From:	Irena Farinacci 
Sent:	Monday, 30 November 2009 1:01 PM
To:	disabdis
Subject:	Submission in response to application for temporary 
exemption under DDA section 55

From:       Irena Farinacci 
Sent:        Monday 30th November 2009
To:           disabdis@humanrights.gov.au
Subject:   Submission in response to application for temporary exemption under DDA 
section 55


To whom it may concern:

I feel that the application made for a Temporary Exemption by Hoyts Corporation, Greater 
Union Organisation, Village Cinemas and Reading Cinemas is unfair and discriminatory.

My friends and myself enjoy going to the movies often especially when many of us rely on 
captioning. If the exemption is granted, our simple and basic rights will be taken away from 
us.

Deaf and Hard of Hearing people should be able to access services of all types without any 
level of discrimination.

I have read that jointly these exhibitors have 1,182 screens across Australia. They show 
approximately 30 movies per screen every week. That's a total of 41,370 screenings per week 
(1182 screens x 5 sessions per day x 7 days). Out of these, only 105 will be captioned and 
audio described. This is equal to less than 0.3% of all movies screened per week.

The exemption goes against the spirit of the Rudd Government's National Arts and Disability 
Strategy, the principles of access for all.

My friends and I like to go to the movies and sincerely hope that this exemption will not be 
approved.

Regards,

Irena Farinacci
Melbourne, Victoria