Page 342 - Week 01 - Thursday, 14 February 2019
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In 2018, a Taskforce of representatives from government, the community sector and the carer community, including eight members of the Panel, developed the first three-year Action Plan (the Action Plan) under the Strategy. The Action Plan establishes 25 actions that will deliver on the vision, outcomes and priorities for the Strategy. Each of the priorities established by the Panel are reflected in the Action Plan, with actions mapped against the priorities they support.
A priority for the Government in developing the Action Plan was to ensure that the actions closely reflect critical components of the Strategy established by the Panel. This was achieved by:
• ensuring all members of the Taskforce were familiar with the Strategy, which guided their deliberations;
• ensuring strong representation on the Taskforce by carers who were also members of the Panel; and
• engaging democracyCo to facilitate Taskforce workshops, as democracyCo had previously facilitated the Panel and was familiar with the carers who participated, their stories and their priorities.
(2) The Carers Voice Panel brought together people of different ages with diverse caring roles and life circumstances, ensuring that a wide range of relevant issues were considered. Early in the deliberative process, Panel members raised several enhanced support services with potential benefits for carers.
During this discussion, it was noted that some of the suggested services were outside the responsibility of the ACT Government and were therefore not within the agreed scope for the Carers Strategy. However, Panel members agreed that the proposed enhanced support services should be included in the final Panel Report, to provide a wider context and reflect the Panel’s discussion. The inclusion of this section in the Panel Report reflects the ACT Government’s commitment to an authentic deliberative process underpinned by transparency and trust between participants.
(3) While several of the proposed enhanced support services are directly reflected in a number of actions in the Action Plan, it should be noted that this is the first three-year Action Plan under a Strategy with a ten-year life span.
(4) The Panel discussed superannuation support for carers in deliberations to develop the Strategy. The Panel was advised that superannuation was a Commonwealth government responsibility, and as such was outside scope for the ACT Strategy.
The Panel acknowledged this, and discussions with Carers ACT led to the decision that superannuation support would be addressed by Carers ACT in the context of its advocacy work at the national level.
Schools—instrumental music program
(Question No 2077)
Ms Lee asked the Minister for Education and Early Childhood Development, upon notice, on 30 November 2018:
(1) How many (a) primary and (b) high schools participate in the Instrumental Music Program.
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