Mark Baker (Braddon, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

to move:

That the House:

(1)

notes that 15-21 October is Carers’ Week;

(2)

notes that the theme of this year’s Carers’ Week is “Anyone, Anytime”, the objective of which is identifying carers and empowering them to access support services;

(3)

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;

(4)

notes that almost everyone will provide care at some time during their life;

(5)

notes that around 1.2 billion hours of informal care are currently provided by family carers (as recently found by Access Economics in its report Economic Value of Informal Care);

(6)

acknowledges the enormous contribution made by carers to Australian society, often at great personal cost; and

(7)

calls on all levels of government, businesses and schools to consider adopting carer-friendly work practices and learning environments. (Notice given 16 October 2006.)

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