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Victorian Disability Worker Commission: Standard Bearer

Victoria once again is a leading light in disability services with the establishment and opening of the Disability Worker Commission on the first of July 2020.  The Commission will receive and investigate complaints about disability workers.  VDWC will focus on complaints and breaches of disability standards and code of conduct by support staff while the NDIS Quality and Safeguard Commission focuses on complaints about disability service organisations and NDIS funded supports.  "People with a disability have a right to strong safeguards for services they rely on. That's why we're building a stronger, safer disability sector in Victoria." said Dan Stubbs, Victorian Disability Worker Commissioner.  In my thirty-seven plus years living with a disability I have seen, heard, and experienced the best and worst of disability care. In the current health crisis and with recent high profile abuse and neglect cases, it is more important than ever that people with disabilities ar