Carers Count

Carers Count

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This election, Carers Victoria is calling on all candidates to commit to practical, achievable actions that make life fairer for the more than 750,000 carers across Victoria. 

Our Election Asks

The Carers Victoria platform sets out five point plan to address key pressure points experienced by carers:

  1. Reduce the cost of caring
  2. More funded assistance and respite
  3. Intervene earlier
  4. Expand local supports and connections
  5. Recognise and include carers

Sample emails for you to personalise

This election, Carers Victoria is calling on all candidates to commit to practical, achievable actions that make life fairer for the more than 750,000 carers across Victoria. 

Our Election Asks

The Carers Victoria platform sets out five point plan to address key pressure points experienced by carers:

  1. Reduce the cost of caring
  2. More funded assistance and respite
  3. Intervene earlier
  4. Expand local supports and connections
  5. Recognise and include carers

Sample emails for you to personalise

Time to make carers count in the 2026 Victorian Election

Unpaid carers are the "invisible backbone" of Victoria’s healthcare system, with over 750,000 Victorians—ranging from young students to retirees—providing more than 500 million hours of care annually. Their contribution is economically staggering, with a replacement value estimated at over $18 billion per year, a figure roughly equivalent to the state’s entire health budget.

Just imagine for a moment where we would be without all that care. Our already stretched GPs and hospital emergency departments would be critically impacted. Our paramedics and nurses, who are already in short supply, would be at higher risk of burnout. And our regional areas would feel these impacts even more.

Yet many carers in Victoria also pay a big cost for caring, and recent data tells us loud and clear that they are struggling.  

Struggling to make ends meet financially, struggling with the health and psychological impacts of their caring role, and struggling to find the information and help they and the people in their care relationships need in systems that are constantly changing and increasingly pushing more of the care back onto them

Throw your support behind our campaign to recognise that carers count by emailing your State MP.

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The name of the MP you choose to send to and your name are automatically added to this email before it sends.

This default email asks your MP to meet with you to discuss the impacts of caring on your life and how they can help. Please personalise this email with your story, your experience and your needs.

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