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Budget 2017 invests $64.4 million of new operating funding to help people move off benefits and into work, Social Development Minister Anne Tolley says.
“A proactive approach to supporting clients to prepare for employment has seen the number of people receiving a main benefit continue to fall,” Mrs Tolley says.
“The proportion of the population on a main benefit is the lowest it’s been in a March quarter since 1997, at 9.6 per cent.
- Anne Tolley
- Social Development
- Budget 2017
Budget 2017 invests $37.2 million of operating funding to reduce the harm caused by family violence, Justice Minister Amy Adams and Social Development Minister Anne Tolley say.
$22.4 million will extend the Integrated Safety Response (ISR) pilots for another two years.
- Anne Tolley
- Amy Adams
- Social Development
- Justice
- Budget 2017