Re: Electrification and patronage

["Peter Berrett" <pberrett@optushome.com.au>]

Do we have any wheelchair -bound ir physically impaired readers who have
ever travelled to Keswick station and been dissuaded from changing modes of
transport due to the stairs there?

cheers Peter

Dave Proctor <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> > > > Has SA got has a disability discrimination act? Whilst I am not
> > > disabled
> > > > myself there may be a number of readers who are, and who are
> > > disadvantaged
> > > > by this arrangement.
> > >
> > > Comrade Proctor will no doubt correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the
> > > DDA a federal act?
>
> Did not see this, so responding to Peter's reply.
>
> Yes, the Disability Discrimination Act is a federal act, although some
> states have enacted similar legislation (i.e. amending their own
> Anti-Discrimination to cover discrimination on the grounds of disability).
>
> For details, go to http://www.austlii.edu.au and follow the links to
> Commonwealth Consolidated Legislation - too lazy to post the exact link,
but
> you get that after a 26 hour shift with only 2 four hour breaks during it.
>
> Dave
>
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