Australia announces disability inquiry as election looms

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The inquiry, known as a Royal Commission, will cost A$528 million and follows reports of poor treatment, as well as pressure from disability advocates after a similar inquiry was launched into the aged care sector. Both inquiries have hurt share prices in the respective sectors, although by contrast, the roughly A$15.5 billion disability sector is highly fragmented, dominated by non-profit operators and mostly government-funded.

“The Royal Commission will inquire into all forms of violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation,” he said, becoming emotional when speaking about his brother-in-law, Gary Warren, who suffers from multiple sclerosis.

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