The third barrier is government legislation and the following legislations/rules are barriers for me. Disability Standards For Accessible Public Transport 2002 (which I discussed earlier) The phase out of standard incandescent light bulbs Queensland State Schools need to source lighting from companies with an Australian Business Number Queensland State Schools must use energy efficient lighting Rules 2 to 4 just above are closely related. The phase out of standard incandescent lighting was done by the Federal Government, announced in 2007 by Malcolm Turnbill and phasing them out started in 2009 with GLS and now fancy round and candle bulbs above 25W are phased out. By my understanding the Australian Federal Government still wants to phase out more. Queensland schools for years have had the rule to only deal with companies with an Australian Business Number. Since Australia has sales restrictions on standard incandescent light bulbs, you cannot order future standard incandescent light bulbs from a company with an Australian Business Number. Schools do get audited to ensure that they are following the rules and I believe schools would be punished if they do not comply auditors standards. From this consultation I would like to see barriers that I experience in general be broken down so that I would have greater opportunities just like everyone else – especially since government policies increase my barriers. Yours sincerely,
The third barrier is government legislation and the following legislations/rules are barriers for me. Disability Standards For Accessible Public Transport 2002 (which I discussed earlier) The phase out of standard incandescent light bulbs Queensland State Schools need to source lighting from companies with an Australian Business Number Queensland State Schools must use energy efficient lighting Rules 2 to 4 just above are closely related. The phase out of standard incandescent lighting was done by the Federal Government, announced in 2007 by Malcolm Turnbill and phasing them out started in 2009 with GLS and now fancy round and candle bulbs above 25W are phased out. By my understanding the Australian Federal Government still wants to phase out more. Queensland schools for years have had the rule to only deal with companies with an Australian Business Number. Since Australia has sales restrictions on standard incandescent light bulbs, you cannot order future standard incandescent light bulbs from a company with an Australian Business Number. Schools do get audited to ensure that they are following the rules and I believe schools would be punished if they do not comply auditors standards. From this consultation I would like to see barriers that I experience in general be broken down so that I would have greater opportunities just like everyone else – especially since government policies increase my barriers. Yours sincerely,
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