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Consultations on the Draft Disability Standards in Education

Contacts and Addresses for the Consultation:

 
Submissions may be sent directly to:
at the following addresses.

 
Organisation 
Contact
Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs (DETYA)
GPO Box 9880
CANBERRA  ACT  2601
Ms Dianne Peacock
Director, Participation and Learning Section
Analysis and Equity Branch 
Phone:   (02) 6240 8819
DDA Standards Project
C/- 26 Alsop Street
SEMAPHORE  SA  5019
Mr Maurice Corcoran
National Coordinator
Phone:  (08) 8242 2700
Education Queensland
PO Box 33
Albert St Brisbane  QLD  4002 
Mr Peter Blatch 
Coordinator, Low Incidence Unit
Phone:  (07) 3237 9991
ACT Department of Education and Community Services 
PO Box 1584
TUGGERANONG  ACT  2901 
Ms Debra Chase 
Manager, Student Participation
Phone:  (02) 6205 6925
NSW Department of Education and Training
Private Bag 3
RYDE  NSW  2112 
Mr Craig Curry
Manager, Special Education
Phone:  (02)9886 7438
Department of Education, Training and Employment South Australia
Education Centre
31 Flinders Street
ADELAIDE  SA  5000
Ms Stephanie Page,
Director, Student and Professional Services
Phone:  (08) 8226 1354
Department of Education, Victoria
GPO Box 4367
MELBOURNE  VIC  3001 
Mr Peter Tarr 
Manager, Disability Services 
Phone:  (03) 9637 2013 
NT Department of Education 
GPO Box 4821
DARWIN  NT  O801 
Ms Mary Taylor, 
Director, Student Services
Phone:  (08) 8999 8750
Education Department of WA
Hale House
Parliament Place
WEST PERTH  WA  6005 
Mr Grant Wheatley
A/Manager, District Service Centre, Learning Difficulties 
Phone: (08) 9426 7111 
Tasmanian Department of Education
GPO Box 919
HOBART  TAS  7001
Ms Kerry McMinn
Equity Standards Branch
Phone:  (03) 6233 7317
Email:  Kerry.McMinn@Central.tased.edu.au

In addition, you may also wish to send your submission to the relevant Taskforce member, listed on the following page. 
 
 Organisation 
 Taskforce Member 
Commonwealth Department of Education, Training & Youth Affairs (DETYA)
GPO Box 9880 
CANBERRA  ACT  2601 
 Mr Robert Horne (Chair) 
 First Assistant Secretary 
NSW Department of Education and Training 
Level 2/35 Bridge Street
SYDNEY NSW 2000 
 Mr George Green 
 Assistant Director-General 
Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department 
Robert Garran Offices
National Circuit
BARTON  ACT  2600 
 Ms Amanda Davies 
 A/Assistant Secretary, Human Rights Branch 
Commonwealth Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs (DETYA)
GPO Box 9880
CANBERRA  ACT  2601 
 Dr Tom Karmel 
 Assistant Secretary, Higher Education Division 
Office of Post Compulsory Education, Training and Employment, Victoria 
PO Box 266D
MELBOURNE  VIC  3001 
 Dr Eric McClellan
Australian National Training Authority (ANTA) 
GPO Box 3210
BRISBANE   QLD  4001 
 Ms Katy O’Callaghan 
 Senior Project Officer 
Australian Vice-Chancellors’ Committee 
C/- AVCC Secretariat 
1 Geils Court
DEAKIN  ACT  2600 
Professor Eleanor Ramsay 
Pro Vice-Chancellor, Equity and Development (Mr Conor King of the AVCC Secretariat will be handling the consultations with this sector.) 
National Council of Independent Schools’ Associations 
PO Box 324
DEAKIN WEST  ACT 2600
 
 Mr David Robertson 
 Executive Director (Operations) 
 DDA Standards Project 
 Ms Sandi Seymour, Representative 
 DDA Standards Project 
 Mr Graham Smith, Representative 
 National Catholic Education Commission 
 PO Box 3317
MANUKA ACT 2603 
 Mr Michael Traynor, 
 Coordinator – Special Needs Education Services 
Department of Employment, Training and Industrial Relations QLD
Locked Bag 527
GPO  BRISBANE  QLD  4001 
Ms Becky Walsh, 
Executive Officer, Division of Training
Department of Training & Employment WA
151 Royal Street
EAST PERTH  WA  6004 
Ms Lesley van Schoubroeck, 
Director, Access and Participation

Submissions and Confidentiality

The contents of your submission will generally be provided to Taskforce members and may be made available on DETYA's website.  The information you supply will be used to assess overall opinion and potential drafting improvements to these draft Standards and accompanying Guidance Notes.  Analysis of this information will be followed by a report to MCEETYA. 
 
Your views could be quoted in the report to MCEETYA, but you will not be specifically identified in our report, nor in any statistics.  If you request that all or part of your submission (including your identity) remains confidential, your confidentiality will be strictly protected. 

Further Copies of the Draft Standards and this Paper

  • Requests for versions of these documents in accessible formats should preferably be directed by email to the DDA Standards Project (ddasp@ozemail.com.au) or to the National Office of Blind Citizens Australia 1800 033 660 (Voice) or (03) 9521 1200 (TTY).
  • Additional print copies can be obtained by contacting DETYA on (02) 6240 7011. 
  • Electronic versions may be obtained on this site.

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