Public Hearing 5, Sydney - Day 1

Day
1
Date
Location
Sydney
Hearing
Public hearing 5: Experiences of people with disability during the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic

Exhibits

Exhibit 5.02.1 - DRC.1000.0005.3106 - NDIS – Including Specific Types of Supports in Plans Operational Guideline – Sustaining informal supports
Exhibit 5.19.01 - STAT.0036.0001.0001 - Statement of Ms Rosemary Kayess
Exhibit 5.19.02 - EXP.0003.0003.0375 - Kayess, R, ‘Months in fear, anxiety and confusion: the life of people with disabilities in COVID-19’
Exhibit 5.19.04 - EXP.0003.0001.0455 - General comment No. 1 (2014) on Article 12: Equal recognition before the law
Exhibit 5.19.05 - EXP.0003.0003.0285 - General comment No. 2 (2014) on Article 9: Accessibility
Exhibit 5.19.06 - EXP.0003.0003.0299 - General comment No. 3 (2016) on women and girls with disabilities
Exhibit 5.19.07 - EXP.0003.0003.0316 - General comment No. 4 (2016) on the right to inclusive education
Exhibit 5.19.08 - EXP.0003.0003.0337 - General comment No. 6 (2018) on equality and non-discrimination
Exhibit 5.19.10 - EXP.0003.0002.0145 - CRPD Committee concluding observations on the initial report of Australia
Exhibit 5.19.11 - EXP.0003.0001.0001 - CRPD Committee concluding observations on the combined second and third periodic reports of Australia
Exhibit 5.19.12 - EXP.0003.0003.0269 - ‘Who is vulnerable to coronavirus? So far children appear safe from COVID-19’, ABC News
Exhibit 5.19.13 - EXP.0003.0003.0230 - ‘The coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak leaves people with disabilities among the most at risk’, ABC News
Exhibit 5.19.14 - EXP.0003.0003.0059 - Department of Health, Statement from Australian Health Protection Principal Committee on the Community Response to novel coronavirus
Exhibit 5.19.15 - DRC.2000.0003.0424 - PWDA Media Release: Urgent Measures Needed To Support People With Disability During COVID-19 Crisis
Exhibit 5.19.16 - DRC.2000.0003.0178 - People with Disability Australia, ‘Joint Statement: Increase disability support pension now to deal with coronavirus’
Exhibit 5.19.17 - EXP.0003.0004.0001 - Letter to the Hon Paul Fletcher MP, Minister for Communications from Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) and others regarding ‘COVID-19 response’
Exhibit 5.19.18 - EXP.0003.0004.0006 - Inclusion Australia, DANA and WWDA, ‘Keep us safe: Government-funded workplaces putting up to 20,000 Aussies with intellectual disability in the firing line of COVID-19’
Exhibit 5.19.19 - DRC.2000.0003.0010 - An Open Letter to the National Cabinet: Immediate Actions Required for Australians with Disability in Response to Coronavirus (COVID19)
Exhibit 5.19.20 - DRC.1000.0001.0091 - National Disability Strategy 2010-2020
Exhibit 5.19.21 - EXP.0003.0003.0084 - Australian Federation of Disability Organisations and others, ‘Immediate Proactive Response to Coronavirus (COVID-19) for Australians with Disability’
Exhibit 5.19.22 - EXP.0003.0005.0020 - UN Special Rapporteurs and Independent Experts, UN news release: ‘COVID-19: States should not abuse emergency measures to suppress human rights – UN experts’
Exhibit 5.19.23 - EXP.0003.0005.0017 - UN Independent Expert on the human rights of older persons, “Unacceptable” – UN expert urges better protection of older persons facing the highest risk of the COVID-19 pandemic’
Exhibit 5.19.24 - EXP.0003.0005.0007 - Human Rights Watch, ‘UK: COVID-19 law puts rights of people with disabilities at risk - Scrutiny needed to ensure rights of people with disabilities, older persons’
Exhibit 5.19.25 - EXP.0003.0005.0005 - Disability Rights UK, ‘Fury over Do Not Resuscitate Notices’
Exhibit 5.19.26 - EXP.0003.0005.0010 - International Disability Alliance, ‘Open letter to World Health Organisation in response to the COVID-19 pandemic’
Exhibit 5.19.27 - EXP.0003.0005.0013 - Sheri Fink, ‘U.S. Civil Rights Office Rejects Rationing Medical Care Based on Disability, Age’, New York Times
Exhibit 5.19.28 - EXP.0003.0005.0022 - ‘Open Letter: Ontario’s Triage COVID-19 Protocol’, Disability Justice Network of Ontario
Exhibit 5.19.29 - EXP.0003.0005.0001 - Jackie Leach Scully, ‘Disablism in a time of pandemic: Some things don’t change’, Official Blog of the International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics
Exhibit 5.19.30 - DRC.2000.0003.0414 - Statement of Concern, ‘COVID-19: Human rights, disability and ethical decision-making’, Robin Banks, Andrew Byrnes, Rosemary Kayess and others
Exhibit 5.19.30.1 - FPD.9999.0001.0018 - Statement of Concern, ‘COVID-19: Human rights, disability and ethical decision-making’, Robin Banks, Andrew Byrnes, Rosemary Kayess and others
Exhibit 5.19.31 - EXP.0003.0003.0066 - GZK [2020] NSWCATGD 5
Exhibit 5.19.32 - EXP.0003.0003.0251 - UZX [2020] NSWCATGD 3
Exhibit 5.19.33 - EXP.0027.0001.0001 - United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner, ‘COVID-19 and the rights of persons with disabilities: Guidance’
Exhibit 5.19.34 - EXP.0027.0001.2029 - United Nations Secretary-General, ‘Policy brief: A Disability-Inclusive Response to COVID-19’
Exhibit 5.20.1 - AFD.9999.0001.0001 - Curriculum Vitae of Ross Joyce
Exhibit 5.20.2 - AFD.9999.0001.0007 - Curriculum vitae of Patrick McGee
Exhibit 5.20.3 - FPD.9999.0001.0001 - An Open Letter to the National Cabinet: Immediate Actions Required for Australians with Disability in Response to Coronavirus (COVID19)
Exhibit 5.20.3.1 - DRC.2000.0003.0010 - An Open Letter to the National Cabinet: Immediate Actions Required for Australians with Disability in Response to Coronavirus (COVID19)
Exhibit 5.20.3.2 - EXP.0003.0003.0166 - An Open Letter to the National Cabinet: Immediate Actions Required for Australians with Disability in Response to Coronavirus (COVID19)
Exhibit 5.20.5 - AFD.9999.0001.0012 - Report, Inequalities in Standards of Living: Evidence For Improved Income Support For People With Disability
Exhibit 5.01 - STAT.0106.0001.0001 - Statement of Tammy Milne
Exhibit 5.02 - STAT.0109.0001.0001 - Statement of AAV
Exhibit 5.15 - STAT.0124.0001.0001 - Statement of ABC
Exhibit 5.18 - STAT.0118.0001.0001 - Statement of Nicole Lee
Exhibit 5.19 - STAT.0136.0001.0001 - Statement of Rosemary Kayess (UNCRPD)
Exhibit 5.19.03 - EXP.0003.0003.0234 - United Nations Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights, Thematic study on the rights of persons with disabilities under Article 11 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Exhibit 5.19.09 - EXP.0003.0003.0356 - General comment No. 7 (2018) on the participation of persons with disabilities, including children with disabilities, through their representative organizations, in the implementation and monitoring of the Convention
Exhibit 5.19.35 - EXP.0027.0001.0764 - A Statement by 138 Member States and Observers, ‘Disability-inclusive response to COVID-19 – Towards a better future for all: A response to the Secretary-General’s policy brief’
EXHIBIT 5.19.36 - EXP.0003.0003.0193 - Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030
Exhibit 5.20 - STAT.0123.0001.0001 - Joint statement of Ross Joyce and Patrick McGee
Exhibit 5.20.4 - FPD.9999.0001.0018 - Statement of Concern, ‘COVID-19: Human rights, disability and ethical decision-making’, Robin Banks, Andrew Byrnes, Rosemary Kayess and others
Exhibit 5.20.4.1 - DRC.2000.0003.0414 - Statement of Concern, ‘COVID-19: Human rights, disability and ethical decision-making’, Robin Banks, Andrew Byrnes, Rosemary Kayess and others
Exhibit 5.21 - STAT.0129.0001.0001 - Statement of Fiona Downing
Exhibit 5.22 - STAT.0132.0001.0001 - Statement of Eleanor Gibbs
Exhibit 5.22.1 - ISS.001.00327 - PWDA Submission on Issues Paper: Emergency Planning and Response
Exhibit 5.22.2 - EXP.0003.0003.0183 - PWDA Submission on Issues Paper: Emergency Planning and Response
Exhibit 5.22.3 - DRC.2000.0003.0173 - PWDA Immediate Proactive Response To Coronavirus (COVID-19) For Australians With Disability
Exhibit 5.22.4 - DRC.2000.0003.0111 - PWDA MEDIA RELEASE: COVID-19 Preparation Must Include People With Disability
Exhibit 5.22.5 - DRC.2000.0003.0178 - PWDA Joint Statement: Increase Disability Support Pension Now To Deal With Coronavirus
Exhibit 5.23 - STAT.0122.0001.0001 - Statement of Leonie Jackson
Exhibit 5.23.1 - EXP.0030.0001.0022 - Curriculum vitae of Leonie Jackson
Exhibit 5.23.2 - EXP.0030.0001.0005 - Information on NSW State Emergency Service webpage on ‘FloodSafe’, a program for people living with low or no hearing
Exhibit 5.23.3 - EXP.0030.0001.0019 - Genevieve Roberts, The Deaf Society, ‘Get Ready: a model for deaf community leadership and preparedness’, Australian Journal of Emergency Management Volume 33, No 3, July 2018
Exhibit 5.23.4 - EXP.0030.0001.0001 - ‘Hello I’m Deaf’, Deaf Society and Deaf Services Ltd card to help deaf people communicate about their need to lip-read or use other forms of communication
Exhibit 5.23.4.1 - EXP.0030.0001.0002 - ‘Hello I’m Deaf’, Deaf Society and Deaf Services Ltd card to help deaf people communicate about their need to lip-read or use other forms of communication
Exhibit 5.23.4.2 - EXP.0030.0001.0003 - ‘Hello I’m Deaf’, Deaf Society and Deaf Services Ltd card to help deaf people communicate about their need to lip-read or use other forms of communication
Exhibit 5.23.4.3 - EXP.0030.0001.0004 - ‘Hello I’m Deaf’, Deaf Society and Deaf Services Ltd card to help deaf people communicate about their need to lip-read or use other forms of communication
Exhibit 5.23.5 - EXP.0030.0001.0012 - Transcript of video interview of Leonie Jackson and Sue Frank
Exhibit 5.23.6 - DRC.9999.0012.0010 - Video recording of Naomie Hayman
Exhibit 5.23.7 - DRC.9999.0012.0011 - Video recording of Desley Lynn Donnell
Exhibit 5.23.8 - DRC.9999.0012.0009 - Video recording of interview of Leonie Jackson and Sue Frank
EXHIBIT 5.71 - CTD.9700.0001.0020 - Australian Institute of Criminology, ‘Experiences of domestic violence among women with restrictive long term health conditions