The payment and allowances for carers has not increased in nearly a decade and advocates say it is pushing already exhausted carers into more stress and poverty. Annette Herbert says she and other ...

Thousands of foster and kinship carers will get a pay boost from January - the biggest increase in more than a decade. The state government says it’s the largest rise in carer fortnightly payments in ...

More than 10 years ago, Jane Radford recognised the need for children in Port Lincoln to be homed in a safe and secure house. She also recognised some purpose missing from her own life. That's when ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from SA News. Followed categories will be added to My News. Almost 3000 cases of suspected abuse or neglect of kids in state care, by either a carer or government ...

Brigid Koenig is the recently announced General Manager of Young Carers SA, she leads initiatives that support young people in caregiving roles, who are as young as 5 and up to the age of 25.

Foster parents say the system for reporting concerns about children in state care is being used to punish “struggling” carers. Almost 3000 cases of suspected abuse or neglect of kids in state care, by ...