The Australian Industry Group and NDIS providers are attacking hard-won penalty rates of disability support workers. [Photo: Facebook/People with Disability Australia] In late 2023, the big business ...

A former disability support worker who alleges she was sent into urine and feces-covered homes by her employer has been left unable to speak for six years. In late 2019, the 44-year-old, who asked not ...

Kenyan student Denis Kipsang, 26, fronted Rockhampton Magistrates Court on March 4 where he pleaded guilty to drink driving and disqualified driving. Police prosecutor Jessica Walker said police ...

Megan Topping's doctoral research is supported by a postgraduate award through the Summer Foundation, Melbourne, Australia. The Participant Led Video research was funded by the Innovative Workforce ...

A La Trobe University pilot study has found that using virtual reality (VR) technology to immerse disability support workers in an experience of the daily life of their clients helps to build empathy.

From intimidation to assault to menacing driving. Five days into a community corrections order, a disability support worker’s night “out on the drink” has landed him back in court again. The attack by ...

Samuel Antony Ewin, 37, pleaded guilty to high range drink driving in Townsville Magistrates Court on Wednesday, July 23. According to Ewin’s lawyer Samuel Bogotto, the 37-year-old was apparently ...

A disability support worker found guilty of defrauding the NDIS has been sentenced to three years jail after rorting nearly ...

He showed up for his shift, just not at the right time. The Fair Work Commission upheld his dismissal on 23 March 2026.