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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 101KB) |
2 |
Ms Margaret Opie (PDF 188KB) |
3 |
Ms Janine Oldfield (PDF 350KB) |
4 |
Dr Felicity Meakins (PDF 619KB)
4a Supplementary Submission (PDF 675KB) |
5 |
Ms Nancy Sheppard Dip Soc AM (PDF 552KB) |
6 |
Mr Frank Baarda (PDF 793KB) Attachment 1 (PDF 1641KB)
6a Supplementary Submission (PDF 593KB) |
7 |
Koori Centre, University of Sydney (PDF 757KB)
7a Supplementary Submission (PDF 1126KB) |
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 1009KB) |
14 |
Mr David Allen (PDF 204KB) |
15 |
South Australia Commission for Catholic Schools (PDF 114KB) |
16 |
concerned Australians (PDF 702KB) |
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 1615KB) |
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 523KB) |
23 |
Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (PDF 172KB) |
24 |
Centre for Indigenous Technology Information and Engineering Solutions (PDF 631KB)
24a Supplementary Submission (PDF 527KB) |
25 |
Eastern States Aboriginal Languages Group (PDF 826KB) |
26 |
Prof Alan Rumsey (PDF 149KB) |
27 |
Professor Francesca Merlan (PDF 71KB) |
28 |
Wadeye Indigenous teaching and other staff (PDF 800KB) |
29 |
Black Ink (PDF 356KB) |
30 |
Yan-nhangu Dictionary Team (PDF 539KB) |
31 |
Australian Human Rights Commission (PDF 138KB)
31a Supplementary Submission (PDF 1573KB) |
32 |
Mrs Catherine Winfield Johnston (PDF 563KB) |
33 |
Ms Marianne McKinnon-Kidd (PDF 185KB) |
34 |
Ms Lauren Gawne (PDF 16KB) |
35 |
Monash Country Lines Archive (PDF 434KB) |
36 |
Yirrkala School Literature Production Centre and Yolngu Action group. (PDF 64KB) |
37 |
Why Warriors Pty Ltd and the AHED Project (PDF 1017KB) Attachment 1 (PDF 203KB) |
38 |
Kimberley Language Resource Centre (PDF 555KB) Attachment 1 (PDF 8782KB) Attachment 2 (PDF 193KB) |
39 |
Ms Lisbeth Arctander (PDF 603KB) |
40 |
Inhaadi Adnyamathanha Ngawarla Class (PDF 5629KB) |
41 |
Sisters of St Joseph SA Reconiliation Circle (PDF 791KB) |
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 1060KB) |
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 570KB) |
50 |
Dr Jane Thorn (PDF 733KB) |
51 |
Margaret Carew and April Campbell (PDF 39KB) |
52 |
Dr Mary Laughren (PDF 348KB) |
53 |
Yipirinya School (PDF 619KB) |
54 |
The Indigenous Teachers of Shepherdson College (PDF 810KB) Attachment 1 (PDF 615KB) |
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 1508KB) |
58 |
Mr Mark Treloar (PDF 792KB) |
59 |
New South Wales Department of Education and Communities (PDF 1950KB) |
60 |
Australian Society for Indigenous Languages (PDF 3427KB)
61a Supplementary Submission (PDF 1901KB) |
61 |
Ms Sophie Rudolph (PDF 102KB) |
62 |
Mr Trevor Stockley (PDF 394KB) Attachment 1 (PDF 150KB) |
63 |
Ms Nyoka Hatfield (PDF 557KB) |
64 |
Prof Francoise Dussart (PDF 517KB) |
65 |
Coordinating Support for Indigenous Scriptures (PDF 3456KB) |
66 |
David Thompson and Clair Hill (PDF 631KB) |
67 |
Mr Alex Kelly (PDF 593KB) |
68 |
Indigenous Remote Communications Association (PDF 321KB)
68a Supplementary Submission (PDF 1210KB) |
69 |
Asssociate Professor Tonya Stebbins (PDF 564KB) |
70 |
Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning, University of Technology Sydney (PDF 659KB) |
71 |
Ms Klara Hansen (PDF 105KB) |
72 |
Australian Council of TESOL Associations (PDF 1239KB) |
73 |
Board of Studies NSW (PDF 165KB) |
74 |
Aboriginal Resource and Development Services Inc (PDF 1131KB) Attachment 1 (PDF 88KB) |
75 |
National Recording Project for Indigenous Performance in Australia (PDF 587KB) Attachment 1 (PDF 61KB) |
76 |
Professor Gillian Cowlishaw (PDF 881KB) |
77 |
Dr Pauline Bunce (PDF 528KB) |
78 |
Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre (PDF 709KB) |
79 |
Dr Caroline Jones (PDF 88KB) |
80 |
Ms Michelle Rowe (PDF 145KB) |
81 |
Dr Brian Devlin (PDF 1398KB) |
82 |
Queensland Indigenous Languages Advisory Committee (PDF 796KB) |
83 |
Associate Professor Claire Bowern (PDF 81KB) |
84 |
Mr Richard Trudgen (PDF 233KB) |
85 |
Sunrise Alliance Inc (PDF 365KB) |
86 |
Diocese of Lismore, Catholic Education Office (PDF 2148KB) Attachment 1 (PDF 178KB) |
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 572KB) |
93 |
Ms Margaret Dinham (PDF 108KB) Attachment 1 (PDF 241KB) |
94 |
Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation (PDF 623KB) |
95 |
Ms Natalie O'Connor (PDF 159KB) |
96 |
Ms Ruth Lipscombe (PDF 507KB) |
97 |
Federation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages and Culture (Corporation) (PDF 6113KB) |
98 |
Aboriginal Affairs NSW and Department of Education and Communities NSW (PDF 923KB) 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 124KB) |
100 |
Ms Claire Salter (PDF 790KB) |
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 3141KB)
109a Supplementary Submission (PDF 354KB) |
110 |
Languages Perspectives Group, Northern Indigenous School Support Unit, Queensland Department of Education (PDF 393KB) |
111 |
Ms Rosemary McKenry (PDF 265KB) |
112 |
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (PDF 552KB) |
113 |
Dr Jennifer Green (PDF 197KB) |
114 |
NSW Aboriginal Education Consultative Group Inc (PDF 565KB) |
115 |
Reconciliation Australia (PDF 709KB) |
116 |
Anangu Coordinators (PDF 642KB) |
117 |
WA Department of Education Kimberley (PDF 538KB) |
118 |
Ms Brea Speechley (PDF 875KB) |
119 |
Dr Charmian Kenner (PDF 638KB) |
120 |
Ms Aileen Hawkes (PDF 200KB) |
121 |
Warlpiri-patu-kurlangu Jaru Inc (PDF 852KB) |
122 |
Dr Judith Gould (PDF 142KB) |
123 |
Annette Millar and Joyce Hudson (PDF 139KB) |
124 |
Indigenous Higher Education Advisory Council (PDF 1558KB) |
125 |
Mr Greg Dickson (PDF 401KB) |
126 |
Dr Samantha Disbray (PDF 639KB) |
127 |
Office for the Arts (PDF 874KB)
127a Supplementary Submission (PDF 626KB) |
128 |
Ms Denise Shillinglaw (PDF 638KB) |
129 |
The Aboriginal Languages of Western Australia Course Advisory Committee (PDF 992KB) |
130 |
Resource Network for Linguistic Diversity (PDF 224KB) |
131 |
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (PDF 132KB)
131a Supplementary Submission (PDF 1924KB)
131b Supplementary Submission (PDF 1893KB) |
132 |
Dr Jack Frawley (PDF 61KB) |
133 |
Aboriginal and Islander Independent Community School Inc (PDF 305KB) |
134 |
Gidarjil Development Corporation (PDF 685KB) |
135 |
North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (PDF 4130KB) |
136 |
Yarkuwa Indigenous Knowledge Centre Aboriginal Corporation (PDF 626KB) |
137 |
Mr Ron Coster (PDF 78KB) |
138 |
Northern Territory Government (PDF 1576KB) Attachment 1 (PDF 2700KB) Attachment 2 (PDF 70KB) Attachment 3 (PDF 282KB) |
139 |
National Congress of Australia's First People (PDF 834KB)
139a Supplementary Submission (PDF 1427KB)
139b Supplementary Submission (PDF 873KB) |
140 |
National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters Ltd (PDF 299KB)
140a Supplementary Submission (PDF 150KB) |
141 |
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (PDF 1274KB)
141a Supplementary Submission (PDF 575KB) |
142 |
Dr John C Rudder (PDF 855KB) |
143 |
Victorian Aboriginal Education Association Inc. (PDF 113KB) |
144 |
Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre (PDF 1782KB) |
145 |
National Sorry Day Committee (PDF 1336KB) |
146 |
Torres Strait Regional Authority (PDF 1745KB) |
147 |
Nyamba Buru Yawuru Ltd (PDF 359KB) |
148 |
National Rural Health Alliance (PDF 659KB) |
149 |
Prof Ghil'ad Zuckermann (PDF 494KB) |
150 |
Madjulla Inc. (PDF 1495KB) |
151 |
Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (PDF 982KB) |
152 |
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages (PDF 880KB) |
153 |
Ms Denise Angelo (PDF 497KB) |
154 |
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (PDF 2297KB) |