$2.6 million for new supported employment places for people with disability

$2.6 million to fund 278 new supported employment places for people with a disability, was announced by Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children’s Services, Bill Shorten, on 5 August 2008.

Mr Shorten said the new places would provide job opportunities for people with disability across Australia in a variety of businesses.

“These new supported employment places will target regions where demand is greatest, giving people with disability access to meaningful employment opportunities that also create opportunities to build skills and enter open employment,” he said.

The package will allow for the start up of 10 new business services – in Western Australia, New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria and will target people with psychiatric disability, young people with disability and Indigenous people with disability.