Media Release - People with disability still face barriers to employment
Date published :
14
June
2012
The third annual report on the
National Disability Agreement released today by the COAG Reform
Council shows that Australia has a long way to go before it breaks
down barriers for people with disability. Chairman of the council,
Mr Paul McClintock AO, said the report shows that Australians with
disability face major challenges to participating fully in
employment and society. "It would have been good to report some
solid gains between 2003 and 2009, but in the area of workforce
participation, there was very little improvement for people with
disability and that was despite an improving labour market. The
report shows that in 2009, Australians with disability had
employment to population rates of 50 per cent compared to around 79
per cent for people without disability. The labour force
participation rate was also significantly lower at 54 per cent
compared to 83 per cent. Western Australia, the ACT and the
Northern Territory all perform better than the nation as a whole.
They have higher labour force participation and employment rates
for people with disability.
Download and view full media release (PDF
2MB)
Return to the News