From:	Lisa Philip-Harbutt [lphilip-harbutt@cansa.net.au]
Sent:	Monday, 7 December 2009 12:06 PM
To:	disabdis
Subject:	Application for exemption under DDA section 55: Cinema captioning and 
audio description 


To whom it may concern,
I am emailing in response to the Application for exemption under DDA section 55: Cinema 
captioning and audio description.
This request from these major corporations for exemption is at odds the Federal 
Government’s Media Access Discussion Report, the Cultural Ministers Council National Arts 
and Disability Strategy and Article 30 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with 
Disabilities.
With nearly 4 million Australians who have hearing or vision impairments along with an aging 
population, technological solutions to access such as captioning and audio description for 
cinema is a priority to ensure the rights of all Australians (regardless of impairment) to full 
participation and enjoyment of our community’s cultural life.
We encourage you to re examine the application by these cinemas and we ask the 
Commission to reject this application for exemption 

Yours sincerely
Lisa Philip-Harbutt
Director 
Community Arts Network SA
234A Sturt St Adelaide 5000
phone 08 82310900
email lisa.p-h@cansa.net.au