Senate debates
Monday, 16 October 2006
Carers Week
3:36 pm
Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source
I, and on behalf of Senators Humphries, McLucas and Bartlett, move:
- That the Senate—
- (a)
- notes that 15 October to 21 October 2006 is Carers Week;
- (b)
- notes that the theme of Carers Week 2006 is ‘Anyone, Anytime’, the objective of which is identifying carers and empowering them to access support services;
- (c)
- recognises that there are approximately 2.6 million carers in Australia who provide unpaid help and assistance to a relative or friend, who could not otherwise manage because of disability, mental illness, chronic condition or frailty;
- (d)
- notes that almost everyone will provide care at some time during their life;
- (e)
- notes that approximately 1.2 billion hours of informal care are currently provided by family carers, as recently found by Access Economics in its report, The economic value of informal care;
- (f)
- acknowledges the enormous contribution made by carers to Australian society, often at great personal cost;
- (g)
- recognises the social and economic value of carers to the community; and
- (h)
- calls on all levels of government, businesses and schools to consider adopting carer-friendly work practices and learning environments.
Question agreed to.
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