What is this document about?

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This document shares our ideas about work the Australian Parliament is doing.

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The Australian Parliament is running an Inquiry into Adult Literacy and how important it is.

An Inquiry is a way for governments to:

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  • look at a problem

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  • try to find solutions.

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Literacy is reading and writing.

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So far, lots of people and organisations have written to the Inquiry to share what they think.

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We want to share what we think as well.

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A Committee runs the Inquiry.

The Committee is a group of people who are looking at information and ideas about literacy in Australia.