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***MEDIA ALERT*** NDIS workers protest against wage theft

Australian Services Union < 1 mins read

Disability support workers are demanding the National Disability Insurance Agency take responsibility and immediately crackdown on dodgy providers who rip them off.

The Australian Services Union estimates that up to 10 per cent of NDIS providers are underpaying their support workers by classifying them at lower award rates, and pocketing the difference of up to $9 per hour from taxpayer funds allocated for NDIS participants.

The protest comes as the federal government works to pass a bill this week to ensure the NDIS remains sustainable. 

 

WHO: Australian Services Union’s Angus McFarland and NDIS workers

WHEN: Wednesday 21 August from 1.45pm

WHERE: NDIA office at Centennial Place, 280-300 Elizabeth St, Surry Hills, NSW

 

Media contact: Sofie Wainwright 0403 920 301

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