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Sigh. You all know how tough it is with captioning - sometimes it isn’t there when it is supposed to be. Sometimes it is there but not very helpful. Sometimes it is downright incomprehensible . Sometimes there are things you wish had captions that don’t. And no-one seems to care.

Issues paper now available. The issues paper is intended to assist you to prepare a submission to the government about a lifetime disability care and support scheme. Submissions due 16 August 2010.

For more information see http://www.pc.gov.au/projects/inquiry/disability-support/issues

The Senate Community Affairs References Committee tabled its report on the inquiry into Hearing Health in Australia on 13 May 2010.

At the press conference immediately following the tabling of the report, Senator Rachel Siewert addressed the major recommendations and Senator Claire Moore acknowledged the role of Deafness Forum to instigate the Senate Inquiry, through years of lobbying. 

Here is Deafness Forum's "quick and dirty" analysis of items that may be of interest to you. The summaries of each item are based on quick reading of the Budget papers so they are not set in concrete. Comments/corrections/additions welcome.