Accessibility

Opportunities for people with a disability

Our Commitment To Accessibility

We want this website to be accessible to everyone. We are proud that this website meets the international standard W3C Web Content Accessbility Guidelines 2.0 Level AA.

We are continually checking this website for ways we can improve the accessibility. If you have any problems using this website, please ask for help, or let us know how we can improve:
Phone: (07) 3908 7261
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Navigation

  • A "Skip navigation" link has been provided at the top of each page to let  you go directly to important content on the page. It is hidden but can be seen with styles turned off or by screen readers.
  • A text-only site map provides links to all the main areas and sub-areas of the site in a more accessible format. The sitemap is located on the top of the page or in the skiplink for screen readers.
  • All navigation will still function without javascript. The javascript only enhances the experience for users with javascript turned on.

Links

  • All links are text-based. If an image is used for any link, we've made sure the links are still text-friendly for screen readers, text-based browsers and for those who browse with styles off.
  • All links are coloured so that you can easily tell them from regular text and headlines that are not click-able.
  • Link text is meaningful (eg. Instead of ‘more’, the link may read ‘Latest events’) to make navigation easier.

Images

  • Where images are not for decoration and contain informaiton, a text description has been added to each image within <alt> and/or <title> tags.

Forms

All forms are built with accessibility in mind, including:

  • Use of the label tag. The label specifically associates a piece of text with a form field. Also, if text within a label is clicked, the associated form field is brought into focus.
  • Tab indexing. This allows navigation of a form with the keyboard by tabbing through in a logical, assigned order.
  • Form validation. If a form is submitted incorrectly, the error message returned informs the user of missing information clearly and logically.

Fonts

All fonts on the site use relative font sizing rather than fixed font sizing. Some users may find increasing the text size within their browser makes reading pages easier.

To change the text size:

  • In Internet Explorer, click the View menu, then select Text Size and then choose larger or largest (the default is medium).
    * Alternatively, hold down the Ctrl key and scroll the mouse wheel (if you have one).
  • In Netscape, click the View menu, then select Text Zoom and then choose the size you would like (the default is 100%).
    * Alternatively, hold down the Ctrl key and at the same time, push the - or = key.
  • In Firefox, click the View menu, then select Text Size and then choose the whether you would like to increase the size (increase) or decrease the size (decrease).
    * Alternatively, hold down the Ctrl key and at the same time, push the - or + key.
  • Use theThere are A+ and A- icons on each page to make it easier to adjust font size.

Printable Pages

All pages are optimised for printing offline.

Standards Compliance

  • All code is validated by http://validator.w3.org/ according to relevant doctypes when launched to increase reliable rendering across all browsers, to enable faster downloads and for easier navigation for screen readers.
  • All pages on this site use structured semantic markup. Separation of structure (HTML), presentation (CSS) and behaviour (javascript) is practiced where possible.
  • We are proud that this website meets the international standard W3C Web Content Accessbility Guidelines 2.0 Level AA.

We are continually testing and improving this website, however there may be areas that are not fully compliant with our accessibility standards. If you find this is the case, please let us know so that we can keep inmproving:
Phone: (07) 3908 7261
Email:

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