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A stellar line-up of government, industry, regulatory authorities and consumer representatives will share ideas and spark debates at the third annual ACCAN National Conference being held in Sydney on 5th-6th September 2012.
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Phones and Internet: Your Rights in Australia is a project by the Footscray Community Legal Centre (FCLC) that provides education materials designed for refugees and new migrants to help understand the telecommunications market in their first six months of residing in Australia. The project was funded under the 2011 round of the ACCAN Grants Scheme.
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Disability advocates are today celebrating the passage of legislation in both houses of Parliament that means television viewers will soon enjoy better closed captioning on television.
Closed captions refer to the on-screen text that describes the speech and other audio during television broadcasts.
Read more: Better television captions a win for the whole community
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Peak consumer communications group ACCAN today announced the six new consumer research, education and advocacy projects awarded funding through the 2012 Round of the $250,000 ACCAN Grants Scheme.
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Market Clarity Pty Ltd
Grant round: 2012
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National Children's and Youth Law Centre (NCYLC)
Grant round: 2012
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Financial Counselling Australia (FCA)
Grant Awarded: 2012
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Department of Information Systems, University of Melbourne
Dr Martin Gibbs, Dr Tamara Kohn, Dr Michael Arnold, Dr Bjorn Nansen, Dr Craig Bellamy
Grant round: 2012
Read more: Death and the Internet: Consumer Issues for Planning and Managing Digital Legacies
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Albury Wodonga Volunteer Resource Bureau
Grant round: 2012
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Australian Seniors Computer Clubs Association (ASCCA)
Grant Awarded: 2012
Read more: Efficient Seniors’ Training Using Broadband Technologies
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Registrations are now open for the third annual ACCAN National Conference being held in Sydney on 5th and 6th September 2012. This year’s theme is Delivering for Consumers. Over two days, delegates will hear about the new competitive environment, following the structural separation of Telstra and the National Broadband Network rollout; regulatory changes to consumer protection; and explore big-picture issues like privacy and financial hardship measures. We’ll also take a look at new and emerging technologies and investigate whether mainstream technologies can deliver for consumers with disability.
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This submission focuses on the consumer interests related to the technical evolution of digital terrestrial television broadcasting. This includes ensuring that all Australia’s free-to-air (FTA) television broadcasters are able to provide the accessibility features Australians need in order to benefit from digital television.
Read more: The future technical evolution of digital terrestrial television