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Maeve Bannister

Tourism jobs for Aussies with a disability

The government will fund a $3 million program to find tourism jobs for those with disability. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Australians living with a disability will be supported to enter the tourism sector as part of a new federal government employment pilot.

While the national unemployment rate is relatively low at 3.4 per cent, the rate for people with disabilities is more than double that and has not changed in 10 years.

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