No outrage over disability restraints use

By Megan Neil
Updated December 3 2019 - 6:18pm, first published 6:14pm
The disability royal commission is continuing to hear evidence about group homes.
The disability royal commission is continuing to hear evidence about group homes.

The law allows "barbaric" restraints extending to what amounts to a form of chemical castration to be used on people living in disability group homes, a royal commission has been told.

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