Well-funded government employment and housing measures can create meaningful change for people with disability. The below budget measures will greatly improve the housing and economic security of people with disability, enabling much greater participation in all aspects of Australian life.
We encourage the Commonwealth government to fund the following housing and employment budget measures in the next Commonwealth Budget. These costed measures would involve expenditure of more than $7.5 billion of recurring revenue and at least $7.7 billion in one-off spending to benefit people with disability.
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