ࡱ> 132` bjbjss .NNNN Z drrrrrrrrPRRRRRR$5 h |vrrrrrvrrrrrPrPrf `[}N"P0 4 0 8rrrrrrrvv rrrrrrr  Submission to the Same Sex=Same Entitlements Inquiry. Dear HREOC, Thank you for the opportunity to make a public submission to the National Inquiry into Discrimination against People in Same Sex Relationships: Financial and Work-Related Entitlements and Benefits. I am a lesbian involved in competitive tennis. I believe that to achieve full legal equality all Federal legislation should have terms such as 'spouse', 'partner' 'dependent' , 'family' and 'couple' redefined to include same sex partners and, where relevant, their children. I believe that Commonwealth legal recognition of same sex relationships including families parented by same sex partners would have a positive impact on my relationships, family life, productivity at work and financial security, among other areas of my life. I have experienced discrimination in the context of my tennis club, where I play in pennant competition. Not only have I experienced anything from shock to a cool response from team-mates over the years in relation to the gender of my partner, but there is no opportunity for my partner and I to join under a couples membership category when we pay our annual membership. I am sure there are countless other examples in membership organisations for anything from golf clubs to insurance policies (we have recently had to get separate individual travel insurance policies) to memberships of bowling clubs, the RACV, cinema societies, etc. Legislation should dictate that all couple memberships for sporting, cultural and insurance services (not to mention Medicare!) should include couples of the same sex as well as those of mixed gender. Yours sincerely Tamara Jungwirth   h}huohfOJQJ huohfCJOJQJ^JaJhfhX(CJOJQJaJhfCJOJQJaJgdfgdf,1h. A!"#$% @@@ NormalCJ_HaJmH sH tH DA@D Default Paragraph FontRiR  Table Normal4 l4a (k(No List4U@4 f Hyperlink >*phB^@B f Normal (Web)dd[$\$e@ fHTML Preformatted7 2( Px 4 #\'*.25@9CJOJQJ^JaJH@"H X( Balloon TextCJOJQJ^JaJ00000@0@0@0@0 00   EFLM33:k3k3 Z/Tk3X(O9iCn@t}uof@I0@UnknownGz Times New Roman5Symbol3& z Arial7&  Verdana?5 z Courier New5& zaTahoma"qh  !24d2QHP)?f2 1 June 2006Kate FitzgeraldKate FitzgeraldOh+'0x  4 @ LX`hp 1 June 2006Kate Fitzgerald Normal.dotKate Fitzgerald3Microsoft Office Word@F#@"ZX@h|Oh+'0p$d,4L  < \ D  T 1 June 2006 Normal.dot1Microsoft Office Word   !"#%&'()*+.Root Entry F`%^}0Data  1TableWordDocument.SummaryInformation(DocumentSummaryInformation8$CompObjq  FMicrosoft Office Word Document MSWordDocWord.Document.89qRoot Entry F+h5Data  1TableWordDocument. 4$ SummaryInformation(DocumentSummaryInformation8lCompObjq  FMicrosoft Office Word Document MSWordDocWord.Document.89q՜.+,D՜.+,8 hpx     1 June 2006 Title 4 $,