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Disability advocates calling for pensioners to re-enter workforce amid worker shortages

A mental health and disability support agency is desperately trying to fill 150 staff vacancies across regional Queensland, with 1,000 hours of support work going unallocated every week.

The shortage at Selectability, which services an area from Cairns to Rockhampton, has meant clients have missed out on doctors' appointments and receiving vital medications.

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