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Deaf Australia Sub-committees
The Board of Deaf Australia has set up sub-committees to focus on specific issues of interest to the Deaf community. Sub-committees monitor specific issues on an on-going basis and provide advice and assistance to the Manager and the Board.
The convenor of a sub-committee is often (but not always) a member of the Deaf Australia Board. Other members of the sub-committee are ordinary and/or associate members of Deaf Australia. Sub-committees are appointed by the Board. Members of sub-committees are chosen for their knowledge, experience and interest in the particular issues that the sub-committee works on.
Deaf Australia has eight sub-committees, as listed below. The Deaf Australia President is an ex-officio member of all sub-committees.
- Captioning
- Works with the Deaf Australia Manager to lobby for improved captioning.
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- Kyle Miers (Convenor)
- Berna Hutchins
- Anthony Young
- Constitution
- Reviews and updates Deaf Australia's Constitution.
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- Alastair McEwin (Convenor)
- Brett Casey
- Deaf Culture & Arts
- Looks after cultural activities such as the Deaf Australian of the Year Awards and the National Week/Day of Deaf People.
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- Kim Pickering (Convenor)
- Breda Carty
- Patricia Levitzke-Gray
- Deaf Australia
- David Parker
- Employment
- Investigates and advises on employment issues and assists Deaf Australia to lobby for improvements in employment for Deaf people.
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- Dawn Harrison
- Finance
- Monitors and makes recommendations to the Board on Deaf Australia's financial situation.
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- Brett Casey (Convenor)
- Ann Darwin
- Alastair McEwin
- Karen Lloyd
- National Deaf TV Program
- Established to lobby for the production of a television program for Deaf viewers using Auslan on free-to-air television.
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- Caroline Conlon
- Sofya Gollan
- Todd Wright
- Andy Carmichael
- Cameron Davie
- Telecommunications Access (TASC)
- Deaf Australia's longest running sub-committee. Advocates on issues related to telecommunications. Acts in an advisory capacity to the Deaf Telecommunication Access and Networking (DTAN) project.
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- Brett Casey (Convenor)
- Phil Harper
- Anthony Young
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- DTAN Reference Group
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- Brett Casey (Convenor)
- Phil Harper
- Anthony Yong
- Teresa Corbin
- Karen Lloyd
- Genetics & Ethics
- Looking into the issues of genetics (eg genetic testing) and ethics as they impact on Deaf people.
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- Breda Carty (Convenor)
- Linda Komesaroff
- David Parker
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