“Our purpose is represent, raise and monitor issues affecting unpaid family Carers through the representative participation of Carers as candidates in Federal and State parliaments. The Carers Alliance will represent the rights of unpaid Carers of people with disabilities, mental illness, chronic illness or issues of frail age who need assistance at differing times in their lives.” - from the Carer’s Alliance website.
The Carers Alliance has recently been registered as a political party and is in the process of putting together it’s national senate team for the upcoming federal election.
