From:	Ilia Dan [
Sent:	Monday, 7 December 2009 4:58 PM
To:	disabdis
Subject:	Opposition to application

I am writing in regards to email bellow to oppose this application. 
 
"This is an important message to all those who believe in the rights of deaf and hard of hearing Australians.   
  
The Cinema Industry has applied for an exemption from the Disability Discrimination Act in relation to 
captioning for the next two and a half years.   
  
This means that if accepted, deaf and hard of hearing people will lose their right to complain about the lack 
of captioning at any of the 125 cinemas owned by Village, Hoyts, Reading and Greater Union Cinemas for 
the next 2.5 years.  If accepted, captioning will be offered at 35 cinemas just 3 times a week (which 
translates to one movie a week, mostly off peak - just 0.3% of the estimated 40,000 films screened by these 
four major cinemas each week).   
  
If you wish to oppose this application email disabdis@humanrights.gov.au TODAY!! (The deadline for 
opposing the exemption is today!)".  
 
Kind regards, 
 
Ilia Dan da Cunha | Audiologist