[LINK] RFI: Govt Policy re Correspondence Format

[Tom Worthington]

On 03/08/12 10:56, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
> On 3/08/2012 9:40 AM, Tom Worthington wrote ...
>> Yes, stairs are banned for the entrance to public buildings in Australia ...
>> http://www.hreoc.gov.au/disability_rights/buildings/guidelines.htm#G1
>
> ... It is the separate entrance that is banned, not the stairs.  ...

If the entrance to a building has to be accessible by wheelchair, then 
stairs are effectively banned.

> ...How does the requirement or expectation of replying to an email with an email make the sending of
> paper letters unlawful?

As with the stairs, if you have to provide accessible documents to the 
public, then paper correspondence is effectively banned. In particular, 
if someone writes to you by email, then there is an obligation to reply 
in the same way: you don't know if they can read paper documents, but 
you do know they can use email.


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