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Speech Pathology Australia continues lobbying for Senate Inquiry recommendations Speech Pathology Australia continues to advocate for government support for the Senate Inquiry recommendations. To date, we have held formal meetings with a variety of elected officials and government departments around the country (listed below), with more scheduled in the coming months. A federal government response to the Senate Committee’s report is expected mid-2015. Ronelle Hutchinson Manager, Policy and Advocacy

• NT Department of Education

• Federal Shadow Minister for Ageing, Shayne Neumann • Office of the (then) Federal Minister for Health, Peter Dutton • Meeting request sent to new QLD Ministers since change of government – awaiting responses

• Senator Rachel Siewert, Federal Senator for WA • WA Minister for Mental Health and Disability Services, Helen Morton (scheduled for June) • Meeting requests sent to WA Ministers

– awaiting responses

• Senator Zed Seselja, Federal Senator for the ACT • Australian Government Department of Social Service • Australian Government Department of Education • Australian Government Department of Health • Therapy ACT • ACT Government Education and Training Directorate • ACT Shadow Minister for Disabilities, Mr Andrew Wall • NSW Ministry of Health • NSW Department of Families and Community Services • NSW Department of Education and Communities • Office of NSW Minister for Ageing and Disability Services, John Ajaka • Office of the Federal Minister for Health, Sussan Ley

• Federal Shadow Minister for Education and Early Childhood, the Hon Kate Ellis • Office of the Federal Minister for Education, Christopher Pyne • SA Department of Health • SA Department of Education • SA Shadow Minister for Education, David Pisoni • SA Minister for Ageing, Zoe Bettison • SA Minister for Education, Adrian Piccoli • SA Parliamentary briefing scheduled for May

• VIC Minister for

Children Jenny Mikakos

• Office of the Federal

Assistant Minister for Social Services, Mitch Fifield

• Shadow Minister for

Disability Reform, Jenny Macklin (scheduled for June)

• Meeting requests sent to new VIC Ministers since change of government – awaiting responses • National Disability Insurance Agency • Federal Shadow Minister for Health, Catherine King

• TAS Minister for Health, Michael Ferguson

• TAS Minister for Human

Services, Jacquie Petrusma

• Senator Carol Brown, Federal Senator for TAS

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