Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Families and Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Senator Bragg, for your follow-up question. We want to make sure all Australians who live with a disability have the ability to contribute to the Australian economy to their best ability. It's not just good for them; it's good for their families, it's good for their community and it is good for the Australian economy for everybody and anybody to have a job.

Last year, the Morrison government kicked off the Employ their Ability campaign, which was designed around creating awareness of the ability and the contribution that people with disability can make in the workplace. We're pleased to announce that we have already encouraged 105 large companies and organisations to recognise the benefits of employing people with disability. We went to the last election with a suite of measures that, whilst they are ambitions, we think are absolutely achievable. We've asked the Public Service to make sure that seven per cent of the people who work in the Public Service have a disability. We've announced also $45 million to develop a national disability gateway, amongst myriad other initiatives.