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National Compact
A compact is an agreement between the Government and the Third Sector. The Third Sector is the name given to all the nongovernment groups that work in the community. » Visit National Compact website.
Some of the groups who work in the Third Sector include:
- Charities
- Churches, temples and mosques
- Clubs and associations
- Unions
- Other groups of people working together.
The Compact’s shared principles provide a foundation for action to improve working relationships, strengthen Sector viability and develop and deliver better policy and programs.
» Download National Compact document from the National Compact website.
» Download National Compact Easy English document from the National Compact website.
» Deaf Australia is one of the signatories for National Compact.
Posted on 29 March 2010
Deaf Australia responds to Deafness Forum's Auslan Questionnaire!
Auslan as an official language – YES, Deaf people want it!
Deaf Australia calls on Deafness Forum to withdraw its current discussion paper and questionnaire on whether Deaf people think Auslan (Australian Sign Language) should be recognised as an official language.
Deaf Australia has for many years had an Auslan policy that calls for greater recognition of Deaf people’s right to use Auslan, and this policy has for years been on our website » www.deafau.org.au/info/policy_auslan.php for anyone, including Deafness Forum, to refer to. The most recent version of this policy was adopted by our members at our Annual General Meeting on 3rd November 2006.
The » Deaf Australia's media release on Auslan as an official language is available for download in PDF.
An open letter by prominent Australian Deaf people to Deafness Forum.
The » open letter to Deafness Forum is available for download in PDF. Please download it and have a read.
Contact: Karen Lloyd, Executive Officer
Email: karen.Lloyd@deafau.org.au Ph: 07 3357 8266
Posted on 26 March 2010
Deaf Australia gets a company car!
Deaf Australia Inc has been successful in obtaining funding to purchase a company car. Deaf Australia Inc is very grateful to the
Queensland State Government’s Gambling Community Benefit Fund, who provided the funds.
The Staff of Deaf Australia will share the car for meetings, supplies, banking and other business matters, travel to workshops and training etc.
The car, a white Toyota Yaris, complete with a Deaf Australia logo, has allowed us to improve
our work efficiency on behalf of the Australian Deaf Community, so you benefit from the car in a way too!
Posted on 23 March 2010
"I need a next generation NRS" Video Relay Service campaign online!
» The Next Generation NRS Campaign is at http://sites.google.com/site/nrscampaign
David Parker is the contact person for this campaign.
e: david.parker@deafau.org.au
Posted on 22 March 2010
"I need a next generation NRS" Video Relay Service campaign underway!
Deaf Australia is running a new campaign called "I need a next generation NRS" campaign. For the last few years, Deaf Australia has collected information from the Deaf community about Telecommunications for Deaf people. Deaf people are worried that they are being disadvantaged in using out of date telecommunications.
The National Relay Service (NRS) is a text based service where deaf people have to type in their messages to the relay operator. It is slow! The proposed Video Relay Service that will become part of the existing NRS will allow deaf people to use their natural language, Auslan. The communication will be faster.
David Parker is the contact person for this campaign and the information kit is going out to key stakeholders very soon.
e: david.parker@deafau.org.au
Posted on 11 March 2010
Deaf Australia's Survey about Advocacy Services
Deaf Australia wants to find out what you know about advocacy services, what advocacy services you have used, and what you would use if it is available and you know about it.
To help us tell the government what is needed, please fill out the questionnaire online at
» www.surveymonkey.com/s/SXCXNM5
Posted on 9 March 2010
Congratulations to the 2009 winners of our awards
- Deaf Australian of the Year – Barry Darwin, Vic
- Deaf Australian Youth of the Year – Katrina Lancaster, NSW
- Fair Go Award - Michael R Jones on behalf of Westpac (Concord West, NSW)
Posted on 17 November 2009
- Deaf Australia calls for a fair go for Deaf people and others with disabilities
- Deaf Australia has called for extensive changes to disability policy in Australia following the release on Wednesday of a report that details the shocking exclusion of people with a disability from the Australian way of life.
- Posted on 7 August 2009
- 2009 Dorothy Shaw Young Writers Competition
- The 2009 Dorothy Shaw Young Writers Competition is now open. The competition is for Deaf and hard of hearing children aged 6 - 18. There are four categories and prizes are given for the best three stories in each category – junior, upper primary, senior and young adult.
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- The first prize winner in each category also wins a voucher from The Auslan Shop for their school. An information sheet and entry form is available.
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- The theme for entries in the competition follows the Children's Book Week theme. This year the theme is "Book Safari".
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- Entries close at 5.00pm on Friday 14th August 2009. Winners will be announced during the National Week of Deaf People, 10th - 16th October 2009.
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- For more information, please contact Gaye Lyons on gaye.lyons@deafau.org.au
- Posted on 26 May 2009
- National Consultation on Human Rights
- A national consultation about human rights in Australia is currently happening. Deaf Australia has sent out an information package for Deaf people, to help our members to understand what the consultation is about and how they can send in a submission. We urge everyone to send in something – your personal stories are important for this consultation. Tell the consultation what has happened to you and what you need so that you can live well in Australia – they want to hear it.
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- The information package is available for download in PDF (61kB).
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- Or you can find out more information from www.humanrightsconsultation.gov.au Submissions close on 15th June.
- Posted on 26 May 2009
- Deaf Australia's National Week of Deaf People 2009
- Deaf Australia is pleased to announce the theme for this year’s National Week of Deaf People (NWDP) will be: "Year of Reconciliation: Bringing us all Together".
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- Our NWDP theme is usually derived from the United Nations who has declared 2009 the Year of Reconciliation. This year's NWDP will be from the Saturday 10th to the Friday 16th October 2009 and the Sunday 11th October for the National Day of Deaf People.
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- The Event Guidelines and Registration Forms are now available.
- Posted on 13 February 2009
- Deaf Australia's Vision 2020
- Deaf Australia's new Vision 2020 is based on the Vision 2020 developed by the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) for their work in the international Deaf community.
- Posted on 13 February 2009
- Deaf Australia’'s Strategic Plan 2008-2013
- Deaf Australia's Strategic Plan for 2008 – 2013 has been approved by the Board and is available here.
- Posted on 13 February 2009
- Deaf Australia updates our Vision and Mission Statements
- Deaf Australia has just updated our Vision and Mission Statements and the new version is available here.
- Posted on 31 January 2009
- Deaf Australia Outlook Archives
- Deaf Australia is pleased to announce that all previous Outlooks dating back to February 2004 are now available on our website and we will continue to update the archives with previous issues that are available on the website three months after publication.
- Posted on 31 January 2009
- Deaf Australia to provide Auslan classes for Queensland schools
- Deaf Australia is pleased to announce that an agreement has been signed with the Department of Education, Training and the Arts (DETA) appointing Deaf Australia Inc. to provide Auslan classes for Queensland school communities.
- Posted on 6 November 2008
- Deaf Australia welcomes Australia’s ratification of UN Disabilities Convention
- Deaf Australia is delighted with today's announcement that the Australian Government has ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities.
- Posted on 18 July 2008
- Captioned films in local cinemas welcome news
- Deaf Australia is delighted with today’s announcement by the Minister for Ageing, Justine Elliot, that funding will be made available to assist 12 cinemas across the nation to screen films that are captioned and have audio description.
- Posted on 25 June 2008
- Complaints about lack of television captioning
- Deaf people are fed up with the lack of captioning on television programs and they are doing something about it. They are sending complaints to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC).
- Posted on 10 June 2008
- Deaf Australia to provide Auslan classes for Queensland schools
- Deaf Australia is pleased to announce that an agreement has been signed with the Department of Education, Training and the Arts (DETA) appointing Deaf Australia Inc. to provide Auslan classes for Queensland school communities.
- Posted on 6 November 2008
- Deaf Australia welcomes Australia's ratification of UN Disabilities Convention
- Deaf Australia is delighted with today's announcement that the Australian Government has ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities.
- Posted on 18 July 2008
- Captioned films in local cinemas welcome news
- Deaf Australia is delighted with today’s announcement by the Minister for Ageing, Justine Elliot, that funding will be made available to assist 12 cinemas across the nation to screen films that are captioned and have audio description.
- Posted on 25 June 2008
- Complaints about lack of television captioning
- Deaf people are fed up with the lack of captioning on television programs and they are doing something about it. They are sending complaints to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC).
- Posted on 10 June 2008
- Donation to the Deaf community
- Australian Communication Exchange has donated a large range of ex-DRA products to Deaf Australia's Auslan Shop.
- Posted on 2 June 2008
- Emergency Services and Deaf People position paper
- Deaf Australia is pleased to release a new position paper, 'Emergency Services and Deaf People'. The position paper explains Deaf Australia's views in relation to Emergency Services access for Deaf people in Australia, with particular focus on the use of 000 and 106 emergency service numbers.
- Posted on 9 May 2008
- SignPost wins again at the Antenna Awards 2008
- SignPost has won the 'Best Cultural and Linguistic Diversity Program' award at this year's Antenna Awards in Melbourne. This is the second award for SignPost, after winning the coveted 'Program of the Year' at the Antennas in 2007.
- Posted on 7 May 2008
- Government reviews captioning provision
- Deaf Australia is delighted with the release of a discussion paper about the accessibility of electronic media for people with a hearing or vision impairment.
- Posted on 1 May 2008
- Government reviews captioning provision
- Deaf Australia is delighted with the release of a discussion paper about the accessibility of electronic media for people with a hearing or vision impairment.
- Posted on 1 May 2008
- Deaf Australia - a new era
- Deaf Australia has changed its name. It will now be known as Deaf Australia Incorporated.
- Posted on 16 January 2008
- Deaf Australia releases position paper on interpreting services
- Deaf Australia has released a position paper on the Deaf community's views on the supply and demand for Auslan interpreting services. The position paper is based on an extensive study undertaken earlier this year that sought to find out about Deaf people's experiences of interpreting services, and what they think about these services.
- Posted on 23 November 2007
- Deaf Australia applauds investigation into access to electronic media
- Deaf Australia is delighted with the announcement today by the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator Helen Coonan, of an investigation into access to electronic media for people who are Deaf or hard of hearing.
- Posted on 12 September 2007
- SignPost wins 'Program of the Year'
- SignPost, the magazine style TV program of the Australian Deaf community, has won the coveted 'Program of the Year' award at this year's Antenna Awards in Melbourne.
- Posted on 12 June 2007
- Deaf people finally get access to Australian Films
- Deaf Australia is delighted with the announcement by the Australian Film Finance Corporation that they will require captions on all feature films that they finance from 1 July 2007.
- Posted on 31 May 2007
- What is Deaf Equivalent to Voice Telephony? Release of Deaf Australia Position Paper
- The position paper explains Deaf Australia's views in relation to accessibility in the Australian telecommunications environment, with particular focus on what the Deaf community perceives to be the Deaf person’s equivalent to voice based telephony.
- Posted on 28 May 2007
- SignPost Nominated for Four Antenna Awards
- Deaf Australia is delighted with the announcement that SignPost, our in-house produced Deaf TV program broadcast on Community TV in Sydney, Perth and Adelaide has been nominated for four (4) Antenna Awards, the national Community TV awards.
- Posted on 7 May 2007
- Deaf People in South Australia to be disenfranchised
- At a special general meeting called for 5.00pm today at DeafSA (previously the Royal South Australian Deaf Society, a motion to change the Society’s Constitution will mean that Deaf people can no longer be members of DeafSA and will no longer have any vote in what DeafSA does.
- Posted on 9 February 2007
- Deaf Australia applauds historic UN Convention
- Deaf Australia is delighted with the announcement that the United Nations General Assembly has adopted the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
- Posted on 14 December 2006
- National Week of Deaf People is here!
- October 14 – 20 Is National Week of Deaf People. Read the media release. Check out the events calendar for activities in your area.
- Posted on 17 October 2006
- ACE gives generous donation to SignPost
- Australian Communication Exchange (ACE) has given a generous donation to Deaf Australia to enable the ongoing production of the SignPost television program.
- Posted on 21 June 2006
Previous media releases
- Deaf Australia calls for a fair go for Deaf people and others with disabilities
- Deaf Australia has called for extensive changes to disability policy in Australia following the release on Wednesday of a report that details the shocking exclusion of people with a disability from the Australian way of life.
- Posted on 7 August 2009
- 2009 Dorothy Shaw Young Writers Competition
- The 2009 Dorothy Shaw Young Writers Competition is now open. The competition is for Deaf and hard of hearing children aged 6 - 18. There are four categories and prizes are given for the best three stories in each category – junior, upper primary, senior and young adult.
-
- The first prize winner in each category also wins a voucher from The Auslan Shop for their school. An information sheet and entry form is available.
-
- The theme for entries in the competition follows the Children's Book Week theme. This year the theme is "Book Safari".
-
- Entries close at 5.00pm on Friday 14th August 2009. Winners will be announced during the National Week of Deaf People, 10th - 16th October 2009.
-
- For more information, please contact Gaye Lyons on gaye.lyons@deafau.org.au
- Posted on 26 May 2009
- National Consultation on Human Rights
- A national consultation about human rights in Australia is currently happening. Deaf Australia has sent out an information package for Deaf people, to help our members to understand what the consultation is about and how they can send in a submission. We urge everyone to send in something – your personal stories are important for this consultation. Tell the consultation what has happened to you and what you need so that you can live well in Australia – they want to hear it.
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- The information package is available for download in PDF (61kB).
-
- Or you can find out more information from www.humanrightsconsultation.gov.au Submissions close on 15th June.
- Posted on 26 May 2009
- Deaf Australia's National Week of Deaf People 2009
- Deaf Australia is pleased to announce the theme for this year’s National Week of Deaf People (NWDP) will be: "Year of Reconciliation: Bringing us all Together".
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- Our NWDP theme is usually derived from the United Nations who has declared 2009 the Year of Reconciliation. This year's NWDP will be from the Saturday 10th to the Friday 16th October 2009 and the Sunday 11th October for the National Day of Deaf People.
-
- The Event Guidelines and Registration Forms are now available.
- Posted on 13 February 2009
- Deaf Australia's Vision 2020
- Deaf Australia's new Vision 2020 is based on the Vision 2020 developed by the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) for their work in the international Deaf community.
- Posted on 13 February 2009
- Deaf Australia’s Strategic Plan 2008-2013
- Deaf Australia's Strategic Plan for 2008 – 2013 has been approved by the Board and is available here.
- Posted on 13 February 2009
- Deaf Australia updates our Vision and Mission Statements
- Deaf Australia has just updated our Vision and Mission Statements and the new version is available here.
- Posted on 31 January 2009
- Deaf Australia Outlook Archives
- Deaf Australia is pleased to announce that all previous Outlooks dating back to February 2004 are now available on our website and we will continue to update the archives with previous issues that are available on the website three months after publication.
- Posted on 31 January 2009
- Deaf Australia to provide Auslan classes for Queensland schools
- Deaf Australia is pleased to announce that an agreement has been signed with the Department of Education, Training and the Arts (DETA) appointing Deaf Australia Inc. to provide Auslan classes for Queensland school communities.
- Posted on 6 November 2008
- Deaf Australia welcomes Australia’s ratification of UN Disabilities Convention
- Deaf Australia is delighted with today's announcement that the Australian Government has ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities.
- Posted on 18 July 2008
- Captioned films in local cinemas welcome news
- Deaf Australia is delighted with today’s announcement by the Minister for Ageing, Justine Elliot, that funding will be made available to assist 12 cinemas across the nation to screen films that are captioned and have audio description.
- Posted on 25 June 2008
- Complaints about lack of television captioning
- Deaf people are fed up with the lack of captioning on television programs and they are doing something about it. They are sending complaints to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC).
- Posted on 10 June 2008
Dorothy Shaw Young Writers Competition
From this year this Competition will become an Deaf Australia activity.
Posted on 8 May 2006
Australia Day Honour for Deaf Australia Manager
Deaf Australia Manager Karen Lloyd has been awarded Membership of the Order of Australia (AM).
Posted on 30 January 2006
Learn To Sign Day
Wenedsday, 12th October 2005 is Learn to Sign Day
Posted on 11 October 2005
Deaf people celebrate their international community!
It's National Week of Deaf People and Deaf people all around the nation are celebrating.
Posted on 7 October 2004
We're delighted!
$18.4m for private medical interpreting!
Posted on 12 May 2004
Telstra supports deaf youth!
Deaf youths are rolling up their sleeves and getting involved in their community, with help from the Telstra Foundation.
Posted on 16 October 2003
How many deaf people have to die?
A deaf man died in a Tasmanian house fire while an audible fire alarm shrilled and neighbours banged uselessly on windows.
Posted on 15 October 2003
National Week of Deaf People
Posted on 9 October 2003
Demand for equal access to medical services
Australia's health service is under fire for failing to provide equal access to medical services for deaf consumers.
Posted on 8 April 2003
Demand for equal SMS access
Vodafone faces a discriminatory complaint from a Deaf consumer who claims he is locked into a contract which offers free voice calls but no free SMS.
Posted on 26 September 2002
Networking the Deaf Nation
Posted on 12 September 2002
Banking accessibility a win for Deaf people
Deaf people will be able to contact their banks directly via proposed changes to banks' Interactive Voice Response service.
Posted on 22 April 2002
Media comments on Deaf couple having Deaf babies
Statement from Deaf Australia's President, Robert Adam
Posted on 9 April 2002
Deaf to oppression in the Herald Sun
Letter to the editor
Posted on 26 March 2002
AFR Boss magazine
Letter to the editor
Posted on 27 February 2002
A parent's battle for her Deaf son's education
Laila Peters's five-year-old twins, Aleksandar and Filip, are due to start school. But Aleksandar, who is profoundly deaf, has nowhere to go.
Posted on 6 December 2001
One Fly - Swatted!
The ABC has informed us that they have had to change their plans for FLY TV.
3 December 2001
Deaf people to appear on FLY TV
Young deaf Australians will finally have their own television program segments on the ABC's new youth-oriented FLY digital TV channel.
Posted on 7 November 2001
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