Senate Committees

The involuntary or coerced sterilisation of people with disabilities in Australia

Submissions received by the Committee

Sub No.

1Name Withheld (PDF 67KB) 
2Name Withheld (PDF 66KB) 
3Mr Geoff Bird (PDF 41KB) 
4Name Withheld (PDF 32KB) 
5Australian Human Rights Commission (PDF 178KB) 
6Name Withheld (PDF 31KB) 
7Ms Lesley Naik (PDF 151KB) 
8Dr Irwin Faris (PDF 38KB) 
9Name Withheld (PDF 49KB) 
10Name Withheld (PDF 50KB) 
11Name Withheld (PDF 47KB) 
12Name Withheld (PDF 52KB) 
13Name Withheld (PDF 79KB) 
14Office of the Public Advocate (PDF 367KB) 
15Name Withheld (PDF 177KB) 
16Miss Lynne Bertram (PDF 100KB) Attachment 1(PDF 123KB) 
17Royal Australasian College of Physicians (PDF 55KB) 
18Ms Janine Truter (PDF 103KB) 
19Adult Guardian and Public Advocate of Queensland (PDF 261KB) 
20Dr and Mrs John and Merren Carter  (PDF 25KB) 
Supplementary Submission(PDF 15KB) 
21University of Sydney (PDF 125KB) 
22Dr Wendy Bonython (PDF 352KB) 
23Organisation Intersex International Australia (PDF 280KB) 
Supplementary Submission(PDF 205KB) 
24Name Withheld (PDF 69KB) 
25Family Planning NSW (PDF 364KB) 
26Name Withheld (PDF 63KB) 
27Name Withheld (PDF 908KB) 
28Australian Guardianship and Administration Council (PDF 78KB) Attachment 1(PDF 67KB) 
29Name Withheld (PDF 171KB) 
30Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (PDF 151KB) 
31Confidential
32Catholic Women's League Australia Inc. (PDF 539KB) 
33Name Withheld (PDF 25KB) 
34Northern Territory Government (PDF 3981KB) 
35Advocacy for Inclusion (PDF 327KB) 
36Ms Diana Bryant AO (PDF 10118KB) 
37Qld Centre for Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Queenslanders with Disabilities Network, and Qld Advocacy Inc. (PDF 3106KB) 
38Women's Health West (PDF 211KB) 
39Catholic Social Services Victoria (PDF 464KB) 
40Australian Women's Health Network (PDF 145KB) 
41Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (PDF 769KB) 
42STAR Victoria (PDF 121KB) 
43Name withheld (received via Women With Disabilities South Australia) (PDF 468KB) 
44Ms Linda Steele  (PDF 206KB) 
45Name Withheld (PDF 10KB) 
46Name Withheld (PDF 514KB) 
47Professor Susan Hayes (PDF 167KB) 
48Amnesty International Australia (PDF 47KB) 
49Women With Disabilities Australia  (PDF 1297KB) Attachment 1(PDF 762KB) 
50People with Disability Australia (PDF 414KB) 
51Name Withheld (PDF 29KB) 
52Sexual Health and Family Planning Australia (PDF 545KB) 
53Australian Medical Association (PDF 35KB) 
54Androgen Insensitivity Support Group Australia Inc. (PDF 210KB) 
55Name Withheld (PDF 30KB) 
56Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (PDF 113KB) 
57Tasmanian Government  (PDF 5084KB) 
58Family Planning Victoria (PDF 259KB) 
59Australian Association of Developmental Disability Medicine Inc. (PDF 287KB) 
60National LGBTI Health Alliance (PDF 370KB) 
Supplementary Submission(PDF 91KB) 
61Associate Professor Lee Ann Basser (PDF 287KB) 
62Name Withheld (PDF 17KB) 
63Name Withheld (PDF 56KB) 
64Name Withheld (PDF 30KB) 
65Queensland Advocacy Incorporated (PDF 308KB) 
66NSW Government  (PDF 59KB) 
67Intellectual Disability Rights Service Inc. (PDF 591KB) 
68Miss Stella Young (PDF 48KB) 
69Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology at Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne (PDF 257KB) 
70Women's Legal Services NSW  (PDF 506KB) 
71Name withheld (received via Women With Disabilities South Australia) (PDF 56KB) 
72Name withheld (received via Women With Disabilities South Australia) (PDF 144KB) 
73Ms Tammy Burke  (PDF 45KB) 
74Name Withheld (PDF 57KB) 
75Ms Susan Lamrock (PDF 41KB) 
76Mrs Cynthia Hughes (PDF 62KB) 
77National Council on Intellectual Disability (PDF 340KB) 
78Mental Health Law Centre (WA) Inc. (PDF 2516KB) 
79Law Institute of Victoria (PDF 600KB) 
80Australian Women Against Violence Alliance  (PDF 342KB) 
81Mr Robert Greenfield (PDF 43KB) 
82Department of Human Services (PDF 2390KB) 
83Name Withheld (PDF 16KB) 


Additional Information Received

1Article by Ruby Grant, received 11 March 2013(PDF 253KB) 
2Agreed Conclusions from the UN Commission of the Status of Women (CSW) 57th session, from Women With Disabilities Australia, received 20 March 2013(PDF 101KB) 
3Tabled document from Family Planning NSW, Sexual Health and Family Planning Australia and Family Planning Victoria, at Sydney public hearing 27 March 2013(PDF 637KB) 
4Tabled document from Intellectual Disability Rights Service Inc, at Sydney public hearing 27 March 2013(PDF 7516KB) 
5Tabled document from Intellectual Disability Rights Service Inc, at Sydney public hearing 27 March 2013(PDF 4087KB) 
6Tabled document from Organisation Intersex International Australia, at Sydney public hearing 28 March 2013(PDF 187KB) 
7Tabled document from Organisation Intersex International Australia, at Sydney public hearing 28 March 2013(PDF 144KB) 
8Tabled document from Organisation Intersex International Australia, at Sydney public hearing 28 March 2013(PDF 634KB) 
9Tabled document from Organisation Intersex International Australia, at Sydney public hearing 28 March 2013(PDF 222KB) 
10Report from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development, from Women With Disabilities Australia, received 30 April 2013(PDF 297KB) 

Correspondence

1Correspondence received from the Chief Judge of the Family Court of Western Australia, 15 April 2013(PDF 38KB) 
2Correction from Australian Human Rights Commission to evidence given at Sydney public hearing 27 March 2013(PDF 43KB) 
3Correspondence received from the State Administrative Tribunal Western Australia, 2 May 2013(PDF 3572KB) 
4Correspondence received from the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal, 3 May 2013(PDF 1242KB) 
5Correspondence received from the Guardianship Board South Australia, 3 May 2013(PDF 11KB) 
6Correspondence received from the Australian Capital Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal, 12 May 2013(PDF 807KB) 
7Correspondence received from the Northern Territory Executive Office of Adult Guardianship, 21 May 2013(PDF 15077KB) 

Answers to Questions on Notice

1Answer to Question on Notice received from Queensland Centre for Intellectual and Development Disability, 27 March 2013(PDF 12KB) 
2Answers to Questions on Notice received from Office of the Adult Guardian Queensland, 11 April 2013(PDF 478KB) 
3Answers to Questions on Notice received from People With Disability Australia, 12 April 2013(PDF 117KB) 
4Answers to Questions on Notice received from Australian Human Rights Commission, 1 May 2013(PDF 44KB) 
5Answers to Questions on Notice received from Attorney-General's Department, 14 May 2013(PDF 204KB) 

For further information, contact:

Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Community Affairs
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone:+61 2 6277 3515
Fax:+61 2 6277 5829
Email:community.affairs.sen@aph.gov.au

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