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Calls for submissions to the Inquiry were published in national newspapers
on 4 December 2004 and 12 February 2005. These calls provided an opportunity
for parents, teachers, educators and others interested in the teaching of
literacy to contribute to the Inquiry. The Inquiry received a total of 453
submissions from a range of organisations, including: State and Territory
government and non-government education authorities; teacher and health
professional associations; industry bodies; peak parent, principal, teacher
and union bodies; commercial organisations that provide reading materials
and support of various kinds; as well as a diverse group of individuals. All
submissions were provided to the Committee of Inquiry and, except for those
identified as ‘confidential’, have been made available on this site website.
The submissions provided a valuable source of information and viewpoints for
the Committee to consider in reporting findings and developing
recommendations. Introduction
This page contains links to submissions received by the Inquiry.
Submissions that were withdrawn by their author(s) after being submitted
have not been published. Submissions that have been submitted electronically
are available in both PDF and RTF formats. Hand written submissions are only
available in PDF format.
Content of Submissions and Summaries
The Submissions on this web site have been posted by the Commonwealth in
good faith. However, the views expressed in the following submissions
may include the views or recommendations of third parties. The views
expressed in the following submissions do not necessarily represent the
views of the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and
Workplace Relations (DEEWR) formerly the Australian Government Department of
Education, Science and Training (DEST) and do not indicate a commitment to a particular course of
action.
The Commonwealth does not exercise control over the content of
Submissions and does not guarantee or warrant the accuracy, reliability,
completeness or currency of the information contained in the Submissions or
its usefulness in achieving any purpose. To the fullest extent
permitted by law, the Commonwealth will not be liable for any loss, damage,
cost or expense incurred in or arising by reason of any person relying on
the information in any Submission. Persons should accordingly make and
rely upon their own assessments and enquiries to verify the accuracy of the
information provided.
The Commonwealth has summarised the submissions with the intention of
properly representing the view expressed in the submission. You should not
rely on the summary only as a full representation of the contents of the
submission.
Linked Sites
The Commonwealth is not responsible or liable for the availability or
content of any other Internet site linked to or from this site from the
links contained in submissions to the Inquiry. Access to any other Internet
site is at your own risk. If you create a link to this site you do so at
your own risk.
Confidentiality
Submissions have been posted on the Inquiry website in accordance with
the Inquiry’s Submission Conditions and Guidelines. Where an author
has indicated that a submission is confidential then that submission has not
been posted on the Inquiry website. Personal information relating to
authors has been treated as confidential and has not been included in
submissions on the website and some submissions have had other material
deleted before being posted. In some cases, because of the personal nature
of the material in a submission, the submission has been posted but the
author’s name has not been made public on the website. All submissions have
been provided to the Committee.
Intellectual Property and Copyright
Ownership of all intellectual property rights vest in the submitter. The
submitter grants to the Commonwealth a permanent, royalty – free licence to
use and adapt material in the submission for the purposes of the Inquiry.
The Commonwealth has reproduced/published Submissions on this web site
with no intention to infringe the copyright of any person. The
Commonwealth has taken steps to ensure that the copyright of persons is not
infringed by its reproduction/publication of Submissions. If you
consider that any Submission which appears on this web site does infringe
the copyright of a person, please contact the Literacy Inquiry Secretariat
on literacyinquiry@secretariat.com.au
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