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\par \hich\af40\dbch\af40\loch\f40 The Deaf Society of {\*\xmlopen\xmlns2{\factoidname place}}{\*\xmlopen\xmlns2{\factoidname State}}New South Wales{\*\xmlclose}{\*\xmlclose}
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\par \hich\af40\dbch\af40\loch\f40 Phone: (02) 8833 3610
\par \hich\af40\dbch\af40\loch\f40 Fax: (02) 8212 5836
\par \hich\af40\dbch\af40\loch\f40 www.deafsocietynsw.org.au
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\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \f40\insrsid15759777 \hich\af40\dbch\af40\loch\f40 The Deaf Society of New South Wales strongly supports equal access for deaf people in cinemas throughout {\*\xmlopen\xmlns2{\factoidname place}}
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af community in relation to accessible cinema in terms of location of cinema and session times.   It is recognised that there are challenges to establishing captioning facilities in cinemas however the standard is not high enough and the exemption applica
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 has ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with a Disability\hich\af40\dbch\af40\loch\f40 
 and in Article 30 it outlines participation in cultural life, recreation, leisure and sport explicitly mentioning access to films.  It also highlights that state parties take all appropriate measures to ensure that persons with disabilities have access t
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\par \hich\af40\dbch\af40\loch\f40 The Deaf Society believes that more pressure needs to be put on the applicants and a stronger commitment demonstrated by them before the exemption application is considered or granted.  
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