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Human Rights Commission releases submissions to the subscription television exemption application

The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has released submissions to the Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association’s (ASTRA) application on minimum captioning requirements. The application, if accepted, would make ASTRA exempt from complaints under section 55 of the Disability Discrimination Act (Cth) (DDA) in exchange for undertaking to increase the level of captioning on subscription television.

The AHRC has released submissions from Media Access Australia, the Deafness Council of Western Australia (DCWA), Vision Australia, the Deafness Forum of Australia, the Disability Discrimination Legal Service (Victoria) (DDLS), Deaf Australia and Accessible Arts NSW. To read the submission, go to the AHRC website.

To read summaries of these submissions, visit our enquiries and consultations section.

Taxonomy:

Australian policy and legislation

AHRC, Australian Human Rights Commission

Deaf or hearing impaired

ASTRA, Australia Subscription Television and Radio Association

Research & policy

Subscription TV

Temporary exemption application

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