Linda Burney MP

Shadow Minister for Human Services.

Linda Burney MP

Shadow Minister for Human Services

Member for Barton, New South Wales

(02) 9587 1555

http://www.aph.gov.au/L_Burney_MP

linda.burney.mp@aph.gov.au

PENSIONERS SHORTCHANGED BY INFLATED DEEMING RATES

LINDA BURNEY MP

Sun, Jul 7, 2019 2:12 PM

Pensioners would be up to $149 a fortnight, or $3,875 a year, better off if the Government reduced the deeming rate...

Social Services

GOVERNMENT MUST REDUCE DEEMING RATES

LINDA BURNEY MP

Wed, Jul 3, 2019 4:08 PM

In light of yesterday’s rate cut by the Reserve Bank, Labor is calling on the Liberals and Nationals to urgently re...

Social Services

TIME’S UP FOR GOVERNMENT TO REVIEW DEEMING RATES

LINDA BURNEY MP

Fri, Jun 21, 2019 8:52 PM

With interest rates at record lows, the Government has run out of excuses for using pensioners to prop up their bud...

Social Services

INDIGENOUS ADVANCEMENT STRATEGY FAILS ANOTHER TEST

LINDA BURNEY MP

Wed, Jun 19, 2019 8:21 PM

After five years and $4. 8 billion dollars, a new Auditor General’s report has revealed the Liberals and Nationals...

INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS

GUARANTEE FUNDING FOR NATIONAL CONGRESS

LINDA BURNEY MP

Sun, Jun 16, 2019 6:32 PM

Labor is calling on the Liberal-National Government to urgently restore funding to the National Congress of Austral...

INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS

$10 MILLION FOR INDIGENOUS YOUTH TO GET A TAFE QUALIFICATION

THE HON TANYA PLIBERSEK MP

Mon, May 6, 2019 12:50 PM

A Shorten Labor Government will invest $10 million in the proven Poche Centre program at the University of Sydney,...

Labor Party

LABOR’S NDIS FUTURE FUND WILL STOP THE CUTS AND CHAOS

BILL SHORTEN MP

Fri, May 3, 2019 6:23 AM

A Shorten Labor Government will establish a National Disability Insurance Scheme Future Fund – guaranteeing that ev...

Labor Party

DISABILITY ROYAL COMMISSION

LINDA BURNEY MP

Wed, Apr 17, 2019 8:02 PM

Labor is acutely aware of the concerns raised by people with disability anddozens of disability advocacy organisati...

Labor Party

WHAT WILL MORRISON’S $40 BILLION IN SECRET CUTS MEAN FOR PENSIONERS?

THE HON LINDA BURNEY MP

Tue, Apr 16, 2019 5:55 PM

Today, Australian pensioners are all asking one big question: will Scott Morrison cut the pension to pay for his mu...

Labor Party

THE NDIS THAT AUSTRALIANS DESPERATELY NEED

BILL SHORTEN MP

Sun, Apr 14, 2019 4:41 PM

A Shorten Labor Government will invest in the NDIS workforce and get the scheme back on track by investing $40 mill...

Social Services

LABOR SUPPORTS NAISDA DANCE COLLEGE

THE HON TONY BURKE MP

Sat, Apr 13, 2019 2:11 PM

A Shorten Labor Government will invest $5 million to build the NAISDA Dance College, a new centre for National Indi...

Communications and the Arts

EXPERTS CONCERNED ABOUT LIBERAL’S FAMILY VIOLENCE ‘COUPLES COUNSELLING’

THE HON LINDA BURNEY MP

Wed, Apr 10, 2019 7:58 PM

Experts have expressed serious concerns about the Liberal's moves to issue new contracts for “family relationship s...

Social Services