Inquiry into Planning Options and
Services for People Ageing with a Disability
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On 25 November 2009 the Senate referred the following
matter to the Community Affairs References Committee for inquiry and
report by 2 September 2010:
Access to planning options
and services for people with a disability to ensure their continued
quality of life as they and their carers age, and to identify any
inadequacies in the choice and funding of planning options currently
available to people ageing with a disability and their carers.
The Committee is seeking
written submissions from interested individuals and organisations
preferably sent electronically by email to
community.affairs.sen@aph.gov.au
as an attached PDF or Word format document. The email must include full
postal address and contact details.
Alternatively, written
submissions may be sent to:
Committee Secretary
Senate Community Affairs References Committee
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Closing date for the
receipt of submissions is 26 August 2010.
Submissions become Committee
documents and are made public only after a decision by the Committee.
Publication of submissions includes loading them onto the internet and
their being available to other interested parties including the media.
Persons making submissions must not release them without the approval of
the Committee. Submissions are covered by parliamentary privilege but the
unauthorised release of them is not protected.
Information relating to
Senate Committee inquiries, including notes to assist in the preparation
of submissions for a Committee, can be located on the internet at
https://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/wit_sub/index.htm
For further details please
contact the Committee Secretariat by phone: (02) 6277 3515,
fax: (02) 6277 5829 or email to
community.affairs.sen@aph.gov.au
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Committee's inquiry, please contact the Secretariat.
For further information, contact:
Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Community Affairs
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia