Law Cases 

• $600 voucher fromTelstra to purchase TTY- Telstra was ordered to supply a voucher for value $600 to purchase a TTY to each class member (Deaf person) who did not qualify for a TTY under another scheme. If more than one class member lived in the same household only one of them could qualify for the voucher. Since the decision, Telstra have agreed to provide this system not only for profoundly deaf Australians, but also to anyone in Australia with a severe hearing loss or speech impairment. (Scott and Ors v Telstra Corporation Ltd (1995) EOC 92-717)
• Administrative Appeals Tribunal Decisions - On whether the care and attention needed by (a young person) because of her (hearing) disability is substantially more than that required by a young person of the same age who does not have a physical, intellectual or psychiatric disability. (SANDRA ANN MacQUEEN v. SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY No. Q95/800 AAT No. 12208 Number of pages - 21 Social Security)

Other Regulatory Issues

• Telecommunications Policy In Australia and People with Disabilitbies  - The Telstra Consultative Councils (TACC)
  
  
• Hearing Aids and Mobile Phones - A Guide for Consumers, Australian Communications Authority (ACA)

Law Snippets

Commonwealth

• Deaf and mute witnesses - EVIDENCE ACT 1995 No. 2 of 1995 - SECT 31

ACT

• DISCRIMINATION ACT 1991 No. 81 of 1991 - SECT 9 - Impairment-guide dogs etc.
• DOG CONTROL ACT 1975 - SECT 35C - Rights of Deaf people with Hearing dogs.
• PUBLIC HEALTH (EATING HOUSES) REGULATIONS - REG 18 - To allow ... a hearing dog accompanying a deaf person to be in a dining room