ࡱ> ,.-!`  bjbj\\ 7>>$$ HW,$h* J '0Wp@ WHHHD DHHH  Date: 29th May 2006 NAME: [Name Withheld] ADDRESS [Details removed] 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. [Details removed] I am a 32 year old social worker. I have a female partner and we have been a couple for approximately the last three years, and have lived together for most of that time. 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 inability to access 'carers leave', at a time when my partner's mother was in hospital for emergency surgery, and her father, who has dementia, required full care from us in our home. In addition to this my partner and I, considered 'single' under the law, do not receive the benefits associated with the Medicare safety net for families. Yours sincerely [Name Withheld] *3DacS d b c h}hl(CJOJQJ^JaJh#CJOJQJ^JaJh-GCJOJQJ^JaJ+EFG~ R S e f g   7$8$H$gd-G   7$8$H$gd-G50P:p-G/ =!"#$% @@@ NormalCJ_HaJmH sH tH DAD Default Paragraph FontRiR  Table Normal4 l4a (k(No ListH@H # Balloon TextCJOJQJ^JaJ  z+EFG~ RSefg!1!1!1!1!1!1!1!1!1!1!1!1!1!1!1!1!1!1!1!1!1!1!1!1!1!1!1!1!1!1!1!1!1!+EFG~ RSefg0000000000000000000000000000000000+EFG~ RSefg0 0 00000 0 0 0 0 0 0 000000000 0  0  0  00000000D    *3DacSdbc  l(I@-GCn}#7;R<Yo[@8 @UnknownGz Times New Roman5Symbol3& z Arial?5 z Courier New5& zaTahoma"qhGfGf00r4d2QP)?-G2Oh+'0d   , 8DLT\ Normal.dot4Microsoft Office Word@@j@j՜.+,0 px  0\  Title  !"#$%&)Root Entry F+1Table WordDocument7SummaryInformation(DocumentSummaryInformation8CompObjq  FMicrosoft Office Word Document MSWordDocWord.Document.89qRoot Entry FN01Table WordDocument7SummaryInformation( /DocumentSummaryInformation8pCompObjq  FMicrosoft Office Word Document MSWordDocWord.Document.89q՜.+,D՜.+,< px  0\  Title4 $,