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Carers Australia welcomes vote for Royal Commission into Disability Abuse

25 February 2019

Carers Australia welcomes the Parliament’s support for a Royal Commission to inquire into violence, abuse and neglect of people with disability.

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Our Federal Budget Submission

7 February 2019

As part of the Federal Budget process, Carers Australia has submitted a document outlining a series of measures to better support unpaid carers.

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Call for superannuation guarantee for carers

13 November 2018

Carers Australia welcomes the motion introduced by Senator Griff and passed by the Senate on Monday, recognising the plight of carers who have had to give up paid work to provide care for family members or friends, often over a great many years, which results in them having little or no retirement savings.

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Support for carers to access respite through the NDIS needs to be transparent

17 October 2018

Carers Australia has today released a Position Paper in relation to access to services under the NDIS which will allow carers to take a break from caring.

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Carers Australia partners on My Health Record

16 July 2018

Carers Australia is to partner with the Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA) to provide information about the My Health Record Expansion Program, its benefits to carers and those they care for.

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Budget 2018 – What It Means For Carers

11 May 2018

Following on from this year's Federal Budget, we have again produced an overview of all those measures which may affect unpaid carers.

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Carers Australia welcomes major injection of funds in Disability Employment Services

8 May 2018

Carers Australia welcomes tonight’s Budget announcement that an additional $300 million over ten years will be invested to help fund a new, reformed model of Disability Employment Services (DES).

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Carers can benefit from some increased investment in home care packages

8 May 2018

Carers Australia believes that tonight’s Federal Budget goes some way to improving access to home care packages for the aged and those who care for them.

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Submission to the Aged Care Financing Authority Respite Care Consultation

16 April 2018

Read our submission to what is an important review of the use of respite care and the appropriateness of current funding arrangements.

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Submission on ‘Encouraging Self-Sufficiency for Newly Arrived Migrants’ Amendment

10 April 2018

Read our submission in response to the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Encouraging Self-sufficiency for Newly Arrived Migrants) Bill 2018.

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Centrelink changes will cost carers

22 March 2018

Changes to legislation passed by the Senate on 21 March means that carers – who often already wait many weeks or months to have their claims assessed – will no longer be able to have their payments backdated when it is clearly justified.

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Submission on the importance of supported employment

8 March 2018

Read our submission to the Department of Social Services on the importance of supported employment for carers.