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Stephanie Gardiner

Rural disadvantage deepens as care workers priced out

Workforce shortages in regional Australia are hindering support services, Anglicare has found. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

Aged care, mental health and disability workers are being priced out of country towns amid soaring housing costs, further entrenching cycles of vulnerability and disadvantage in regional Australia.

Workforce shortages across the community sector were the single greatest factor influencing inequitable access to support services, according to research by Anglicare Australia released on Thursday.

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