Carers ask for protection and support in up-coming Budget

No cuts to carers payments and a national carers' strategy - that's what carers are asking the Government for today.

Carers ask for protection and support in up-coming Budget

No cuts to carers payments and a national carers' strategy - that's what carers are asking the Government for today.

"Despite being the only group who work for their social welfare payments, family carers have experienced serious cuts to payments and services since Budget 2009," the Carers Association said in a statement accompanying its pre-Budget submission.

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