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Speak Out
April 2015
Speech Pathology Australia
latest news
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
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VIC Minister for
Children Jenny Mikakos
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Office of the Federal
Assistant Minister for Social
Services, Mitch Fifield
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Shadow Minister for
Disability Reform, Jenny
Macklin (scheduled for June)
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Meeting requests sent to
new VIC Ministers since
change of government –
awaiting responses
•
National Disability
Insurance Agency
•
Federal Shadow Minister
for Health, Catherine King
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Senator Zed Seselja, Federal Senator
for the ACT
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Australian Government Department
of Social Service
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Australian Government Department
of Education
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Australian Government Department
of Health
•
Therapy ACT
•
ACT Government Education and
Training Directorate
•
ACT Shadow Minister for Disabilities,
Mr Andrew Wall
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TAS Minister for Health,
Michael Ferguson
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TAS Minister for Human
Services, Jacquie Petrusma
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Senator Carol Brown,
Federal Senator for TAS
•
Senator Rachel Siewert,
Federal Senator for WA
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WA Minister for Mental
Health and Disability
Services, Helen Morton
(scheduled for June)
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Meeting requests sent
to WA Ministers
– awaiting
responses
•
NT Department
of Education
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Federal Shadow Minister for Ageing, Shayne Neumann
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Office of the (then) Federal Minister for Health,
Peter Dutton
•
Meeting request sent to new QLD Ministers since
change of government – awaiting responses
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NSW Ministry of Health
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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
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SA Department of Health
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SA Department of
Education
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SA Shadow Minister for
Education, David Pisoni
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SA Minister for Ageing,
Zoe Bettison
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SA Minister for Education,
Adrian Piccoli
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SA Parliamentary briefing
scheduled for May