The payment and allowances for carers has not increased in nearly a decade and advocates say it is pushing already exhausted carers into more stress and poverty.
Anna cares for her daughter, Renee, who was born with cerebral palsyAnnette Herbert is a carer for her adult daughter, Renee, who was born with cerebral palsy and later acquired a brain injury.
Carers Australia reports that the current carer allowance would need to increase by 150 per cent to match that rate, which would cost an extra $1.9 billion a year.Carers SA CEO David Militz said the carer payment and carer allowance had not been increased — or reviewed — in nine years and had barely increased in the ten years prior.
"For those carers who have the really significant caring roles that have to stop work, that have no level of income apart from the carer payment, this is where the rubber hits the road." Ms Herbert said the amount of work required to manage her daughter's National Disability Insurance Scheme had forced her and many other parents to "abandon careers and paid work in an attempt to manage NDIS".
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