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Duncan Murray

Disability carer told to pay over sexual misconduct

Life Without Barriers failed to remove a worker who engaged in sexual misconduct, an inquiry found. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Major disability services provider Life Without Barriers should pay "ex gratia" compensation to a woman who experienced alleged sexual misconduct by one of its workers, a royal commission report has found.

The woman, known by the pseudonym Natalie, was living at one of the company's group homes in Lismore when she was allegedly inappropriately dealt with by a male worker on a number of occasions while she was naked.

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