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- Deaf Australia (MS Word)
- Karen McQuigg (MS Word)
- Office of the Anti-Discrimination Commissioner , Tasmania (MS Word)
- Arts Access Darwin (MS Word)
- Disability Discrimination Legal Service, Melbourne (MS Word)
- Media Access Australia (MS Word)
- Association of the Blind WA (MS Word)
- National Union of Students (MS Word)
- Association of Consultants in Access SA (MS Word)
- NSW Disability Discrimination Legal Centre (MS Word)
- Zoe Glen-Norman (MS Word)
- Western Region Disability Network (MS Word)
- Deaf Society of NSW (MS Word)
- Deafness Council of Western Australia (MS Word)
- Deafness Forum of Australia (MS Word)
- Robbie Borrows (MS Word)
- Arts Access Queensland (MS Word)
- Cairns Community Legal Centre (MS Word)
- Vision Australia (MS Word)
- Tasmanian Deaf Society (MS Word)
- National Disability Services / Australian Blindness Forum (MS Word)
- Blind Citizens Australia (MS Word)
- Arts Access Victoria (MS Word) and Cinema Futura Discussion Paper (MS Word zipped)
- Arts Access Australia (MS Word)
- Mitsumi Karaski (MS Word)
- Spinal Cord Injuries Australia (MS Word)
- Women With Disabilities Australia (MS Word)
- Accessible Arts NSW (MS Word)
- Kate Parremore (MS Word)
- Craig Maynard (RTF)
- Joanne Beckwith
- Cathy Clark
- John Couani
- Belinda Sanderson
- Stefan Slucki
- Deanne Hendy
- Hilary Sage
- Alexandra Irini
- Crusader Hills
- Meredith Bartlett
- Jacqueline Homer
- Rachael Baker
- Amy McFall
- Lyn Fitzgerald
- Chris Brophy
- Bev Watson
- Liz Leveridge
- Katrina O'Sullivan
- Janene Sadhu
- Christine Badawy
- Jessica McKenzie
- Anne O'Shea and Melanie Pritchard
- Tess Noonan-Egan
- Brian Hester
- Jackie Mitchell
- Nola Martin
- Sara Kenfield
- Laurence Joseph
- Janet Rowson
- Ursula Smith
- Janice Evans
- Rhian Hinkley
- Barry Napthine
- Linda Kowski
- Peter Hession
- Liz Quinn
- Kim Baston
- Lisa Frankes
- Allan Bates
- Patrick Vasquez
- Meredith Schofield
- Jacqui Stevens
- Adrian Doyle
- Geoff Stratton
- Margaret Clarke
- Jan Doran
- Julie Judd
- Phil Harper / Carla Anderson
- Jasveen Kaur
- Amy Kaur
- Sangeeta Kaur
- Narveen Kaur
- Hilary Morton
- Lisa Mavrodis
- Darren Roberts
- Paul Paradigm
- Adam Knight
- Sue O'Neill
- Ron and Margot Meldrum
- Damon Barrett
- Joseph Heenan
- Kevin O'Donoghue
- Jo Evans
- Wendy Young
- Anna Kemp
- Dylan Beasley
- Brent Rogers
- Penny Pearce
- Fiona Goldab
- Dean Barton-Smith
- Ziccone family
- Philip Waters
- Ant Lill
- Name withheld
- Gajan Varatharajan
- Tom Garwood
- Kalwant Kaur
- Surinder Singh
- Manjit Singh Gill
- Heather Hurree
- Raji Cheema
- Nicole Hull
- Belinda Thomas
- Fiona Collins
- Dr Amy Yi Ting
- Sean Fernandez
- Sumathi Rajendran
- Harry Chemay
- Santhi Chalasani
- Chris C
- Dr Helen Georgiou
- Professor Alan Gale
- Dr Cassandra Ng
- David McQuiggin
- Sharan Kaur
- Michael Healy
- Karen Gore
- Susanna Nikolovski
- Melanie Chau
- Jennifer Win
- Bridget Nunan
- Evelyn Mar
- Kiren Cheema
- Michelle Malouf
- Hani Tayeh
- Lauren Hay
- Diane Mc Inerney
- Ricki Coughlan
- Irina Farinacci
- Sally MacGowan
- Kyra Kimpton
- Margaret Armstrong
- Pam Danson
- Alice Ewing
- Lisa Doyle
- Marnie Kerridge
- Freedom Socialist Party
- Alastair McEwin
- Gillian Evans
- Carolyn Kilpatrick
- Adam Elliot
- Ric Atkinson
- Sue Mason-Cox
- Cassandra Cockini
- Claire Humble
- Thomas Andrews
- Margaret Henville
- Philip Sherrifs
- Doyle-Bates family
- Sally Jary
- Jeannette Hughes
- Michelle Francis
- Dianne Schott
- John Eagle
- Kevin Pittman
- Naida Linder
- Ettore Cipollone
- Kim Curtis
- Courtney Suhr
- Ballarat Deaf Social Club
- Dr Gurdeesh Kaur
- Rakhee Sethi
- Bindi Saxena,
- Kaye Speed
- Dr Jayne Camuglia
- Selwyn Hoffman
- Lynda Herbert
- Lisa and Matt
- Gillian Blair
- Beasley family
- Tannie Wolstenholme
- Valerie Young
- Donna O'Mara
- Michael Lockrey
- Tony Nicholas
- "Asphyxia"
- Pam Dethridge
- Len Bytheway
- Gillian Fletcher
- Catherine McComiskie
- Melissa Connor
- Brent and Melinda Phillips
- Noel H.
- Bryn Davies
- Laraine and Frank O'Shea
- Kate Nelson
- Uniting Church synod Victoria and Tasmania
- Audrey Falconer
- Adam Brown
- Kirsty Martinsen
- Gail Finn
- Karina Morgan
- Gary Kerridge
- Dale Reardon
- Michael Ryan
- Emily Merisch
- PJ Rose
- Calla Nettleton
- Paul Jenkins
- Julie Deane
- Marc Brew
- Frances Sanders
- Adam Darcy
- Lyn Eagers
- Virginia Walker
- Christine O'Connor
- Victorian Council of Deaf People
- Michael Uniacke
- Gusts family
- Kathy Sakellarios
- Vicki Scheeren
- Valerie Johnstone
- Samantha Blackmore
- Anthony Young
- Coral Arnold
- Daniela Mitchell
- Sara Willyan-Payne
- Luljeta Zyka
- Natasha O'Leary
- "Northern student"
- Kate Cook
- Melinda Allender
- Di Erlichman
- Yesim
- Linda King
- Leigh Tesch
- Cheryl Martin
- Monique Witsen
- Albertine Michael
- Paul Nordheim
- Todd Wright
- Diane Smith
- Rebekah Murthy
- Cheryll Wyatt
- Kathryn Godfrey
- Iain Summerlin
- Community Arts Network South Australia
- Josephine Watson
- Silvana Ferraro
- Michele Lees
- Lawrie Homer
- Disability and Arts Transition Team
- Debra Simons
- Disability Services Council of Western Australia
- Restless Dance Theatre
- Amr Abdallah
- Jean Hauwert-Swistak; Frans Hauwert
- Sharmalee Sri Bawan
- Katrina Simpson
- Michael Milsom
- Kuchel family
- Caitlin Johnson
- Gerard del Favero
- Jessica Kingston
- Paul Kearney
- Denise Holmes
- Emma Hill
- Katherine Huntly
- Janice Fitzgerald
- Sandra Hoopmann
- Rev. John Hoopmann
- Susan Kent
- Maree Gabriel ; Daryl Gabriel ; Emma Ramsay ; Cameron Gabriel ; Joy Schultz ; Walter Schultz
- Linnett Sanchez
- Maya Grinberg
- Breanna Flanagan
- Kristian Robinson
- Liam Hickson
- Ron Linning
- Robyn Malseed
- Catie Kidd
- Hayley Baldwin
- Stacey Harris
- Peter de Sensi
- Damian Lacey
- Simone Punch
- Monica Summers
- Michelle Thompson-Laing
- Anna Tsialos
- Chris Whitehead
- Helen Williams
- John Tziolas
- Daphne Marfull
- Kate Wenzel
- Wendy Pearce
- Chris Waterworth
- Christine Vincent
- Jean Wiegard
- Stella Young
- Patrice Johnson
- Latha Ramesh
- Karen Sparrow
- John Pearcy
- Eshan Ran
- Melissa Robinson
- Sandra-Jill Snell
- Selina Gan
- Scott Pasquill
- Maggie Scott
- Signe Pietersen
- Karen Pedley
- Patricia Mutton
- Yong Liu
- Rose Scott
- Katherine O'Brien
- Delwyn Mugridge
- Leiana Morey
- Elizabeth Mace
- Jessica Miles
- Lauren McNee
- Lisa Gleeson
- Matthew le Dilly
- Yong Liu
- Christine Linwood
- Lyn Gillespie
- Blair Gatehouse
- Estelle Fyffe
- Robyn Downey
- Daniel East
- Brita Frost
- Toni East
- Lee and Hamish Ewing
- James Fletcher
- Brenna Eckert
- Deb Cole
- Rachel Deane
- Patrick Melling
- Carol Chan
- Phineas Meere
- Leanne Wishart
- Ray Hilsdon
- Damian Smith
- Katrina Parker
- Paula Dunn
- Penny Daly
- Kelly Ferguson
- Bindy Johnson
- Sean McGuigan
- Tracy Wiegard
- Lizzie Smith
- Melinda Clarkson
- Luke
- Judith Clancy
- Eunice Horne
- Peter Rickard
- Avril McQueen
- Emily Higgins
- Marion Burrows
- Stella Gardner
- Frances Ford
- Nikki Green
- Nola Adkins
- Michelle Carson
- Bronwyn Baker
- Kate Locke
- Mary Bozic
- Jasna Bruce
- Judith Boswell
- Jan Chapparo
- Brian Boyce
- Danielle Bowles
- Tim Atkinson
- Barbara Nudd
- Ben Evans
- Monica Persson
- Anna Badge
- Avni Dauti
- Kathleen De Zwart
- Frankston Arts Centre
- Emely McCord
- Meredith Prain
- Andrea Gibbons
- G. Rickard
- Julie Kiyega
- M and G Reardon
- Dr Karyn Galvin
- Joanne LeGall ,
- Cara Elms
- Nicky McDonald
- Michelle Christison
- Joanne Sahdeo
- Nigel and Linda McClure
- Helen Larsen
- Nic Taschke
- Jessie Scott
- Liz Reed
- Dr Jenny Rosen
- Sreedevi Aithal
- Ximena Alvarez-Mendez
- Adam Price
- Carol Amos
- Sirani McNeil
- Anna Kaszonyi
- Chris Whitehead
- Maria Vaughan
- Elena Down
- Charles and Fiona Fairlie
- Dominic Power
- Jill Snell
- Carole Lynch
- Melanie Siddans
- Suzanne and Garry Timms
- Neralee Houston
- Kelly Stroud
- Jane Horan
- Michelle Loeliger
- Jacqui Wilson
- Ashleigh Bransden
- Keith Chiverall
- Nancye Harrison
- Jessica Hermann
- Donna Cole-Gibson
- Brianna Trott
- Robyn Pritchard
- Gregory Staib
- Allana Bryan
- Erica Smith
- Lucie Ramsay
- Samantha Whitehead
- Sharon Suppree
- Marcus Dunn
- Danielle Williamson
- Jan Welsh
- Jenny Jackson
- Shannon Culley
- Jackie Dowling
- Yean Crowther
- Lynette Kyriakos
- Lyndsay Hamilton
- Christine Vincent
- Carmel Ramsey
- Ilia Dan da Cunha
- Tessa Van Duyn
- Mary Robinson and family
- Meagan Ward
- Maree McTaggart
- Tim Rayner
- Olympia Tzanoudakis
- Donna Mullaly
- Yong Liu
- Leanne Skinner
- Lorna Muthamia
- Betty Kahle
- Lesley Tan
- Susan Slack
- Murray Forbes
- Kyrstie Wilson
- Donna Cole-Gibson
- Jillian Thompson
- Vicki Sundblom
- Heather Talbot
- Debbie Melville-Walsh
- Interweave Arts Association (PDF)
- Queensland Association of the Deaf (PDF)
- Stephen Swann (PDF)
- John McRae (PDF)