ACCESS RIGHTS & LEGISLATION
Public Access & Identifying a Hearing Assistance Dog
All accredited Hearing Assistance Dogs have public access rights.
What does that mean? It means that they have the same access as Guide Dogs for the Blind; there are only a small handful of places that can deny access to a Hearing Assistance Dog.
A Hearing Assistance Dog will be accredited when they have been assessed and passed a full Public Access Test; a test that is completed by a qualified Assessor of Australian Lions Hearing Dogs. Each Hearing Assistance Dog owner or handler will also be supplied with an official ID card, including a photo of the accredited dog.
Questions regarding accreditation or access can be directed to our Program Director at programdirector@lionshearingdogs.com.au or 0417 859 668
Access Rights & Advocacy Contacts
Australian Human Rights Commission
www.humanrights.gov.au/about/contact-us
(02) 9284 9600
Attorney General’s Department
www.ag.gov.au/About/Pages/Contactus.aspx
(02) 6141 6666
NEW SOUTH WALES – New South Wales Public Service Commission
www.psc.nsw.gov.au/contact-us
(02) 9272 6000
Australian Capital Territory Human Rights Commission
www.hrc.act.gov.au/contact-us
(02) 6205 2222
Anti-Discrimination Commission Queensland
https://www.qhrc.qld.gov.au/contactus
1300 130 670
Northern Territory Anti Discrimination Commission
https://adc.nt.gov.au/contacts.html
1800 813 846
Equal Opportunity Tasmania
www.equalopportunity.tas.gov.au/contact_us
1300 305 062
Victorian Equal Opportunities & Human Rights Commission
www.humanrightscommission.vic.gov.au/home/about-us/contact-us
1300 292 153
South Australian Equal Opportunity Commission
www.eoc.sa.gov.au/contact
(08) 8207 1977
Western Australia Equal Opportunities Commission
http://www.eoc.wa.gov.au/contact-us
(08) 9216 3900
