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Maeve Bannister

Funding boost aims to close disability employment gap

More funds are being made available to improve workplace access for disabled people. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Australians living with a disability and their employers will be eligible for a funding boost to make workplaces safer and more accessible.

Following the landmark jobs and skills summit last year, the federal government committed to increasing work opportunities for people with a disability and will ramp up funding for workplace Auslan services and building modifications.

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