INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

COMING TO COMMITTEE PROCEEDINGS AT PARLIAMENT HOUSE

If you are appearing as a witness or attending a hearing or forum held by a Legislative Council Committee, or attending an event or visiting Parliament House for any other reason, the following information may be of use to you.

General information

If you have any specific access requirements in relation to your attendance at a committee proceeding, please contact us as far in advance as possible to ensure that we can make the necessary arrangements.
You may bring a friend or carer to assist you at hearings and forums, whether you are a witness or attending in the public area.
Guide and other assistance dogs are welcome.
We want to do everything we can to ensure that you have access to the Legislative Council’s committee proceedings at Parliament House.

For assistance with disability issues for committee hearings, contact details are:

	LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL COMMITTEES	LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY and JOINT COMMITTEES
Telephone	02 9230 2193	02 9230 2277
Address	Legislative Council NSW Parliament Macquarie Street Sydney NSW 2000	Legislative Assembly NSW Parliament Macquarie Street Sydney NSW 2000
Textphone users	02 9230 2838	02 9230 2838
Fax	02 9230 2981	02 0230 3460

AFTER YOUR APPEARANCE AT COMMITTEE PROCEEDINGS
Blind or visually-impaired attendees

Transcripts of evidence

Copies of the transcript of evidence are normally provided in the Legislative Council’s preferred format – Size 12 Garamond font
However if you use software such as Jaws for Windows you can contact the Committee Disability Officer to request the transcript copy to be sent to your address in a larger, simpler font.

Documents on the web

Transcripts and submissions are published on the web in a pdf format.
If you use software such as Jaws for Windows you can contact the Committee Disability Officer to request hard copies of these published documents to be sent to your address in:
- Word, RTF or Text format
- Simple, easier to read fonts such as ARIAL
- Larger sized fonts.

Follow this link for how to get to Parliament House

Follow this link for getting to Parliament House by taxi

Follow this link for general information for people with disabilities visiting Parliament House

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