ࡱ> (*)`  bjbjss .llllllld  $`bbbbbb$ hm *lll ll``ll ,ҹ`0 @  l00 llllll DATE: 30th May, 2006 Dr Richard Simmie: [Details removed] Submission to the Same Sex=Same Entitlements Inquiry. Dear Sir/Madam, Thank you for the opportunity to make a public submission to the National Inquiry into Discrimination against People in Same Sex Relationships: Financial and Work-Related Entitlements and Benefits. I am 51 years of age and work professionally as an Anaesthetist, self employed for the last 20 years and I am in a same sex relationship of 12 years duration, with no children. I believe that to achieve full legal equality all Federal legislation should have terms such as 'spouse', 'partner' 'dependent' , 'family' and 'couple' redefined to include same sex partners and, where relevant, their children. I believe that Commonwealth legal recognition of same sex relationships including families parented by same sex partners would have a positive impact on my relationships, family life, productivity at work and financial security, among other areas of my life. I have experienced discrimination in the context of my public hospital superannuation which excludes my partner/defacto from getting spouse entitlements eg sudden death, or automatic rights to the fund as a heterosexual spouse/defacto does. Yours sincerely Richard Simmie '9;pr  H J hKf0JCJOJQJ^JaJhKf6CJOJQJ]aJhKfCJOJQJaJhtz0JCJOJQJaJhKfhR|0JCJOJQJaJhKf0JCJOJQJaJ(  [$\$gdKf [$\$gdKf ,1h. A!"#$% @@@ NormalCJ_HaJmH sH tH DA@D Default Paragraph FontRiR  Table Normal4 l4a (k(No ListB^@B Kf Normal (Web)dd[$\$8O8 Kfapple-style-spanHH R| Balloon TextCJOJQJ^JaJ "&(r {r { r {r {r r (000000(h0h0h0h0h00F   :'9::HHv~R|tzoG~(mKf@Q`@UnknownGz Times New Roman5Symbol3& z Arial7&  Verdana5& zaTahoma"hҦ&Ҧ&88!24d2X)?Kf2Oh+'0d   , 8DLT\ Normal.dot4Microsoft Office Word@ @@8՜.+,0 px    Title  !"%Root Entry Fvҹ'1Table WordDocument.SummaryInformation(DocumentSummaryInformation8CompObjq  FMicrosoft Office Word Document MSWordDocWord.Document.89qRoot Entry F`T<ɘ,1Table WordDocument.SummaryInformation( +DocumentSummaryInformation8pCompObjq  FMicrosoft Office Word Document MSWordDocWord.Document.89q՜.+,D՜.+,< px    Title4 $,