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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
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Gabriel Fowler

Life Without Barriers disputes group home mishandling

The twentieth hearing of the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability has examined policies in place in two group homes run by Life Without Barriers. Picture: Marina Neil

LIFE Without Barriers is disputing 23 findings proposed to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People With Disability.

The disputed findings include that they failed to let a resident know about her possible entitlement to compensation after the sexual misconduct of a worker, and the failure to record the sexual assault of another resident, conduct an internal investigation into it, and escalate it to the Board and others.

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