From: Len Ebelt
[lebelt@rocknet.net.au]
Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2000
12:08
To: DavidMason@hreoc.gov.au
Subject: Objection to
Temporary Exemption Application
Dear Sir,
I am writing today to advise that I strongly
support the Disability Council of Queensland's letter of obection to the
application for Temporary exemption under Disability
Discrimination Act section 55: Olympic Roads and Transport
Authority.
As a parent of a disabled child in a wheelchair who
uses specialised public transport here in Rockhampton, I strongly object to the
Olympic Roads and Transport Authority attempting to obtain buses from our local
operators, so that thjey will have sufficient numbers to fulfil the requirement
in Sydney for the Olympics.
If the Olympic Roads and Transport Authority had
been planning correctly for the job at hand, they would have ensured that no one
person, abled or disabled would be disadvantaged.
I therefore support the Disability Council of
Queensland's letter of objection and sincerely ask that their application
for temporary exemption be denied.
Yours faithfully,
Len Ebelt
President Capricornia Respite Care Assn.