How this mother-of-two went from disability support worker to strongwoman champion

Upper Hunter strongwoman Carly Patterson during competition in 2025 (left); on the podium at NSW titles (top right); ...

United Employment collapse leaves disability workers $6 million short in missing pay, super and entitlements

Up to 500 workers are fighting to recoup pay, super and entitlements after the collapse of a large disability support ...

Support worker’s rental nightmare caring for siblings after mum’s death

A young disability support worker has opened up about the harsh reality of finding a rental property on the Sunshine Coast without uprooting the lives of her younger siblings, who are still reeling ...
The New Zealand Herald

Disability support worker allegedly yelled at, dragged intellectually disabled boy

Master A was living in a residential facility run by Brackenridge Services and required support for his complex needs, including physical and intellectual disabilities. Photo / 123RF A disability ...
World Socialist Web Site

Australian disability support worker denounces big-business attacks on “sleepover” rates and other hard-won rights

The Australian Industry Group and NDIS providers are attacking hard-won penalty rates of disability support workers. [Photo: Facebook/People with Disability Australia] In late 2023, the big business ...
Geelong Advertiser

Former disability support worker charged with sexual offences against client

A former disability support worker in a rural Queensland town has been charged with sexual offences police allege involve a client. Police allege that the 52-year-old man from Atherton, a rural town ...