From: Suzanne Timms [ Sent: Monday, 7 December 2009 8:07 PM To: disabdis Subject: FW: Important message on captioning - please voice your opinion TODAY To whom it may concern I oppose the application for exemption as we are deaf and love going to the cinema and watch movies with captions. It is very important for us to understand the movie. Please have captions available for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired. Thank you Kind Regards Suzanne and Garry Timms From: Julie Postance [mailto:Julie.Postance@deafchildren.org.au] Sent: Monday, 7 December 2009 12:18 PM Subject: Important message on captioning - please voice your opinion TODAY 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!). Please pass the message on to your friends, family and supporters of the rights of deaf and hard of hearing people. Kind regards, Julie ____________________________________________________ Julie Postance Media and Public Relations Deaf Children Australia Tel: + 61 3 9539 5362 Mob: 0400 197 616 Fax: +61 3 9525 2595 TTY: +61 3 9510 7143 Street: 597 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, VIC 3004 Postal: PO Box 6466, St Kilda Road Central, Melbourne, VIC 8008 For over 140 years Deaf Children Australia, has been enriching the lives of deaf and hard of hearing children and their families. Visit our website, www.deafchildrenaustralia.org.au, for further information. This email, and any attachment, is intended solely for the named addressee and may be subject to legal or other professional privilege. If you have received this email in error, contact the sender immediately and delete all copies from your computer system. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of Deaf Children Australia. It is the recipient's responsibility to check this email and any attachments for viruses.