Dear FOI Team

Thank you for the information that you provided.

I notice that the document you provided does not include:

1. a record of the ABC's FoI request, and
2. the list of documents in the response.

As they are not in the disclosure log, please would you also provide these documents?

Subject:
Freedom of Information Request - "the NDIS does not fund ABA"

Date:
Wed, 11 Dec 2019 10:59:35 +1100

From:
Bob Buckley (A4 Convenor) <cnvnr@a4.org.au>

Organization:
Autism Aspergers Advocacy Australia (A4)

To:
FOI <foi@dss.gov.au>

Freedom of Information Team
Government and Executive Services Branch
Department of Social Services (DSS)
GPO Box 9820
Canberra ACT 2601

Subject:
RE: Concluding Observations on Australia and the UN CRPD, Sep-2019

Date:
Tue, 29 Oct 2019 19:55:28 +0000

From:
CRPD OHCHR <crpd@ohchr.org>

To:
Bob Buckley (A4 Convenor) <cnvnr@a4.org.au>

Dear Sir,

Thank you for your message and your support to the work of the Committee.

Dear Mr Basharu

Autism Aspergers Advocacy Australia, known as A4, observes that your Committee published its “Concluding Observations: UN Report on Australia’s Review of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability (CRPD), 24 September 2019”. A4 greatly appreciates your efforts to hold Australia to its international obligations in relation to people with disabilities.

A4 is puzzled and disappointed that your Concluding Observations make no reference to autistic Australians. Excluding autistic Australians from your observations leaves them feeling that a crucial human rights body fails to recognise their needs and right.

A spectacularly unhelpful response from NSW Government.

The Hon. Stuart Robert MP

The Hon Paul Fletcher MP
The Hon Sarah Henderson MP
Minister for Families and Social Services
Parliament House
CANBERRA ACT 2600

Dear the Hon P. Fletcher MP and the Hon S. Henderson MP

Autism Aspergers Advocacy Australia, known as A4, is alarmed at the news, in your recent media release
https://www.paulfletcher.com.au/media-r…, that:

From: Bob Buckley (A4 Convenor) <convenor@a4.org.au>
Sent: Thursday, 11 April 2019 11:40 AM
To: ElectorateOffice Kiama <ElectorateOffice.Kiama@parliament.nsw.g…>
Subject: help for an autistic man in regional NSW

Dear Minister for Disability