As a peak body, Carers Tasmania’s role is to raise awareness and influence change.
Here you can find Carers Tasmania submissions to key national and state reforms, and reports and research relevant to carers.
Carers Tasmania Submissions and Research
Response to the Australian Government NDIS Review ‘Our Approach’ Paper 2023
Carers Tasmania Response to the Guardianship and Administration Amendment Bill 2022
Response to the Tasmanian Health Service Statewide Hospitals Discharge Framework 2022
Carers Tasmania Response to the Draft Tasmanian Suicide Prevention Strategy 2023-2027
Carers Tasmania Submission on the draft Tasmanian Drug Strategy
Response to the Select Committee on Work and Care Terms of Reference
Submission on the Australian Government Productivity Commission Carer Leave Issues Paper
Response to the Tasmanian Draft Carer Recognition Act 2022
Carers Tasmania Response to the Our Healthcare Future – Advancing Tasmania’s Health
Carers Tasmania Submission to the New Government Strategy for older Tasmanians 2023 – 2029
Carers Tasmania Submission to the Tasmanian Women’s Strategy
Carers Tasmania COVID Impact Survey 2022
Response to the Review of the Disability Services Act 2011 Discussion Paper
Response to the Carer Recognition Legislation Discussion Paper – December 2021
Carers Tasmania Submission to the Tasmanian Carer Action Plan 2021 – 2024
Senate Select Committee on COVID-19 – Australian Government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Adult Education Strategy Submission
Carers Tasmania Submission on Aged Care Safety and Quality
Feedback on the Terms of Reference for the Aged Care Royal Commission
Carers Tasmania feedback on the Disability and Community Services Individual Planning Framework
Tasmanian Child and Youth Wellbeing Outcomes Framework submission
A future Program for Family Based Care Out of Home Care Submission
Carers Tasmania Response HACC reform discussion paper Oct 2017
Carers Tasmania – Tasmania Government Budget Submission 2015-2016
Caring Voices Project – Mental Health Carers Tasmania, COTA, Medicare Local Tasmania and Carers Tasmania
- A place to call home
- Caring a job and a half
- Caring in a world of Government policies
- Navigating the road to treatment support recovery
Reports and Research
Carers Tasmania Report on Balancing Employment and Caring 2022
2022 National Carer Survey – Initial Tasmanian results
Caring Costs Us Summary Report
2020 National Carer Survey – Tasmanian results
2020 National Carer Survey Summary Report
Road to Recovery: COVID-19 Survey Results
Australian Carers still need respite
Conversations with Parents and Carers of Children with Disability
The Economic value of informal care in 2010
Who Cares? A report on the inquiry into Better Support Carers
Who Cares? Older Australians do (May 2020)
Conversations with Carers 2011
Policy Documents
Aged Care Royal Commission Recommendations
Tasmanian Carers Action Plan 2021
Carer Network Media Releases
Poor sleep health of unpaid carers adversely affecting
wellbeing – Carers Australia