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A major review has found ongoing problems in a government-run disability care service thrust into the spotlight over neglect allegations – revealing some patients are left languishing in “no man’s land” for months with compromised dignity and incomplete risk assessments.
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The State Government says it will soon open the former Julia Farr Centre site in the city’s inner east to market offers, with “high-end hotels” expected to be among potential bids for the sprawling plot of land.
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The State Government has still not reached a goal it set to vaccinate 900 high-priority disability support workers in government-run care facilities by the end of March, with close to 45 per cent of the workforce yet to receive a COVID jab.
An adviser to a state MP has had his employment terminated after being charged with child abuse-related offences.
The future of a former hospital and disability institution in Fullarton is likely to be made clearer within weeks, as the State Government considers feedback from people living with disability about what should happen to the vacant and dilapidated site.
A multi-million dollar fund aimed at preventing homelessness – and described as “critical” by the State Government – is lying dormant, eight months after tenders closed for service providers seeking to keep people off the streets.
