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There are over 2.6million carers in Australia, are you one of them? Carers Australia is looking for people to participate in our national photo shoot.

From 1 July, Australia’s current support system for people with disability is being progressively replaced with DisabilityCare Australia.

About 1.7 million families will soon receive a boost in their family payments to help them make ends meet

Our second Blue Sky Breakfast took place at the RACV City Club, Melbourne on Thursday 23 May. With overwhelming demand, a crowd of 124 packed the room to hear Carers Victoria discuss the topic of young people with caring responsibilities.

The Australian Government has appointed a long-standing champion of disability reform in Australia, Bruce Bonyhady AM, as the inaugural Chair of the Board of DisabilityCare Australia.

The fourth electronic bulletin on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) from the Victorian Coalition Government.

CHIEF executives will be roughing it at Etihad Stadium next Thursday night to help charity agency Vinnies raise money to help fight homelessness.

Researchers from The Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, the University of Melbourne and the National Ageing Research Institute are lifting the lid on an issue that demands greater understanding within our community

Dr Napthine's foster son Jack has severe autism and was at the front of the Premier's mind last month as he signed Victoria up to a full rollout of the national disability and insurance scheme.

The Gillard Government is providing $440,000 to the Mental Health Council of Australia through the DisabilityCare Australia Sector Development Fund to assist people with mental illness and their service providers make the transition to DisabilityCare.

The Gillard Government and beyondblue have teamed up in an unconventional new mental health campaign called “Man Therapy” designed to battle depression and anxiety in Aussie men.

Carers Australia has celebrated the launch of its twentieth anniversary along with the launch of its first Reconciliation Action Plan.

Wimmera carers gathered for lunch and an information session with Carers Victoria staff on Wednesday.

Australians with disability will be supported to attend conferences across the country following $350,000 in Federal Government funding under the National Disability Conference Initiative.

The Gillard and Victorian Governments announces that the head office of DisabilityCare Australia will be located in Geelong. This will create around 300 new jobs once DisabilityCare is fully rolled out from 2019-20.

A new online portal has been launched to provide Australians with easier, faster access to secure digital government services.

The Gillard Government has launched the Australian Law Reform Commission’s report, Access All Ages—Older Workers and Commonwealth Laws.

People with disability can look forward to a substantially improved taxi service following the release of the Victorian Coalition Government’s response to the Taxi Industry Inquiry.

Australian carers are having their mental and physical health endangered by the burden of caring for someone living with a mental illness.

The importance of health and community care professionals working with Australia’s 2.6 million carers to develop and deliver treatment plans is being highlighted as part of the Australian Government’s national Care Aware campaign.

Nominations for the seventh annual National Disability Awards, which recognise individuals and organisations that make a positive contribution to the lives of people with disabilities are open.

Carers Victoria, in partnership with the Western Bulldogs, is excited to be able to offer our members and carers across Victoria with a discounted, flexible membership to the Western Bulldogs AFL 2013 season.

People with disability, their families and carers came together in Melbourne today to celebrate DisabilityCare Australia, the National Disability Insurance Scheme, being rolled out across Victoria.

The Minister for Disability Reform, Jenny Macklin turned the first sod on a new development in Werribee which will provide a safe and accessible home for five adults with severe or profound disability.

Through delivering responsible savings to the Budget, the Coalition states it will help families, households, retirees and pensioners get ahead by scrapping the carbon tax as well as ensuring that tax cuts and fortnightly pension and benefit increases are kept.

The Gillard Government will set a new target aimed at increasing access to services for Indigenous people with disability.

Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, said DisabilityCare Australia now has a strong and stable funding stream, after legislation that provides for a half a percentage point increase in the Medicare levy passed the Parliament.

The Government announced in Tuesday night's Budget that it has committed another $14.3 billion to the full national roll-out of the National Disability Insurance Scheme over seven years.

National Volunteer Week on 13-19 May is the largest celebration of volunteers and volunteerism in Australia and this year's theme - "Thanks a Million" - recognises more than 6 million Australians who volunteer their time, energy and skills to help others.

The Gillard Government and the Northern Territory Government have reached an historic agreement that will see DisabilityCare Australia, the national disability insurance scheme, rolled out across the Northern Territory by July 2019.

Pollie Pedal bike riders have ridden over a 1,000kms and have raised nearly $700,000 this year for charity.

“Carers Victoria is pleased to see the Victorian State Government budget commit to closing the Sandhurst residential institution and make a much needed investment of $7.9 million in capital works for appropriate housing within the community,” said CEO Caroline Mulcahy.

The Gillard Government and Queensland Government have reached an historic agreement that will see DisabilityCare Australia, the national disability insurance scheme, rolled out across Queensland by July 2019.

Thousands of Victorians will join the fight against dementia throughout June by hosting their very own ‘get-together with a difference’, while raising much needed funds to support the 74,600 people living with dementia in Victoria.