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Submission to Department of Social Services on Foundational Supports

6 December 2024 – 401.23 KB

Foundational Supports have the potential to address many inequities and gaps in Australia’s current disability support system. However, at the moment it is a high-level model which will require a lot of implementation detail and investment to fulfil its promise. We recommend that Carers Australia has the opportunity to provide direct input into the co-design of supports, to ensure they meet the needs of carers.

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Submission to the Department of Health and Aged Care Consultation: Funding of Aged Care Services

5 December 2024 – 214.17 KB

This submission highlights Carers Australia's key concerns with the Release of the draft of Funding Rules.

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Submission to the Department of Social Services on the National Carer Strategy

5 November 2024 – 358.71 KB

The National Carers Network is strongly supportive of a National Carer Strategy that will speak to carers and give them confidence that their voices have been heard.

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Submission to the Senate Community Affairs Committee on the Aged Care Bill 2024

27 September 2024 – 271.38 KB

While the Bill has largely delivered on the recommendations of the Commission with respect to establishing the rights of older people accessing aged care services, Carers Australia is very disappointed that it failed to incorporate the rights for carers proposed by the Commission.

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Submission to the Department of Social Services on the National Carer Strategy Discussion Paper

13 September 2024 – 335.44 KB

Carers Australia supports the efforts made by the Federal Government to ensure a diverse range of carers’ lived experience is reflected in the National Carer Strategy. The National Carer Strategy is an opportunity for government to drive meaningful change reforms that will improve the lives of carers. The National Carer Strategy is also an opportunity to engender better identification, recognition and value of carers, and facilitates coordination of policies across Commonwealth portfolios.

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Submission to the Department of Social Services on the draft list of NDIS supports

28 August 2024 – 365.33 KB

Carers are very influenced by the NDIS supports on offer to their care recipients and we are concerned that the prescriptive nature proposed by the lists both disempowers people living with a disability and has the potential to further outsource care to their carers.

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Submission to the Establishment of a National Aged Care Mandatory Quality Indicator Program for in-home care

11 July 2024 – 232.01 KB

Carers Australia welcomes the opportunity to comment on the proposed National Aged Care Mandatory Quality Indicator Program for in-home care. Carers ACT and Carers Victoria have provided input into this submission. In short, we are strongly of the view that there should be more carer inclusion in the Quality Indicators.

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Submission to the Office of the Inspector-General of Aged Care: 2024: Review of the administration of My Aged Care

20 June 2024 – 230.11 KB

Carers Australia welcomes the opportunity to respond to this consultation. We understand that the Office is seeking lived experience engagement with My Aged Care and that the particular focus is on assessment. We have also promoted this consultation to carers of older people in our newsletter and social media, including the specific questions identified in the Office’s call for submissions.

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Submission to the Office of the Inspector-General of Aged Care: 2024 Progress Report on the Implementation of the Aged Care Royal Commission Recommendations

10 April 2024 – 480.88 KB

Carers Australia welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the Review.

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Submissions to the new Aged Care Act Exposure Draft call for stronger carer inclusiveness

14 March 2024 – 3.64 MB

The draft new Aged Care Act is a bitter disappointment to Carers Australia and to other consumer organisations operating in the aged care space. It does not include any of the recommendations the Aged Care Royal Commission with respect to carers right receive timely and tailored supports which address their own needs and enhance their capacity to provide care, both in their own interests and in the interests of those they care for.

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Response to the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care – Consultation on the Exposure to Draft of the New Aged Care Act

29 February 2024 – 262.06 KB

Carers Australia welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Exposure Draft of the New Aged Care Act.

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Response to Department of Social Services Issues Paper: A stronger, more diverse and independent community sector

17 November 2023 – 164.65 KB

Carers Australia welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Australian Government Department of Social Services Issues Paper: A stronger, more diverse and independent community sector. Carers Australia consider the current reviews into the not-for-profit and community sector vital to improving the outcomes and experiences of Australian communities, as well as the sustainability of the sector moving forward. Overall, Carers Australia is broadly supportive of all five focus areas identified by the Department and explored within the Issues Paper. Within this response we will address each focus area, considering our experiences as a Community Sector Organisation (CSO) and national peak body.