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Carers—Carers Recognition Act implementation

Ms Davidson (in reply to a question and a supplementary question by Ms Orr on
Thursday, 9 June 2022):

(1) On 16 May 2022, I wrote to more than 700 representatives from the ACT community sector, informing them about the Carers Recognition Act 2021. The email had attached an information sheet outlining the purpose of the legislation and obligations for care and carer support agencies. The correspondence was sent to representatives from a broad range of community organisations, including:

• ACTCOSS

• Carers ACT

• OzChild

• Salvation Army

• ACT Together

• Catholic Care

• The Smith Family

• Karinya House

• YWCA

• ADACAS

• Canberra PCYC

• Capital Region Community Services

• COTA ACT

• YouthCo

• CREATE Foundation

• Barnardos Australia

The guidelines and information they have been provided is available at Information about the Carers Recognition Act 2021 on the Community Services Directorate (CSD) website.

(2) On 4 April 2021, the Director-General CSD wrote to other ACT Government Directors-General to inform them of the Carers Recognition Act 2021. The correspondence had attached an information sheet outlining the purpose and obligations set by the Act.

On 10 June 2021, the acting Director-General CSD sent correspondence with further advice about the legislation to ACT Government Directors-General, including guidance material about the Act and material directorates may use to communicate with organisations they fund that may be care and carer support agencies. The package of material included:

• an information sheet outlining the purpose, key principles, definitions and obligations in the Carers Recognition Act 2021

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