TOCC Objectives

The Taskforce on Care Costs was established in November 2003 with the objectives of:

1. investigating the financial cost of care for elders, children and people with a disability;
   
   
2. investigating the relationship between the cost of care and workforce participation; and
   
   
3. promoting policy reforms to ameliorate the cost of care for workers with caring responsibilities within a policy framework of:

• ensuring financial sustainability,
• supporting individual choice; and
• promoting equity.