From:	Gillian Blair 
Sent:	Thursday, 3 December 2009 7:58 PM
To:	disabdis
Subject:	Equal Access is a human right

Att: Australian Human Rights Commission 
 
I would like to express my objection to the recent application made by Village Roadshow, 
Greater Union, Hoyts and Reading Cinemas requesting exemption from the Disability 
Discrimination Act for a period of two and a half years.  
 
This means that Australians who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind and vision impaired stand 
to lose their right to complain to the Australian Human Rights Commission about the lack 
of provision of captioning and audio description at any of the 125 cinemas (1182 screens) 
owned by these four exhibitors.  
 
It is about time that it was recognised in the Australian public sector that people with 
disabilities deserve the same access and rights as those who are still enjoying life without 
disabilities.    
 
Equal access is a human right and should be upheld by government and supported by the 
cinema industry. 
 
Yours truly, 
Gillian Blair