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Kat Wong

Five bucks an hour may solve crisis in disability care

The already understaffed disability sector faces more pressure as many workers consider leaving. (Jane Dempster/AAP PHOTOS)

Disability workers are leaving in droves, with advocates calling for a $5 an hour pay rise to reverse a major workforce crisis.

Australia already has a disability staff shortfall of 100,000 positions, which only threatens to worsen as one in four workers plans to leave the sector, a Health Services Union discussion paper revealed.

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