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How you can support young carers this National Carers Week

19 October 2022 – 223.42 KB

Some young people find themselves in circumstances that call for them to deal with difficult and complicated responsibilities.

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Check in on your friends and family who are carers this National Carers Week

18 October 2022 – 202.45 KB

At some point, we will all know a carer, need a carer, or be a carer. This #nationalcarersweek, Carers Australia is asking the community to find out more about the experiences and needs of carers – and it starts with friends and family.

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It’s National Carers Week – but do you know who carers are?

16 October 2022 – 192.9 KB

This National Carers Week, Carers Australia wants people to know what it means to be a carer.

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First Vice President of Carers Australia reflects on 30 years of National Carers Week

14 October 2022 – 188.89 KB

Did you know the 30th annual National Carers Week starts this Sunday 16 October 2022?

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This World Mental Health Day, Let’s Remember Australia’s Unpaid Carers

10 October 2022 – 165.16 KB

Today is World Mental Health Day with the theme of ‘Awareness. Belonging. Connection’ and the simple message: look after your mental health, Australia. To mark this day, Carers Australia is highlighting new data from the 2022 Carer Wellbeing Survey ahead of National Carers Week, which reveals Australia’s 2.65 million carers are experiencing greater distress, loneliness and lower levels of wellbeing than Australians without caring responsibilities

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R (Carers) OK?

8 September 2022 – 191.44 KB

Today is RUOK? Day and carers tell us that they will often be asked about the wellbeing of the people they care for, but few people ask them how they are going.

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Carers Australia appreciates Bronte Campbell’s support on Celebrity Apprentice

15 June 2022 – 214.92 KB

Carers Australia is delighted that experienced carer Bronte Campbell chose us for her charity on the 2022 season of Celebrity Apprentice.

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Caring for carers in the new Ministry

1 June 2022 – 197.74 KB

Carers Australia, the national peak body for unpaid carers, welcomes the appointment of the Albanese Government’s ministry. CEO Alison Brook said, “we look forward to working with the Ministers for Social Services, Health and Aged Care, the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Employment and Workplace Relations, Housing, Homelessness, Women, and Youth in order that carers may be recognised and truly supported to live full and healthy lives.”

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Australia’s 2.65 million carers urged to weigh up their vote in light of parties’ responses to commitment to Carers Australia’s election survey

18 May 2022 – 192 KB

Carers Australia has this week released responses from the Liberal National Coalition, Labor Party and the Australian Greens to a policy survey seeking to understand the level of financial commitment and other support each party will provide to unpaid family and friend carers in the next term of government.

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Carers are $17,700 worse off every year in superannuation payments

16 May 2022 – 193.78 KB

Caring Costs Us: The economic impact on lifetime income and retirement savings of informal carers recently released by Carers Australia found, on average, the superannuation balance at age 67 of a primary carer is reduced by about $17,700 for every year they are in that caring role. Similarly, lifetime earnings are reduced by $39,600 for every year they are a primary carer.

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Caring Costs Us report finds average lost earnings and superannuation is over $567,000

21 April 2022 – 220.57 KB

New analysis released today has revealed the huge financial disadvantage Australia’s 2.65 million carers face when they take on a caring role − amounting to more than $567,000 on average in lost earnings and superannuation. Caring Costs Us: The economic impact on lifetime income and retirement savings of informal carers – a report for Carers Australia completed by economic consulting practice Evaluate has found that Australian carers on average forego $392,500 in lost wages to age 67 and miss out on a further $175,000 in superannuation.

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Who cares for carers? Not this budget

30 March 2022 – 196.29 KB

Unpaid family and friend carers saved the Australian economy $77.9 billion in 2020. That was before COVID and the impacts on the community it brought with it. Yet these 2.65 million Australians were completely forgotten in last night’s Budget, with no dedicated new funding provided for their financial support, respite, or wellbeing.