Making Change – Policy and Advocacy News

2024 National Carer Survey now open! image

2024 National Carer Survey now open!

Every two years, Carers NSW and the State and Territory Carer Organisations conduct the National…

Mental Health Carers Voice Advocates for Greater Respect for Canberra’s Carers image

Mental Health Carers Voice Advocates for Greater Respect for Canberra’s Carers

Mental Health Carers Voice (MHCV), the peak program representing mental health carers and run by…

Advocating for Superannuation for Carers in the Upcoming Federal Election image

Advocating for Superannuation for Carers in the Upcoming Federal Election

Carers ACT, Carers Australia and the National Carer Network are proud to announce the launch…

Webinar – Unpacking the exposure draft of the new Aged Care Act image

Webinar – Unpacking the exposure draft of the new Aged Care Act

Australia’s new rights-based Aged Care Act will be the cornerstone of quality aged care. The exposure…

The Disability Employment Centre of Excellence – Options Paper image

The Disability Employment Centre of Excellence – Options Paper

The Federal Department of Social Services is seeking feedback on the new Disability Employment Centre…

Changing the Children and Young People Act 2008 – Stage 2 image

Changing the Children and Young People Act 2008 – Stage 2

The ACT Government is reforming child, youth and family services to ensure they strengthen families…

South Tuggeranong Health Centre image

South Tuggeranong Health Centre

The ACT Government is seeking input into the types of services that should be included…

Shaping the National Mental Health Lived Experience Peak Bodies  image

Shaping the National Mental Health Lived Experience Peak Bodies 

The Australian Centre for Social Innovation (TACSI) has been commissioned to support the shaping of…

Consultation opportunity – ACT Social Recovery Framework image

Consultation opportunity – ACT Social Recovery Framework

The ACT, like the rest of Australia, is experiencing more frequent and larger disasters, increasingly…

Do you want to help with developing the National Autism Strategy? image

Do you want to help with developing the National Autism Strategy?

The Department of Social Services is inviting people with autism, and their carers, to help…

Calling carers – be part of the ACT Health Infrastructure Consumer Reference Group image

Calling carers – be part of the ACT Health Infrastructure Consumer Reference Group

Carers ACT is calling on local carers, or those they care for, to consider applying…