By Luke Henriques-Gomes Social affairs and inequality reporter
Witness tells royal commission she arrived at new job as barista trainer to find only a home coffee machine and bottle of long life milk
A barista course spruiked by the national disability insurance scheme and for which a company pocketed nearly $1m from the federal government lacked the most basic equipment, an inquiry has been told.
Over a three-day hearing this week, the disability royal commission is investigating the troubled Disability Employment Services program, a $1.4bn a year federal government scheme that pays companies and non-profits to get hundreds of thousands of people with disability into work.
Category: Disability royal commission, National disability insurance scheme, Australia news, Health
