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Carers Queensland hosts Emergency Preparedness workshops to help community members Brisbane resident Melissa has been living independently for a few years now, but she recently realised that she didn' ...
Federal Budget 2024-25: what it means for carers
The Australian Government delivered its 2024–25 Federal Budget on Tuesday 14 May 2024. Carers Australia has now released their ‘2024-25 Federal Budget: what it means for carers’ report. In their repor ...
Young voices making a difference
On stage, front and centre, a remarkable group of young adults from different countries took the lead at the 4th International Young Carers Conference held in Manchester, UK, in April. Spreading the m ...
Carers Queensland helps Livingstone Shire Council become champions of inclusion and accessibility
Livingstone Shire Council has cemented its reputation as a champion of accessibility and inclusion after inviting Carers Queensland to deliver Disability Awareness Workshops to more than 100 council e ...
Carers Queensland welcomes announced changes to Carer Payment
Carers Queensland welcomes the latest announcement from the Federal Government to remove barriers to employment for Australia's unpaid carers. Under the proposed change, Carer Payment recipients will ...
Darrell’s adventurous spirit sees him build strength to travel the world by train
After a stroke in 2019 left Darrell with limited movement on his left-hand side, the Brisbane resident has been slowly building strength and mobility in the hope of pursuing international travel. Dar ...
Levi’s plan to help school leavers realise their potential
Logan local Levi loves learning new things, it makes him feel like he can take on the world. “When I started doing things for myself, it made me feel like a Transformer, like Optimus Prime,” Levi said ...
Derrell looking ahead after achieving her independence
Bli Bli local Derrell has been living independently for six months and, with the assistance of support workers and her family, she is going from strength to strength. After joining the National Disabi ...
Brad the guitarist is making inroads through his music
For someone who prefers to be out of the limelight, Brad’s come a long way in the past few years, playing guitar and singing in public most weekends. Growing up in rural Queensland on a farm with 9 si ...
Dom is the first trans man with disability to set up disability dance school
In his wildest dreams, Dom never imagined being Australia’s first trans man with disability to run a successful dance academy dedicated to sparking joy in the lives of people living with disability. B ...
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Welcome to our latest NDIS LAC eNewsletter March 2024. ...
Carers Australia welcomes recommendations made to benefit unpaid carers
Carers Australia today welcomes the report delivered by the Inquiry into the Recognition of Unpaid Carers committee. The Committee investigated the challenges unpaid carers face and options for amendi ...
