Does Listening Help? The impact of Deaf Children's Literacy. 1. Make Auslan a primary language for deaf children. 2. $88m per annum to strengthen the capacity to deliver Auslan supported programs across the following areas: a. Deaf child and their family to access Auslan; b. Teachers of the Deaf to obtain proficiency in Auslan in order to work with deaf children; c. Training for interpreters to obtain appropriate skills in various settings (including education); d. Conducting researches and resource developments; e. Enhance service capacity to provide wider supports using Auslan (e.g. counselling, mental health, employment, etc). 3. Improving the use of communication technologies to enable access to range of supports for deaf people living in remote and rural regions. See presentation here: https://vimeo.com/355217227.