Proposed Carers Recognition (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill 2025

Have your say on the proposed Carers Recognition (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill 2025.

What's being decided?

The draft Carers Recognition (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill 2025 seeks to contemporise the Carers Recognition Act 2005 (SA) and improve carer recognition in South Australia.

The proposed bill has been prepared following the:

• South Australian review of the Carers Recognition Act 2005 (SA) finalised in 2024;
• Commonwealth Inquiry into the recognition of unpaid carers;
• release of the National Carers Strategy 2024-2034 and Action Plan 2024-2027 in December 2024.

Background

In 2024, we published the report from the review of the Carers Recognition Act 2005 (SA) (the Act).

While we were reviewing the Act, the Commonwealth was also conducting an Inquiry into the recognition of unpaid carers and preparing the National Carers Strategy 2024-2034 and Action Plan 2024-2027.

We considered the State Report together with the report from the Commonwealth Inquiry and the National Carers Strategy to promote national consistency and simplify the policy landscape for South Australian carers.

This has resulted in the draft Carers Recognition (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill, which proposes to:

1. Broaden and clarify the definition of ‘carer’.
2. Broaden the scope of the Act’s obligations and reporting requirements.
3. Introduce a requirement for the Act to be reviewed every five years.
4. Update the Carers Charter.

Get involved

Read and have your say on the draft Carers Recognition (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill 2025.

Find out more:

• read the Comparison Table on the proposed changes to the Carers Recognition Act 2005
• read the detailed State Report from the review of the Carers Recognition Act 2005 (SA)
• read the detailed Commonwealth Report from the Inquiry into the Recognition of Unpaid Carers.

Have your say by:

• taking our survey below and tell us what you think of the draft Carers Recognition (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill 2025.; or
• Email a submission to CarersActReview@sa.gov.au.
• Submissions will close on Friday 1 August 2025.
  
  

What are the next steps?

We will consider your feedback to inform the Carers Recognition (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill 2025 prior to its introduction into Parliament.