Government Self Help Portal

The Australian Government offers the Dunkley community an enormous amount of useful information, advice, services and other valuable resources, a lot of which is literally at your finger tips through the web sites of the many government departments.

If you are looking to apply for a Federal grant, whether it be to support an arts or creative endeavour or a business venture the popular government website www.grantslink.gov.au is a wonderful starting point.

Others provide specific information about the range of services that fall under each department’s area of responsibility. An example includes the Department of Human Services web site which provides access to agencies such as Child Support, Medicare and Centrelink.

In many cases the various sites provide opportunities to download relevant forms and make online applications. Other important contact details are also provided.

Find below a list of all government departmental websites as well as the websites of several commonly requested agencies such as Centrelink and Medicare.

You might be pleasantly surprised by what you find and in many cases you can get terrific results without having to even make a phone call or leave your home.

Bruce's portfolio links

Minister for Veterans’ Affairs
Minister Assisting the Defence Minister

On January 27, 2006, Bruce had the honour of being sworn in as our country’s new Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, he was also entrusted with the responsibilities of Minister Assisting the Minister for Defence. Bruce is the Dunkley electorate’s first minister. He has long enjoyed a strong relationship with Dunkley’s veterans’ community as well as with defence force personnel and their families. The Dunkley region has one of the largest veterans’ communities in the state.

The Department of Veterans’ Affairs website can be reached at www.dva.gov.au while Bruce’s ministerial page can be found at http://minister.dva.gov.au.

Information about Bruce’s various responsibilities assisting the Defence Minister is available through the minister’s link of the Department of Defence website at www.defence.gov.au

Aus Industry	www.ausindustry.gov.au
Aus Trade	www.austrade.gov.au
Parliament of Australia	www.aph.gov.au
Centrelink	www.centrelink.gov.au
Job Search	www.jobsearch.gov.au
Medicare	www.medicare.gov.au
Child Support Agency	www.csa.gov.au
New Apprenticeships	www.newapprenticeships.gov.au
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme	www.pbs.gov.au
Commonwealth Ombudsman	www.comb.gov.au
Australian Bureau of Statistics	www.abs.gov.au
Australian Electoral Commission	www.aec.gov.au
Australian Tax Office	www.ato.gov.au
Australian Federal Police	www.afp.gov.au
Australian Citizenship	www.citizenship.gov.au
Australian Institute of Sport	www.ais.gov.au

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF)
http://www.daff.gov.au/

Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (DCITA)
http://www.dcita.gov.au/

Department of Defence
http://www.defence.gov.au/

Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST)
http://www.dest.gov.au/

Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR)
http://www.dewr.gov.au/

Department of Family and Community Services (FACS)
http://www.facs.gov.au/

Department of Finance and Administration
http://www.finance.gov.au/

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)
http://www.dfat.gov.au/

Department of Health and Ageing
http://www.health.gov.au/

Department of Human Services
http://www.humanservices.gov.au/

Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (DIMIA)
http://www.immi.gov.au/

Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources (DITR)
http://www.industry.gov.au/

Department of the Environment and Heritage (DEH)
http://www.deh.gov.au/

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC)
http://www.dpmc.gov.au/

Department of the Treasury
http://www.treasury.gov.au/

Department of Transport and Regional Services (DOTARS)
http://www.dotars.gov.au/

Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA)
http://www.dva.gov.au/