Senate debates

Wednesday, 19 August 2009

Hearing Awareness Week

4:03 pm

Photo of Rachel SiewertRachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 519 standing in my name.

Leave granted.

I move the motion as amended:

That the Senate:
(a)
notes that:
(i)
the week beginning Sunday, 23 August 2009 is Hearing Awareness Week,
(ii)
one in six Australians has some form of hearing impairment, a total of 3.55 million people,
(iii)
noise injury is the single most common cause of hearing loss, with a total of 37 per cent of hearing loss due to noise injury, and
(iv)
captioning increases the ability of people with a hearing impairment to access broadcast messages; and
(b)
calls on the Government to:
(i)
ensure access to all suitable technologies to assist people with a hearing impairment,
(ii)
investigate the feasibility of expanding government-funded hearing services and aids to those over the age of 21, and
(iii)
undertake to expand captioning to include all government media.

Question agreed to.

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