From:	Gurdeesh Kaur 
Sent:	Thursday, 3 December 2009 11:31 AM
To:	disabdis
Subject:	Application for exemption under DDA section 55: Cinema captioning 
and audio description - Submission in response

To whom it may concern, 
 
I was DISGUSTED to hear about the exemption that Hoyts/Village/Greater Union/Reading 
cinemas have applied for. This is un-Australian and the fact that you have shortened the time 
for submissions to be sent in further infuriates me. This is unfair and further alienates 
members of society with a disability. This is not good for social welfare in Australia and 
further promotes the social isolation that hearing impaired members of society feel.  
 
The cinema companies make a HUGE profit and show movies at all times of the day 
throughout the week, despite this currently there are NO movies with captions showing in 
Victoria in a Hoyts cinema 
There is 1 movie with captions showing at a  Village cinema in Melbourne and this is not 
suitable for all age groups, furthermore Village cinemas has NO captioned movies in any 
other state beside Tasmania and Victoria. Similarly Greater Union is only showing one movie 
in NSW. 
 
This is appaling and to suggest that this is what they stick to for the next two and a half 
years is blatant discrimination. 
 
Please consider the feelings of people with hearing impairment and refuse this exemption. 
 
Yours Sincerely, 
 
Dr Gurdeesh Kaur