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About one-in-ten people across Australia provide unpaid care for a loved one with a disability or an older person and roughly 304,500 of them receive the government carer payment. The Albanese government has unveiled changes to the support payment to allow them greater flexibility in the hours they can work.
The government has promised more flexibility for people who provide care for a person with disability or severe medical condition.
Australians who receive Centrelink payments are being reminded that the payment and reporting dates have changed due to the long weekend.
‘A knife in the back’ Ella* has extensive experience as a carer. After caring for her grandfather, and then working as a personal support worker for a…
‘A knife in the back’ Ella* has extensive experience as a carer. After caring for her grandfather, and then working as a personal support worker for a…