Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Families and Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

We absolutely understand that one of the fundamental services that carers are calling for is respite service. We want to make sure that those respite services are available to people before they get to a crisis point, so that's why in the 2019-20 budget we announced an additional $84.3 million over the next four years to boost availability for respite services and support, particularly for our young carers. Under our reforms, we are going to continue to build the amount of funding that's available to this really critical group of people who provide services to our community. As I said, one of the most important services that carers have advised us they're asking for is respite services. In this National Carers Week, it is fantastic to acknowledge our national carers. With the theme of 'why we care', it's very appropriate to acknowledge their extraordinary work. (Time expired)