Footnotes

CHAPTER 1 - Background to the inquiry

[1]        Review of Funding for Schooling, pp xvi-xvii, https://docs.education.gov.au/system/files/doc/other/review-of-funding-for-schooling-final-report-dec-2011.pdf (accessed 21 December 2015).

[2]        PhillipsPKA, Evaluation of the More Support for Students with Disabilities Initiative, 2012-2014: Final Report (June 2015), Department of Education and Training, p. 9, https://docs.education.gov.au/system/files/doc/other/phillipskpa_mssd_screen_reader-final_report_20_july.pdf (accessed 21 December 2015).

CHAPTER 2 - Difficulties with accessing education

[1]        Mrs Georgia Talbot, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015, p. 1.

[2]        United Nations Convention on the Rights of Person with Disabilities, Article 24, http://www.un.org/disabilities/convention/conventionfull.shtml, accessed 29 October 2015.

[3]        Australian Lawyers for Human Rights, Submission 134, p. 1.

[4]        Ms Ngila Bevan, People with Disability Australia, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015, p.10.

[5]        Committee Hansard, 29 September 2015, p. 8.

[6]        Australian Lawyers for Human Rights, Submission 134, p. 12.

[7]        Ms Jane Woodley, Gold Coast Dyslexia Support Group, Committee Hansard, 25 September 2015, p. 40.

[8]        Council of Australian Governments, National Partnership Agreement for More Support for Students with Disabilities, p. 4, http://www.federalfinancialrelations.gov.au/content/npa/education/more_support_for_student_with_disabilites/national-agreement.pdf (accessed 17 December 2015).

[9]        Australian Council for Educational Research, Assessment of current process for targeting of schools funding to disadvantaged students, July 2011: a report prepared for The Review of Funding for Schooling Panel, p. 40, http://research.acer.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1009&context=policy_analysis_misc (accessed 7 December 2015).

[10]      Ms Lisa Todd and Ms Carol Ireland, Epilepsy Action Australia, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015, p. 45.

[11]      Occupational Therapy Australia, answer to question on notice 29 September 2015 (received 30 October 2015)

[12]      Speech Pathology Australia, Submission 275, p. 12.

[13]      Mrs Theresa Duncombe, Committee Hansard, 25 September 2015, pp 1-2.

[14]      Mr Ross Fox, Executive Director, National Catholic Education Commission, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015, p. 56.

[15]      National Disability Support Officer Joint Submission, Submission 153, pp 7-8.

[16]      Isolated Children's Parents Association Queensland, Submission 22, p. 1.

[17]      Acacia Hill School School Council, Submission 284, pp 1-2.

[18]      Children with Disability Australia, Submission 257, pp 41-2.

[19]      Ms Catriona Gunn, Submission 138, p. 1.

[20]      Mr Scott Avery, First Peoples Disability Network, Committee Hansard, 20 November 2015,   p. 10.

[21]      Speech Pathology Australia, Submission 275, p. 12.

[22]      Mr Scott Avery, First Peoples Disability Network, Committee Hansard, 20 November 2015,   p. 10.

[23]      Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association, Submission 199, p. 4.

[24]      Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association, Submission 199, p. 5.

[25]      Mrs Ros Talbot, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015, p. 5.

[26]      Ms Melissa Smith, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015, p. 5.

[27]      Ms Theresa Duncombe, Committee Hansard, 25 September 2015, p. 3.

[28]      Lifestart, Submission 237, p. 3.

[29]      Lifestart, Submission 237, p. 3.

[30]      Ms Melissa Smith, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015, pp 2-3.

[31]      Ms Monica Kelly and Mr Murray Turner, Submission 216, p. 2.

[32]      Trudy Whitcombe, Submission 103, p. 6.

[33]      Ms Sue O'Reilly, Down Syndrome Victoria, Committee Hansard, 20 November 2015, p. 3.

[34]      Family Advocacy, Submission 135, pp 6-7.

[35]      Dr Rozanna Lilley, Submission 94, p. 2.

[36]      Dr Rozanna Lilley, Submission 94, p. 2.

[37]      Rozanna Lilley, 'It's an absolute nightmare: maternal experiences of enrolling children diagnosed with autism in primary school in Sydney, Australia'; attachment to Submission 94,   p. 6.

[38]      Rozanna Lilley, 'It's an absolute nightmare: maternal experiences of enrolling children diagnosed with autism in primary school in Sydney, Australia'; attachment to Submission 94,   p. 6.

[39]      Committee Hansard, 20 November 2015, p. 3.

[40]      Ms Ngila Bevan, People with Disability Australia, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015,   p. 13.

[41]      Mrs Ros Talbot, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015, p. 3.

[42]      Ms Theresa Duncombe, Committee Hansard, 25 September 2015, p. 3.

[43]      Mr Danny Dickson, Committee Hansard, 29 September 2015, p. 1.

[44]      Children with Disability Australia, Submission 257, p. 23.

[45]      Ms Monica Kelly, Down Syndrome Australia, Committee Hansard, 20 November 2015, p. 6.

[46]      Children with Disability Australia, Submission 257, p. 14.

[47]      JFA Purple Orange, Submission 277, pp 19-20.

[48]      Committee Hansard, 29 September 2015, p. 6.

[49]      Committee Hansard, 20 November 2015, p. 6.

[50]      Mrs Andrea Evans-McCall, National Disability Coordination Officer, Committee Hansard,    20 November 2015, pp 20-21.

[51]      Gold Coast Dyslexia Support Group, Submission 21, p. 6.

[52]      Submission 143, p. 1.

[53]      Committee Hansard, 25 September 2015, p. 1.

[54]      Children with Disability Australia, Submission 257, p. 21.

[55]      Association for Children with a Disability, Submission 279, p. 4.

[56]      Department of Education and Training, Submission 246, p. 5.

[57]      Department of Education and Training, Submission 246, p. 5.

[58]      Department of Education and Training, Submission 246, p. 5.

[59]      Urbis, 2015 Review of the Disability Standards for Education 2005: Final report, 17 July 2015, pp ii-iii, https://docs.education.gov.au/system/files/doc/other/final-report-2015-dse-review.pdf (accessed 7 December 2015).

[60]      Redfern Legal Centre, Submission 101, p. 7.

[61]      Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015, p. 10.

[62]      Redfern Legal Centre, Submission 101, p. 10.

[63]      Mrs Leonie Ponder, Committee Hansard, 25 September 2015, p. 6.

[64]      Dr Lisa-Marie Scott, Submission 132, p. 1.

[65]      Ms Sue O'Reilly, Down Syndrome Victoria, Committee Hansard, 20 November 2015, p. 6.

[66]      Ms Ruth Webber, Down Syndrome Australia, Committee Hansard, 20 November 2015, p. 6.

[67]      Committee Hansard, 20 November 2015, p. 25.

[68]      Committee Hansard, 29 September 2015, p. 11.

[69]      Mr Sebastian Cordoba, Australian Association of Social Workers, Committee Hansard, 29 September 2015, p. 40.

[70]      Lifestart, Submission 237, p. 8.

[71]      Community Affairs References Committee, Violence, abuse and neglect against people with disability in institutional and residential settings: Final report, November 2015, https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Violence_abuse_neglect/Report, accessed 7 December 2015.

CHAPTER 3 - The true costs of difficulties with accessing education

[1]        Ms Emma Wilson, Submission 215, p. 1.

[2]        Committee Hansard, 29 September 2015, p. 37.

[3]        Redfern Legal Centre, Submission 101, pp 10-11.

[4]        Australian Association of Social Workers, Submission 137, p. 2.

[5]        Ms Ruth Webber, Down Syndrome Australia, Committee Hansard, 20 November 2015, p. 2.

[6]        Ms Ngila Bevan, People with Disability Australia, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015,   pp 9-10.

[7]        National Disability Services, Submission 172, p. 2.

[8]        Committee Hansard, 20 November 2015, p. 21.

[9]        St Vincent de Paul Society National Council, Submission 112, p. 1.

[10]      St Vincent de Paul Society National Council, Submission 112, p. 1.

[11]      Dr Lisa-Marie Scott, Submission 132, p. 2.

[12]      Ms Emma Wilson, Submission 215, p. 1.

[13]      Dr Rozanna Lilley, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015, p. 41.

[14]      Dr Rozanna Lilley, Submission 94, p. 2.

[15]      Mrs Alex Brown and Dr Alayna Haberlin, Association for Behaviour Analysis Australia, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015, p. 51.

[16]      Submission 164, p. 2.

[17]      Mrs Karen Ross, Gold Coast Dyslexia Support Group, Committee Hansard, 25 September 2015, p. 39.

[18]      Ms Jane Woodley, Gold Coast Dyslexia Support Group, Committee Hansard, 25 September 2015, p. 40.

[19]      Mrs Leonie Ponder, Committee Hansard, 25 September 2015, p. 2.

[20]      Mrs Tracey Scott, Submission 114, p. 2.

[21]      Ms Tara Hannon, Submission 285, p. 1.

[22]      Mrs Leonie Ponder, Committee Hansard, 25 September 2015, p. 5.

[23]      Ms Melissa Smith, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015, p. 4.

[24]      Ms Monica Kelly and Mr Murray Turner, Submission 216, p. 3.

[25]      Australian Association of Social Workers, Submission 137, p. 1.

[26]      Ms Sue O'Reilly, Down Syndrome Victoria, Committee Hansard, 20 November 2015, p. 7.

[27]      Ms Monica Kelly, Down Syndrome Australia, Committee Hansard, 20 November 2015, p. 7.

[28]      National Independent Special Schools Association, Submission 84, p. 2.

[29]      Change the Criteria, Submission 97, p. 2.

[30]      Children with Disability Australia, Submission 257, p. 50.

CHAPTER 4 - Funding

[1]        Supplementary Explanatory Memorandum, Australian Education Bill 2013, pp 2-3.

[2]        Christopher Pyne MP, 'Bi-partisan support for nationally consistent data collection – students with disability and learning difficulty', Media release, 23 August 2013, https://www.pyneonline.com.au/media-centre/media-releases/bi-partisan-support-for-nationally-consistent-data-collection-students-with-disability-and-learning-difficulty (accessed 6 January 2015).

[3]        Transcript of joint press conference, the Hon. Tony Abbott MHR and the Hon. Christopher Pyne MHR with the Hon. Barry O'Farrell MP, Penrith New South Wales, 29 August 2013, p. 2.

[4]        See, for instance, 'Education Minister Christopher Pyne breaks pre-poll promise on school funding, The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 November 2013, http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/education-minister-christopher-pyne-breaks-prepoll-promise-on-school-funding-20131125-2y6mz.html (accessed 5 January 2016).

[5]        Budget 2014-15: Budget Measures, Budget Paper No. 2, p. 91, http://www.budget.gov.au/2014-15/content/bp2/download/BP2_consolidated.pdf (accessed 5 January 2016).

[6]        Australian Parents Council, Submission 155, p. 6.

[7]        National Disability Services, Submission 172, p. 4.

[8]        Ms Correna Haythorpe, Australian Education Union, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015, p. 15.

[9]        National Independent Special Schools Association, Submission 84, p. 3.

[10]      Autism Spectrum (Aspect), Submission 85, pp 3-4.

[11]      Mr Ross Fox, National Catholic Education Commission, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015, p. 54.

[12]      National Catholic Education Commission, Submission 255, p. 6.

[13]      'Hopes dashed by Coalition decision to dump Gonski school funding model', The Guardian, 29 December 2015, http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/dec/29/hopes-dashed-by-coalition-decision-to-dump-gonski-school-funding-model (accessed 5 January 2016).

[14]      Review of Funding for Schooling, p. 119, https://docs.education.gov.au/system/files/doc/other/review-of-funding-for-schooling-final-report-dec-2011.pdf (accessed 21 December 2015).

[15]      Review of Funding for Schooling, p. 119, https://docs.education.gov.au/system/files/doc/other/review-of-funding-for-schooling-final-report-dec-2011.pdf (accessed 21 December 2015).

[16]      Mr Greg Brandtman, Submission 140, p. 1.

[17]      Gold Coast Dyslexia Support Group, Submission 21, p. 1.

[18]      Gold Coast Dyslexia Support Group, Submission 21, p. 1.

[19]      Gold Coast Dyslexia Support Group, Submission 21, p. 5.

[20]      Dr Robyn Boyle et al, Submission 161, pp 2-3.

[21]      Mr Damian Griffis, First Peoples Disability Network, Committee Hansard, 20 November 2015, p. 12.

[22]      Mr Scott Avery, First Peoples Disability Network, Committee Hansard, 20 November 2015,   p. 12.

[23]      Department of Education and Training, 'What is the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability?', https://www.education.gov.au/what-nationally-consistent-collection-data-school-students-disability (accessed 2 December 2015).

[24]      Education Council, 'Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability: The data collection model', http://www.schooldisabilitydatapl.edu.au/#thedatacollectionmodel_1 (accessed 2 December 2015).

[25]      Department of Education and Training, 'What is the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability?', https://www.education.gov.au/what-nationally-consistent-collection-data-school-students-disability (accessed 2 December 2015).

[26]      Mr Tony Cook, Department Education and Training, Committee Hansard, 29 September 2015, p. 49.

[27]      Gold Coast Dyslexia Support Group, Submission 21, p. 11.

[28]      Gold Coast Dyslexia Support Group, Submission 21, p. 11.

[29]      Ms Stephanie Gotlib, Children with Disability Australia, Committee Hansard, 29 September 2015, p. 13.

[30]      Mr Michael Ward, Committee Hansard, 25 September 2015, pp 58-9.

[31]      Vision Australia, Submission 167, pp  9-10.

[32]      Mrs Julie Fardell, National Independent Special Schools Association, Committee Hansard,     18 September 2015, p. 30.

[33]      Mrs Rowena Perritt, Autism Spectrum Australia, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015,      p. 25.

[34]      Department of Education and Training, Submission 246, p. 8.

[35]      'Delay on student disability funding 'just cruel'', The Australian, 15 December 2015, http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/education/delay-on-student-disability-funding-justcruel/news-story/e0500a3303af3b0589ed5a307b14e030 (accessed 4 January 2016).

[36]      See Department of Education and Training, Submission 246, p. 8; Mr Christopher Pyne MP,   17 June 2015, House of Representatives Hansard, p. 6731; Senator Simon Birmingham, 24 March 2015, Senate Hansard, p. 2148.

[37]      'Delay on student disability funding 'just cruel'', The Australian, 15 December 2015, http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/education/delay-on-student-disability-funding-justcruel/news-story/e0500a3303af3b0589ed5a307b14e030 (accessed 4 January 2016).

[38]      Ms Stephanie Gotlib, Children with Disability Australia, Committee Hansard, 29 September 2015, p. 9.

[39]      Disability Advocacy Victoria, Submission 117, p. 2.

[40]      Mrs Victoria Butler-Lind, Gold Coast Dyslexia Support Group, Committee Hansard,              25 September 2015, p. 42.

[41]      Mrs Leonie Ponder, Committee Hansard, 25 September 2015, p. 5.

[42]      Committee Hansard, 25 September 2015, p. 18.

[43]      Australian Special Education Principals' Association, Submission 221, p. 3.

[44]      National Catholic Education Commission, Submission 255, p, 5.

[45]      Australian Parents Council, Submission 155, p. 4.

[46]      Department of Education and Training, Submission 246, p. 3.

[47]      Department of Education and Training, Submission 246, p. 3.

[48]      Mr Scott Avery, First Peoples Disability Network, Committee Hansard, 20 November 2015,   p. 11.

CHAPTER 5 - How to better support students with disabilities in schools

[1]        Department of Education and Training, Submission 246, p. 4.

[2]        See, for instance, Children with Disability Australia, Submission 257, p. 5; Dr Rosemary Butt, Submission 36, p. 1.

[3]        Dr Kathy Cologon, Submission 278, p. 1.

[4]        Australian Bureau of Statistics, Submission 228, p. 4.

[5]        Australian Education Union, Submission 206, pp 31-32.

[6]        Australian Education Union, Submission 206, p. 32.

[7]        Gold Coast Dyslexia Support Group, Submission 21, p. 15.

[8]        Autism CRC, Submission 227, p. 11.

[9]        People with Disability Australia, Submission 253, p. 4.

[10]      Committee Hansard, 25 September 2015, pp 56-57.

[11]      Macquarie University Special Education Centre, Submission 52, pp 3-4.

[12]      Committee Hansard, 25 September 2015, pp 36-37.

[13]       Committee Hansard, 25 September 2015, pp 36.

[14]      Macquarie University Special Education Centre, Submission 52, p. 4.

[15]      Mr Andrew Davis, Cooperative Research Centre for Living with Autism (Autism CRC), Committee Hansard, 25 September 2015, p. 33.

[16]      Ms Jane Woodley, Gold Coast Dyslexia Support Group, Committee Hansard, 29 September 2015, p. 43.

[17]      Ms Karen Ross, Gold Coast Dyslexia Support Group, Committee Hansard, 29 September 2015, p. 46.

Coalition Senators' Additional Comments

[1] Committee Hansard, 25 September 2015, p. 13.

[2] Committee Hansard, 29 September 2015, p. 49.