CARERS throughout Australia URGENTLY NEED YOUR SUPPORT!

Some carers receive as little as 41 cents an hour ($136.50 a fortnight) in government assistance to look after an age, infirm, disabled, or incapacitated person 24/7/365.

Let's make the recognition of unpaid carers an election issue.

This nationwide Petition has been launched calling on the Federal government “to recognise and care for carers, especially those only in receipt of a Carer's Allowance who need immediate, realistic and proper financial recognition.”

Unpaid carers are the backbone of the aged care system.

Inflation is at its highest rate in 20 years; the cost of living is skyrocketing; some can’t afford to put nutritious food on the table, and in fact many skip meals altogether; rents have hit the roof forcing many on the street; essential utilities, electricity, gas and rateable services are proving a luxury – having the internet connected is wishful thinking; the cost for support services is spiralling; countless carers and those they care for barely survive with many almost destitute – carers are among the hardest hit!

If you haven’t already, PLEASE SIGN and SHARE this PETITION:

You never know when you might find yourself as a carer or a person relying on one?