The Commonwealth Aged Care Act 1997 was amended in 2009 to include care leavers as a 'special needs group' under the legislation. This Act defined care-leaver as:
'a person who was in institutional care or other form of out-of-home care, including foster care, as a child or youth (or both) at some time during the 20th century.'
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Last updated:
13 February 2018
Cite this: http://www.findandconnect.gov.au/guide/australia/FE00008
First published by the Find & Connect Web Resource Project for the Commonwealth of Australia, 2011
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