600,000 Australians with disability in poverty

By Rachel Browne
Updated March 22 2013 - 2:13pm, first published 1:10pm
People with disability are more than twice as likely to be in living poverty than other people in our country, says ACOSS's Cassandra Goldie. Photo: Michael Clayton-Jones
People with disability are more than twice as likely to be in living poverty than other people in our country, says ACOSS's Cassandra Goldie. Photo: Michael Clayton-Jones

More than 600,000 Australians with a disability are living below the poverty line according to new figures from peak welfare group, Australian Council of Social Service.

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