Roadmap – The National Care and Support Economy Strategy 2023
A sustainable and productive care and support economy that delivers quality care and support with decent jobs
Goals
Quality care and support
Person-centred services that recognise those accessing care and support as individuals and deliver quality outcomes
Decent jobs
Secure, safe jobs with decent wages, conditions and opportunities for career progression
Productive and sustainable
A care and support economy that has functioning markets, sustainable funding and generates productivity gains
Strategy delivery
Commence (mid 2023)
- National Strategy for Care and Support Economy
- Priority Workforce Initiatives Action Plan
Horizon 1 (by June 2024)
Horizon 1 Action Plans:
- Regulatory review
- Data standards
- Worker safety
- Establish governance, monitoring and evaluation framework
- Commence priority projects
- Evaluation of existing care and support initiatives
Upcoming complementary strategies, reports and reviews (to June 2024)
- National Vision for Early Childhood Education and Care
- Disability Royal Commission
- NDIS Review
- Employment White Paper
- National Strategy to Achieve Gender Equality
- NDIS Workforce Strategy
- ACCC Child Care Pricing Inquiry
- Early Years Strategy
- Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide
- Productivity Commission inquiry into Early Childhood Education and Care
Horizon 2 (by June 2026)
Horizon 2 Action Plans:
- Innovation
- Pricing and market design
- Transparency
- Implement Horizon 1 and 2 initiatives
- Incorporate future complementary strategies, reports and reviews
- Ongoing evaluation and closing of individual projects
Horizon 3 (to June 2033)
- Determine new policy priorities
- Develop new action plans
- Ongoing implementation or closure of Horizon 1 initiatives
- Implement Horizon 2 initiatives
- Incorporate future complementary strategies, reports and reviews
- Ongoing evaluation