Senate debates

Tuesday, 28 November 2017

Questions without Notice

International Day of People with Disability

2:28 pm

Photo of Jordon Steele-JohnJordon Steele-John (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

The low employment rate of people with disability in Australia means that one in two Australians with disability live in or near a state of poverty. With Australia ranked last out of the 27 nations of the OECD for people with disability living in poverty, I ask the minister how he would justify Australia falling so far behind the rest of the world in terms of poverty and supporting people with disability.

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