Anne Urquhart (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

At the request of Senator Brown, I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

  (i) National Carers Week 2016 runs from Sunday, 16 October to Saturday, 22 October, and

  (ii) during National Carers Week, Australians are encouraged to show their appreciation for unpaid carers and learn about caring in Australia; and

(b) recognises that:

  (i) an estimated 2.8 million Australians provide unpaid care and support for people who have a disability, mental illness, chronic condition, terminal illness or who are aged,

  (ii) these carers make an extraordinary contribution to our communities as well as our national economy,

  (iii) the replacement cost of this informal care is valued at $60.3 billion over the course of a year, and

  (iv) any one at any time can become a carer.

Question agreed to.