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Carer support

Queensland

• ARAFMI QLD - ARAFMI provides support and advocacy for families and friends of people with mental illness or disorder. ARAFMI can help by offering support, education and advocacy
• Carer’s leave – Wageline
• Carers Queensland – supports carers in Queensland through providing information, community development and counselling
• Community Care Queensland – Lifeline
• Disability Online - Queensland
• Home Assist Secure
• Medical Aids Subsidy Scheme (Queensland)
• Mental Health Care – Carers Matter – Qld Department of Health website
• Queensland Home and Community Care (HACC) Program
• Queensland Home Health Care Services
• Skilling Queenslanders for Work
• Support for Older Carers initiative
• Younger People in Residential Aged Care initiative

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National

• Aged Care – Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
• Association for the Relatives and Friends of the Mentally Ill (ARAFMI) – focus on providing support for families, carers and friends with mental health issues
• ATSI – Indigenous Carer information
• Australasian Society for the Study of Intellectual Disability
• Australian Caption Centre
• Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO)
• Australian Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission/Disability Rights
• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)
• Australian Law Reform Commission
• Carer Adjustment Payment - Questions and Answers
• Centrelink
• Commonwealth Respite and Carelink Centre (CRCC) (Wesley Mission)
• Commonwealth–State/Territory Disability Agreement National Minimum Data Set collection (CSTDA NMDS Collection)
• Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Carers Program – Carers Australia
• Department of Veterans Affairs – Veterans, Families and Carers
• FaCHSIA (Commonwealth Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs) – Carers page
• Fragile X Association of Australia
• HealthInsite
• Mental Health Consumer and Carer Organisations (PDF 149 kB)
• Murdoch Children's Research Institute
• Muscular Dystrophy Australia Paraquad (Paraplegic & Quadriplegic Association of NSW)
• National Disability Services
• NICAN Information for people with disAbilities, families and services providers in the community
• People with Disability Australia
• Raising Children Network – Children with Autism Disorder
• SHOUT
• Spinal Cord Injuries Australia
• Technical Aid to the Disabled – list of TAD State sites
• Topics in Sport - Disabilities
• Women with Disabilities
• Young Care

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Other States

• ACT – ACTCOSS (ACT Council of Social Services Inc.)
• ACT – Carers ACT
• ACT – Disability ACT
• ACT – Therapy ACT
• NSW – Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care
• NSW – Disability Council of NSW
• SA – Dept for Families and Communities – Care and independence
• SA – The Disability Information and Resource Centre
• TAS – Department of Health and Human Services
• VIC – Disability Services Division
• WA – Disability Services Commission

International

• Disabled Peoples International
• New Zealand Ministry of Health
• The UK Office for Disability Isuuses
• The UN and persons with disabilities (UN)
• The United States Government  (DisabilityInfo.gov – the New Freedom Initiative's Online Resource for Americans with Disabilities)
• World Health Organization (WHO)

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Legislation

Queensland

• Carer (Recognition) Act 2008 (PDF 521 kB)
• Queensland Carers Charter (Section 7 of the Act) (PDF 126 kB)
• The Queensland Government Carer Action Plan 2006-10 (PDF 271 kB)
• Carer Recognition Policy (PDF 188 kB)
• Carer Recognition Policy (RTF 87 kB)

National

• ComLaw (Commonwealth Law)
• Disability Discrimination Act 1992
• Disability Standards for accessible public transport

Other States and Territories

• Australian Capital Territory
• New South Wales
• Northern Territory
• South Australia
• Tasmania
• Victoria
• Western Australia

International

• United Nations – Standard Rules on the equalization of opportunities for persons with disabilities

Carer Advisory Councils

• Queensland – Carers Advisory Council
• Australian Capital Territory – Disability Advisory Council – useful links
• Western Australia – Carers Advisory Council
• South Australia – Minister’s Disability Advisory Council
• United Kingdom – Standing Commission on Carers (SCOC)

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State government reports

2007 Annual progress report: Queensland Government Carer Action Plan 2006-10

Full report 2007

• Annual progress report: Queensland Government Carer Action Plan 2006-10 (Word 297 kB)
• 2007 Annual progress report: Queensland Government Carer Action Plan 2006-10 (Part 1) (PDF 546 kB)
• 2007 Annual progress report: Queensland Government Carer Action Plan 2006-10 (Part 2) (PDF 485 kB)

Highlights

• Highlights - 2007 Annual progress report: Queensland Government Carer Action Plan 2006-10 (Word 73 kB)
• Highlights - 2007 Annual progress report: Queensland Government Carer Action Plan 2006-10 (PDF 393 kB)

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Media Releases

• Premier unveils two-for-one card for Queenslanders with a disability (3 Dec 2008)
• Queensland passes new law to care for carers: Minister (26 Nov 2008)

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