Australian Government departments and agencies are required by the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 to ensure that online information and services are accessible by people with disabilities.
This website has been designed to meet the Australian Government standards, including those that relate to access for people with disabilities. This site incorporates all relevant priority 1 and most priority 2 and priority 3 requirements from the Web Accessibility Initiative of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
As the site is mainly text-based we have not provided a text-only version of the site. Instead we use alternative text (known as ALT text) to describe the function and/or visual content of graphics.
This web site has been developed to display adequately on all commonly used browsers. Special features have been included to enable effective operation by persons using accessibility hardware and/or software. The site is designed for an 1024 x 768 screen resolution.
If there is information on this site that you require, and it is in a format you cannot access, or if you experience any other accessibility difficulties, please Contact us.
For more information please visit:
- Disability Discrimination Act 1992
- Web Accessibility Initiative (World Wide Web Consortium)
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (World Wide Web Consortium)
Access Keys
The site currently utilises the following access keys;
- Home Page
- Skip to Content
- Documentation Index / Site Map
More information about access keys use in your browser, please refer to this Access Key Wikipedia article.