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Damian Mellifont, Lived Experience Fellow, Centre for Disability Research and Policy, University of Sydney

Australia is lagging when it comes to employing people with disability – quotas for disability services could be a start

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Australia is lagging behind other countries when it comes to employing people with disability.

A gulf exists between the employment rates of working-aged Australians with and without disability. The gap here is 32%, much higher than countries such as Sweden (9.5%), Finland (12.4%), France (9.9%) and Italy (13.3%).

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