The care and support economy—the provision of paid care and support—is one of the fastest growing parts of the Australian economy. This publication sets a roadmap of actions to a sustainable and productive care and support economy that delivers quality care with decent jobs.

This report calls for comprehensive industrial reforms to address gig work, as part of broader workforce strategies for the NDIS and aged care sectors.

Australia Cares aims to radically transform Australia’s systems, practices and cultures of care. This initiative has emerged from a diverse coalition of people across care communities, researchers and policy-makers.

A summary report on the findings of the process evaluation of Carer Gateway conducted between 2020 to 2021. The process evaluation examines the implementation of Carer Gateway. It provides key findings and recommendations. Carer Gateway is a Commonwealth funded national program launched in April 2020. It provides online, telephone and face-to-face support to carers across...

Most of the media and policy attention on gig economy platforms has focused on companies such as Uber and Deliveroo, while those largely represented by women, such as cleaning and caring platforms, get little airtime. Despite the picture that a reference to the gig economy might conjure up, platform work is not just men on...