Category Archives: Media Release
Carers Queensland to improve disability support with new NDIS funding
4 June 2018 Carers Queensland is the new National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Local Area Coordination, Partners in the Community service provider for five new service …
Budget 2018: What it means for carers
The 2018-19 Australian Federal Budget was released on Tuesday 8 May . The Budget included the measures to design and fund an integrated service delivery system …
Carers Queensland first NFP to gain Rainbow Tick accreditation in Queensland
Carers Queensland is the first not for profit organisation to be accredited with the Rainbow Tick in Queensland, joining a growing number of businesses in Australia …
Young Carers take centre stage at the Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony
Tuppence, 23, has faced many challenges in life. She was only 17 and in her final week of high school when her father had a stroke …
Centrelink changes will cost carers
Changes to legislation passed by the Senate on 21 March means that carers – who often already wait many weeks or months to have their claims …
New national approach to carer support services
Minister for Social Services, The Hon Dan Tehan MP, today announced that the government has approved the long-awaited introduction of a new national approach to carer …
Waiting time imposing stress on carers
Carers Australia has joined with Aged and Community Services Australia (ACSA), Baptist Care Australia and Uniting Care Australia in urging the government to release more Home …
