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Maeve Bannister

Job-match trial for people with disability

Jobseekers with a disability will be connected with tourism sector vacancies in a 12-month trial. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Closing the disability employment gap will be among the priorities of the new jobs and skills body being set up by the federal government.

The unemployment rate of Australians living with a disability is more than double that of able-bodied people, and the workforce participation rate hasn't risen in almost 30 years.

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