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Emergency evacuation from workplaces for people with disability by Hank Van Ravenstein MRICS
Hank is a Principal with LCI Consultants, being a highly experience and accomplished building regulatory, fire safety, risk management access and equitable professional and is also a chartered surveyor, with an outstanding track record of performance in government agencies and private sector companies, including as an independent consultant and regulatory specialist. He has published many papers on Fire Safety, Evacuation and Regulatory compliance as well as presented numerous papers at multiple national and state industry events over his 35 year career. Contact: hank.vanravenstein@lciconsultants.com.au
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ased on 2020 Australian Bureau of Statistics [ABS] data, Australia’s population numbered 25,687,041 as of 30 June 20201. Considering the 2018 statistics on the number of persons with disability being 17.7%2 of the population, there are over 4.5 million persons with disability in Australia. Based on the 2018 ABS percentage figures for working age, there are 2.14 million people with disability and of that 53.4% are in the workforce, being 1.15 million people with disability.
1 https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/population/national-state-and-territory-population/latest-release, viewed 19 January 2021. 2 https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/health/disability/disability-ageing-and-carers-australia-summary-findings/latest-release, viewed 19 January 2021.
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