No support worker and 'unhelpful' Helpline: Tammy Milne details COVID-19 experience to Disability Royal Commission

Lachlan Bennett
Updated August 19 2020 - 7:47am, first published 5:30am
North-West Tasmanian disability advocate Tammy Milne says the pandemic illustrated the lack of community understanding of what people with disability go through. Picture: File
North-West Tasmanian disability advocate Tammy Milne says the pandemic illustrated the lack of community understanding of what people with disability go through. Picture: File

A woman with a disability spent four days without a support worker during the height of the coronavirus lockdown in North-West Tasmania, the Disability Royal Commission has heard.

Lachlan Bennett

Lachlan Bennett

Journalist

Lachlan Bennett is a journalist based in Burnie with an interest in politics, primary industries, transportation, tourism and the West Coast.