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I urge you to refuse the application. I do not believe that what the applicants are proposing in their application is a “reasonable adjustment to eliminate, as far as possible, discrimination against persons on the ground of disability.” The applicants are proposing to provide captions and audio description in 35 screens with guaranteed three screenings a week. Collectively they own 1182 screens, and the three guaranteed screenings a week at 35 cinemas equates to mere 0.3 % of the estimated 41,000 screenings the applicants show each week. It is not at all convincing that they are willing to “show a wide range of films with both captions and audio description where available” when they are only prepared to screen such an insignificant proportion of sessions with captions and audio description. According to Listen Hear! (2005), a report prepared by Access Economics, one in six Australians is currently affected by a hearing loss. With an aging population, it is projected that this figure will increase to one in four Australians by 2050. Moreover there is a large population of Australian citizens, permanent and temporary residents and visitors, who come from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse background and would greatly benefit from having access to captions. By not providing captions, the applicants are undermining a large population’s right to appreciate movies of their choice at the location and time that suit them. Rather, they are shown movies that the applicants want them to see at the venues and session times that the applicants choose, which aren’t many. Please reject this application. Regards, Mutsumi Karasaki \]џ     % 7 G f v л ь     8 : I _ a b c s t y ~ ‚  Г Е Ж Ы й к ( + , . 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