Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee - Melbourne, VIC (part 2 of 2)
9 June 2026
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Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee Australian Parliament
00:00 - 00:26
Speaker 4
Can I just clarify your your submission on the first page? It says really succinctly for us that Down Syndrome Australia's consortium supports reasonable reform, but does not support the the legislation in its current form, which is what you said in your opening statement. You also say that you recommend that the bill not proceed. So I'm just checking that that's that's the evidence you're giving to us today.
00:26 - 00:28
In its current form. Absolutely. Yes.
00:28 - 01:09
Speaker 4
Look, I wanna thank you. You... You're you're the the latest in a long line of of disability organizations that have had the the clarity and the courage to be decisive in that answer, which hasn't been always the easiest thing to do in a set of inquiry context. In answering my colleagues' questions, you've gone to a number of the questions that I was gonna ask you. So I've only got a couple now.
First of all, just in terms of the impact on parents and families of this bill, which makes up a large part of your... A significant part of your submission, can you talk to us about the impact that you feel this will have on on families?
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