ࡱ> 425` bjbjss .PPPPPPPdl l l l x d{ ( $ghT P PP 5   P P    PP ПAl F K0{ # (#  #P@ "     { ddddddddPPPPPP Thursday 15 June 2006 Dear HREOC, Submission from Fertility Access Rights Lobby - Victoria. The Fertility Access Rights Lobby (FAR) is the working group of the Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby.Since 2004,FAR been activewithin the Victorian LGBTI parenting and prospective parenting community conducting consultations and workshopsin order to respondto the Victorian Law Reform Commission Enquiry " Assisted reproductive technology and adoption should the current eligibility criteria in Victoria be changed?. The VLRC Enquiry is expected to hand the final reportto the Victorian Attorney Generalby late 2006. During 2005, FAR submitted threesubmissions in response to the 3 Position Papers the VLRC released. The FAR submissions to the VLRCresponded to issues related to Access to Assisted Reproductive Technology, Parentage and Surrogacy. I have attached the three FAR submissions for you to consider as part of the HREOC Enquiry as many of the responses and information within them clearly illustrates areas of discrimination in work and finance as outlined in the Same Sex - Same Entitlements paper. I apologise that aspecific FAR submission responding directly to the HREOC papercould not be produced in time for the deadline. However it should be noted that current discriminatory practices by the federal government in relation to Medicare rebates, workplace relations and tax, among other areas,directly discriminate against Rainbow Families and more importantly the children born into and living within same sex parented families. FAR endorses the submission to HREOC that has been made by the Victorian Gay & Lesbian Rights Lobby. The FAR submission and attached documents can be made public. Information about the Love Makes A Family campaign of the Fertility Access Rights Lobby - Victoria can be found on  HYPERLINK "http://www.lovemakesafamilyaustralia.org" \o "http://www.lovemakesafamilyaustralia.org" www.lovemakesafamilyaustralia.org [Details removed] Thank you for the opportunity to respond to these important issues. yours sincerely FAR Convenor LMAF Campaign Coordinator  HYPERLINK "mailto:far_lobby@yahoo.com.au" \o "mailto:far_lobby@yahoo.com.au" far_lobby@yahoo.com.au &_EFbc hY h}hY hY h-0JjhY h-UhY h-0J hY h-$&`bz | g i p r )+&(8:Hbgd-,1h. A!"#$% @@@ NormalCJ_HaJmH sH tH DA@D Default Paragraph FontRiR  Table Normal4 l4a (k(No List*W@* -Strong5\4U@4 - Hyperlink >*phHH Y Balloon TextCJOJQJ^JaJ$&`bz|gipr)+&(8:Hb0000000000000000000000000000$&`bz|gipr)+&(8:Hbh0h0h0h0h0h0h0h0h0h0h0h0h0h0h0h0h0h0h0h0h0h0h0h0h0h0h0   EbXXnn49*urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttagsplace9*urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttagsState 7&_mq%/(-33333::%~p%a?b%e:9%`%%L&%@Sz1%11%kM2%bs7%7<%R<%3_M>%:?%e?%7%N%xT%FZ%`%%a%lc%-%27%t%"t%789:;<=՜.+,D՜.+,P  px   Thursday 15 June 2006 TitleD 8@ _PID_HLINKSA Xmailto:far_lobby@yahoo.com.auF*http://www.lovemakesafamilyaustralia.org/SummaryInformation(DocumentSummaryInformation86CompObjq