Based on an entry level role, aged care workers can be paid 14 per cent more than disability support workers. The CEO of Spinal Life Australia said there needed to be measures to incentivise ...

A disability worker has been charged over the death of a man in a house fire at an assisted living facility nearly five years ...

Disability fit-for-work tests will be abolished under reforms billed as the "biggest change to our welfare system in a decade" in Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's Budget. Mr Hunt said benefit claimants will ...

The Big Issue has reported extensively on the harrowing experiences faced by people navigating the disability benefits system. Aidan, an amputee, shared his story of being driven to “psychological ...

A disability support worker who was allegedly “negligent” in his role when a man died in a house fire in Sydney’s west nearly ...

A fit and healthy mum will likely never be able to speak normally again after allegedly being exposed to a sickening scene as part of her job as a disability worker. In late 2019, the 44-year-old, who ...

Disability in the workplace is a form of diversity—yet it is widely misunderstood and often excluded from diversity considerations. While most organizations have diversity programs, only 4 percent of ...

I often think of the case of Adelaide woman Ann Marie Smith with a mix of profound sadness and disbelief, because despite having a paid support worker to help her for at least six hours a day, every ...

Jeremy Hunt said he wanted to "remove the barriers" that stopped people with disabilities from working Disability fit-for-work tests will be abolished under reforms billed as the "biggest change to ...