Kairsty draws on her training and experience as a nurse, a lawyer, a single mother, a trade union advocate and personal injury private practice, in her current work as a human rights lawyer and disability advocate.
Kairsty was instrumental in the founding of the Association of Employees with a Disability trading as AED Legal Centre, a state wide service based in the Melbourne CBD. This legal service has been providing representation, advocacy and support for persons with a disability who are being discriminated against because of their disability in the areas of employment, education and training since 2008.
A major highlight during Kairsty’s leadership at AED has been her advocacy to improve the wages and working conditions for people with disability working in business services, now known as Australian Disability Enterprises. This work for people with disabilities was formally recognised by the legal profession in 2011, when the Law Institute of Victoria awarded Kairsty with the Community Lawyer of the Year Award.Your account section
DARU is auspiced by DAV and VCOSS with funding from the Victorian Government Office for Disability
