Australian Government to Cull Funding to Underachieving Disability Employment Service Providers

Members from the disabled community meet Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Office in Melbourne, Australia, on May 1, 2013. Robert Cianflone/Getty Images

More than 15,000 Australians living with disability will be directed to better performing job providers following a major review.

About six percent of the national Disability Employment Services program affecting 52 underachieving providers will be discontinued.