Media Releases by The Hon Scott Morrison MP

Labor and the unions wrong again

Minister for Social Services, the Hon. Scott Morrison told Parliament today that the best way to control our welfare expenditure is to get Australians into…

The Syrian and Iraqi humanitarian crisis

Australia will resettle an additional 12,000 refugees who are fleeing the conflict in Syria and Iraq. Our focus will be on those most in need…

25 years of National Child Protection Week

Minister for Social Services, the Hon. Scott Morrison today presented a national award to an innovative counselling service for promoting child safety and wellbeing. Minister…

Labor’s child care scare campaign

Reports today that hundreds of thousands of families will be thousands of dollars worse off under the Government’s Jobs for Families package on child care…

Better start for Indigenous children

The Minister for Social Services, the Hon Scott Morrison, met with representatives from the Secretariat National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC) last week to…

Celebrating multicultural Australia

Minister for Social Services, the Hon. Scott Morrison will tonight join thousands of Muslims celebrating at Sydney’s Chand Raat Eid Festival to mark the end…

Nearly $60 million to help WA’s homeless

Minister for Social Services, the Hon. Scott Morrison today visited Foyer Oxford, one of 22 projects the Western Australian government has agreed to fund as…

Australian families gain government support

A new survey has highlighted the potential long-term ‘scarring’ effects on youth if they are unemployed for extended periods, Minister for Social Services, the Hon.…

Disability support payment rules tighten

Minister for Social Services, the Hon. Scott Morrison announced the number of people being granted a Disability Support Pension (DSP) has now dropped below the…