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Australians with disability earn $24,000 less disposable income a year
Australians with a disability earn about $24,000 less disposable income each year than people without a disability, corresponding with higher rates of unemployment and difficulties accessing housing.
The first thing is community attitudes. It’s about one in five people don’t know how to act towards someone with a disability, which is crazy when you think 20% of the population have a disability.
Companies also need to look at their accessibility, culture and attitudes.
It’s very important that we remain focused on the Indo-Pacific region.
We will certainly be urging the United States to continue what they have done, which is to step up in the region.
We certainly support the president’s agenda, which has spoken about the role that the United States plays in the world.
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