Some urgent recommendations for the new government on reducing inequalities for people with disabilities in Australia

According to Dr Nicola Fortune, co-author of a new report that quantifies inequities for individuals with disabilities, the new Labor government must move quickly to minimise inequalities and disadvantages suffered by Australians with disabilities.

"Persons with disabilities continue to confront hurdles in their participation as equal members of society and breaches of their human rights," according to the United Nations Co....