CARERS
RECOGNITION ACT — REVIEW
1154. Hon DONNA FARAGHER to the parliamentary secretary representing the
Minister for Community Services:
The parliamentary secretary is a busy
boy today! I refer to the recently tabled Review of the Carers Recognition
Act 2004: Report to Parliament.
(1) Does the
government support the review's findings, and will the minister commit
to implementing all 12 recommendations contained within the report; and, if
not, why not?
(2) If yes, when is the implementation plan to develop
response initiatives for these recommendations expected to be finalised?
Hon KYLE
McGINN replied:
On behalf of the parliamentary
secretary representing the Minister for Community Services, I thank the member
for some notice of the question. The following answer has been provided by the
Minister for Community Services.
(1) Yes.
(2) The Review
of the Carers Recognition Act 2004: Report to Parliament was tabled on 24 November
2021. The Department of Communities has
engaged in preliminary discussions with the Carers Advisory Council and
Carers WA, and will work to implement the recommendations throughout 2022.