India, March 16 -- A new report by the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre at Curtin University reveals that there has been no improvement in employment rates for people with disability in Australia over the last two decades, despite extensive policy reforms and greatly increased funding for supports and service delivery.

This failure of policy to address labour market exclusion represents a massive loss to the Australian economy, with the report showing that increasing employment of people with disability by 10 per cent could add $16 billion to economic output each year.

Released today, the 'Employment and Disability in Australia: Improving employment outcomes for people with disability' report offers recommendations aimed at fostering a ...