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Submissions to this inquiry are listed below in Portable Document Format (PDF). If an alternative format (ie, hard copy or large print) is required, please contact the
. More submissions will be added to the list when they are received and authorised for publication.
| 1 |
Brother John Giacon (PDF 563KB) |
| 2 |
Ms Margaret Opie (PDF 1MB) |
| 3 |
Ms Janine Oldfield (PDF 1.7MB) |
| 4 |
Dr Felicity Meakins (PDF 606KB)
Supplementary Submission (PDF 660KB) |
| 5 |
Ms Nancy Sheppard Dip Soc AM (PDF 540KB) |
| 6 |
Mr Frank Baarda (PDF 775KB) Attachment 1 (PDF 1.1MB)
Supplementary Submission (PDF 580KB) |
| 7 |
Koori Centre, University of Sydney (PDF 741KB)
Supplementary Submission (PDF 1.1MB) |
| 8 | Department of Human Services (PDF 456KB) |
| 9 | Ms Leanne Syron (PDF 406KB) |
| 10 | Association of Independent Schools of South Australia (PDF 193KB) |
| 11 | Mirima Dawang Woorlab-gerring, Language and Culture Centre (PDF 445KB) |
| 12 | Youth Services, Hall Creek (PDF 536KB) |
| 13 |
Catholic Education Diocese of Darwin (PDF 987KB) |
| 14 |
Mr David Allen (PDF 709KB) |
| 15 |
South Australia Commission for Catholic Schools (PDF 104KB) |
| 16 |
concerned Australians (PDF 686KB) |
| 17 | Ms Jill Vaughan (PDF 64KB) |
| 18 | Teachers and Students of Cert III in Learning Endangered Aboriginal Language, Murray Bridge TAFE, South Australia (PDF 358KB) |
| 19 |
Ms Kathryn Gale and Ms Beth Graham (PDF 1584KB) |
| 20 | Dr William Fogarty and Dr Inge Kral (PDF 221KB) |
| 21 | Queensland Council of Parents and Citizens' Associations (PDF 42KB) |
| 22 |
Commonwealth Ombudsman (PDF 82KB) Attachment 1 (PDF 3.2MB) |
| 23 | Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (PDF 172KB) |
| 24 |
Centre for Indigenous Technology Information and Engineering Solutions (PDF 617KB)
Supplementary Submission (PDF 515KB) |
| 25 |
Eastern States Aboriginal Languages Group (PDF 807KB) |
| 26 | Prof Alan Rumsey (PDF 149KB) |
| 27 | Professor Francesca Merlan (PDF 71KB) |
| 28 |
Wadeye Indigenous teaching and other staff (PDF 782KB) |
| 29 | Black Ink (PDF 356KB) |
| 30 |
Yan-nhangu Dictionary Team (PDF 527KB) |
| 31 | Australian Human Rights Commission (PDF 138KB)
31a Supplementary Submission (PDF 1.5MB) |
| 32 |
Mrs Catherine Winfield Johnston (PDF 551KB) |
| 33 |
Ms Marianne McKinnon-Kidd (PDF 646KB) |
| 34 |
Ms Lauren Gawne (PDF 472KB) |
| 35 |
Monash Country Lines Archive (PDF 395KB) |
| 36 |
Yirrkala School Literature Production Centre and Yolngu Action group (PDF 527KB) |
| 37 |
Why Warriors Pty Ltd and the AHED Project (PDF 994KB) Attachment 1 (PDF 203KB) |
| 38 |
Kimberley Language Resource Centre (PDF 543KB) Attachment 1 (PDF 8.8MB) Attachment 2 (PDF 193KB) |
| 39 |
Ms Lisbeth Arctander (PDF 590KB) |
| 40 |
Inhaadi Adnyamathanha Ngawarla Class (PDF 4MB) |
| 41 |
Sisters of St Joseph SA Reconiliation Circle (PDF 71.2MB) |
| 42 | Pipalyatjara Anangu School (PDF 147KB) |
| 43 | Karli Jozeps and Ursula Goetz (PDF 560KB) |
| 44 | Research Centre for Languages and Cultures, University of South Australia (PDF 182KB) |
| 45 | Ms Genevieve Campbell (PDF 446KB) |
| 46 |
Mr John Bradbury (PDF 1MB) |
| 47 | Australian Federation of Graduate Women (PDF 131KB) |
| 48 | Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership (PDF 156KB) |
| 49 |
Papulu Apparr-kari Language Centre (PDF 558KB) |
| 50 |
Dr Jane Thorn (PDF 716KB) |
| 51 | Margaret Carew and April Campbell (PDF 39KB) |
| 52 | Dr Mary Laughren (PDF 348KB) |
| 53 |
Yipirinya School (PDF 605KB) |
| 54 |
The Indigenous Teachers of Shepherdson College (PDF 792KB) Attachment 1 (PDF 1MB) |
| 55 | Dr Myfany Turpin (PDF 172KB) |
| 56 |
National Indigenous Radio Service (PDF 51KB) Attachment 1 (PDF 172KB) |
| 57 |
Ms Beth Graham, Ms Kathryn Gale and Prof Charles Grimes (PDF 933KB) |
| 58 |
Mr Mark Treloar (PDF 774KB) |
| 59 |
New South Wales Department of Education and Communities (PDF 1.9MB) |
| 60 |
Australian Society for Indigenous Languages (PDF 3.4MB)
Supplementary Submission (PDF 1.9MB) |
| 61 | Ms Sophie Rudolph (PDF 102KB) |
| 62 |
Mr Trevor Stockley (PDF 394KB) Attachment 1 (PDF 150KB) |
| 63 | Ms Nyoka Hatfield (PDF 557KB) |
| 64 |
Prof Françoise Dussart (PDF 506KB) |
| 65 |
Coordinating Support for Indigenous Scriptures (PDF 3.3MB) |
| 66 |
David Thompson and Clair Hill (PDF 617KB) |
| 67 |
Mr Alex Kelly (PDF 580KB) |
| 68 |
Indigenous Remote Communications Association (PDF 298KB)
Supplementary Submission (PDF 1.2MB) |
| 69 |
Asssociate Professor Tonya Stebbins (PDF 552KB) |
| 70 |
Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning, University of Technology Sydney (PDF 645KB) |
| 71 | Ms Klara Hansen (PDF 105KB) |
| 72 |
Australian Council of TESOL Associations (PDF 1.2MB) |
| 73 |
Board of Studies NSW (PDF 227KB) |
| 74 |
Aboriginal Resource and Development Services Inc (PDF 1.1MB) Attachment 1 (PDF 439KB) |
| 75 |
National Recording Project for Indigenous Performance in Australia (PDF 587KB) Attachment 1 (PDF 61KB) |
| 76 |
Professor Gillian Cowlishaw (PDF 861KB) |
| 77 |
Dr Pauline Bunce (PDF 516KB) |
| 78 |
Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre (PDF 694KB) |
| 79 | Dr Caroline Jones (PDF 88KB) |
| 80 | Ms Michelle Rowe (PDF 145KB) |
| 81 |
Dr Brian Devlin (PDF 1.4MB) |
| 82 |
Queensland Indigenous Languages Advisory Committee (PDF 778KB) |
| 83 |
Associate Professor Claire Bowern (PDF 544KB) |
| 84 | Mr Richard Trudgen (PDF 233KB) |
| 85 |
Sunrise Alliance Inc (PDF 365KB) |
| 86 |
Diocese of Lismore, Catholic Education Office (PDF 2.1MB) Attachment 1 (PDF 155KB) |
| 87 | Prof Michael Christie (PDF 202KB) |
| 88 | Australian Education Union (PDF 330KB) |
| 89 | Alison Ngamperle Ross and Carol Ngalyerre Thompson (PDF 40KB) |
| 90 | Mobile Language Team, University of Adelaide (PDF 133KB) |
| 91 |
Many Rivers Aboriginal Language Centre (PDF 153KB) Attachment 1 (PDF 130KB) |
| 92 |
Kaurna Warra Pintyandi Group and Dr Rob Amery (PDF 560KB) |
| 93 |
Ms Margaret Dinham (PDF 70KB) Attachment 1 (PDF 142KB) |
| 94 |
Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation (PDF 609KB) |
| 95 |
Ms Natalie O'Connor (PDF 603KB) |
| 96 | Ms Ruth Lipscombe (PDF 507KB) |
| 97 |
Federation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages and Culture (Corporation) (PDF 6.1MB) |
| 98 |
Aboriginal Affairs NSW and Department of Education and Communities NSW (PDF 752KB) Attachment 1 (PDF 61KB), Attachment 2 (PDF 106KB), Attachment 3 (PDF 225KB), Attachment 4 (PDF 1396KB), Attachment 5 (PDF 1068KB), Attachment 6 (PDF 1083KB).
98a Supplementary Submission (PDF 346KB) |
| 99 |
Dr Stephen Morey (PDF 584KB) |
| 100 |
Ms Claire Salter (PDF 772KB) |
| 101 | Central Land Council (PDF 217KB) |
| 102 | Voice for Justice (PDF 231KB) |
| 103 | Ms Jane Simpson (PDF 101KB) |
| 104 | Australian Linguistic Society (PDF 222KB) |
| 105 | Molly Townes O'Brien, Peter Bailey and Jo-Anne Weinman (PDF 209KB) |
| 106 | Dr Nicholas Thieberger (PDF 68KB) |
| 107 | Speech Pathology Australia (PDF 72KB) |
| 108 | Maratja Dhamarrandji and Kendall Trudgen (PDF 252KB) |
| 109 |
Queensland Government - Department of Education and Training (PDF 3.1MB)
Supplementary Submission (PDF 354KB) |
| 110 | Languages Perspectives Group, Northern Indigenous School Support Unit, Queensland Department of Education (PDF 393KB) |
| 111 |
Ms Rosemary McKenry (PDF 792KB) |
| 112 |
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (PDF 391KB) |
| 113 | Dr Jennifer Green (PDF 197KB) |
| 114 | NSW Aboriginal Education Consultative Group Inc (PDF 565KB) |
| 115 | Reconciliation Australia (PDF 709KB) |
| 116 |
Anangu Coordinators (PDF 628KB) |
| 117 | WA Department of Education Kimberley (PDF 538KB) |
| 118 |
Ms Brea Speechley (PDF 855KB) |
| 119 | Dr Charmian Kenner (PDF 638KB) |
| 120 |
Ms Aileen Hawkes (PDF 200KB) |
| 121 |
Warlpiri-patu-kurlangu Jaru Inc (PDF 833KB) |
| 122 | Dr Judith Gould (PDF 142KB) |
| 123 | Annette Millar and Joyce Hudson (PDF 139KB) |
| 124 |
Indigenous Higher Education Advisory Council (PDF 1.7MB) |
| 125 |
Mr Greg Dickson (PDF 392KB) |
| 126 | Dr Samantha Disbray (PDF 639KB) |
| 127 |
Office for the Arts (PDF 613KB)
Supplementary Submission (PDF 626KB) |
| 128 | Ms Denise Shillinglaw (PDF 638KB) |
| 129 |
The Aboriginal Languages of Western Australia Course Advisory Committee (PDF 970KB) |
| 130 | Resource Network for Linguistic Diversity (PDF 224KB) |
| 131 | Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (PDF 132KB)
Supplementary Submission (PDF 1.9MB)
Supplementary Submission (PDF 1.9MB) |
| 132 |
Dr Jack Frawley (PDF 61KB) |
| 133 |
Aboriginal and Islander Independent Community School Inc (PDF 298KB) |
| 134 | Gidarjil Development Corporation (PDF 685KB) |
| 135 |
North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (PDF 4.1MB) |
| 136 |
Yarkuwa Indigenous Knowledge Centre Aboriginal Corporation (PDF 549KB) |
| 137 | Mr Ron Coster (PDF 78KB) |
| 138 |
Northern Territory Government (PDF 1.2MB) Attachment 1 (PDF 2.7MB) Attachment 2 (PDF 70KB) Attachment 3 (PDF 277KB) |
| 139 | National Congress of Australia's First People (PDF 834KB)
Supplementary Submission (PDF 853KB)
Supplementary Submission (PDF 1.3MB) |
| 140 | National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters Ltd (PDF 299KB)
Supplementary Submission (PDF 150KB) |
| 141 |
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (PDF 1.3MB)
Supplementary Submission (PDF 575KB) |
| 142 |
Dr John C Rudder (PDF 819KB) |
| 143 |
Victorian Aboriginal Education Association Inc. (PDF 1MB) |
| 144 |
Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre (PDF 1.7MB) |
| 145 |
National Sorry Day Committee (PDF 1.3MB) |
| 146 |
Torres Strait Regional Authority (PDF 1.7MB) |
| 147 |
Nyamba Buru Yawuru Ltd (PDF 828KB) |
| 148 |
National Rural Health Alliance (PDF 596KB) |
| 149 |
Prof Ghil'ad Zuckermann (PDF 484KB) |
| 150 |
Madjulla Inc. (PDF 1.4MB) |
| 151 |
Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (PDF 960KB) |
| 152 |
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages (PDF 861KB) |
| 153 |
Ms Denise Angelo (PDF 487KB) |
| 154 |
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (PDF 2.2MB) |