Discussion Paper: Developing a Whole of Government State Carer's Policy in South Australia

In April 2003 the Minister for Social Justice, the Hon. Stephanie Key, called for nominations for the Ministerial Advisory Committee to develop a whole of government Carers policy to support the state's 216,000 primary Carers. The task of this group is `to provide policy recommendations on the formulation and implementation of the whole of governmen carers policy and provide advice on mechanisms for engaging carers, care recipients and the wider community in the development of the policy'.

This initiative represents an advance on the Liberal Government's 1993 ` Caregivers' Policy and the 1997 `Focus on Carers' Strategy.