"The Companion Card is an excellent way of meeting some of the obligations service providers have under the existing legislation."
Susan Halliday,
Acting Federal Disability
Discrimination Commissioner 1999 - 2000,
Companion Card Venue Forum
Report, 6th December, 2000
The Companion Card has been developed as a tool to assist the business
and community sectors to comply with existing disability anti-discrimination
legislation.
The Companion Card is not a discount scheme, concession or benefit. Some of the benefits of affiliation are;
"The Commission does consider information about what current industry practice is and it does also look at what best practice is in deciding whether a complaint has substance. So, for example if some venues or event managers were able to provide for the Companion Card this would be taken into consideration when deciding other complaints."
Dr. Diane Sisely, Chief Executive,
Equal Opportunity Commission Victoria
Companion Card Venue Forum Report
6th December, 2000