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Jane Carrigan: disability advocate condemns Govt's new Disability Support Services Bill
Published 1 month, 1 week ago
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A disability advocate has slammed Louise Upston moving to close the door on treating family carers as state employees.
The Disability Issues Minister is introducing a bill to enshrine support services in law.
It would reverse a Supreme Court finding they were employed by the Government - and instead give carers support packages.
Advocate Jane Carrigan says there are isolated families with little control over their children.
She says flinging money at them isn't the answer.
She explained people need more support and to be treated as more than an employee of MSD - but for the past 30 years, they've been completely shafted by the system.
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