick Dodson, Australian of the Year, Australian Human Rights Commission, and Canberra

...childcare gives me a day to run errands in half the time, or to catch up with a friend or to have a coffee." Families Minister Jenny Macklin said the so-called "mummy wars" between working and stay-at-home mothers ended some time ago.

In this article: Climate change and UN

...on the identified group,'' Professor McMillan said. A spokeswoman for the Minister for Families and Community Services, Jenny Macklin, defended the payments. ''The Ombudsman received 156 complaints from payments made to 7.7 million...

In this article: Recession, Unemployment, and Australia

...violence because of the Commonwealth's declining share of legal aid funding. He also called on Rudd to ''counsel'' ministers Jenny Macklin and Robert McClelland over the federal failure to give funding to Victoria's Native Title...

In this article: Federalism, Steve Bracks, Anna Bligh, Rob Hulls, Canberra, and Australian National University

...for Forgotten Australians support group, said yesterday. ''We have to accept that our stories have been told to Jenny [Macklin] and she can relay them to the Prime Minister … I am sure that he will hear what we want and what we want...

In this article: Kevin Rudd and Andrew Murray

...not meet Racial Discrimination Act standards, which were suspended to enable the NTER. Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin, who says entrenched disadvantage in the Territory will take some time to turn around, has vowed to...

In this article: Convictions and Kevin Rudd