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.

The www.australia.gov.au 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 800 x 600 screen resolution but will scale appropriately to both higher and lower screen resolutions.

If there is information 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).