Don Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Trade and Tourism) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the senator once again for her question. As mentioned earlier, today, as a result of the Jobs and Skills Summit, I joined the Minister for Social Services, Amanda Rishworth, in announcing a $3.3 million visitor economy disability pilot to help people living with disability to secure and sustain jobs in tourism. The pilot will address barriers, as previously identified by small and medium-sized tourism businesses, in recruiting, retaining and progressing staff with disabilities. These include a lack of time and capability to recruit people living with disability; confusion on how and where to seek support; and employment services providers' focusing on supporting jobseekers only, rather than employers. We know that 88 per cent of people living with disability who work don't actually need modifications in the workplaces to do so.(Time expired)