Support Disability Support Workers

It’s time for the Federal Government to act.

The recent review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has found that skilled disability support workers (DSWs) are either being pushed out, or are burning out, due to poor working conditions and low wages. Plus, there’s not even a minimum qualification for workers, meaning standards are slipping.

HSU and HACSU members are leading the charge to get government to urgently address eight main issues to put the heart back into the NDIS – visit our campaign website to sign the petition, share your story and support our members in the fight to end worker exploitation and lift quality and safeguards. 

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