COAG Indigenous Trials
Accessibility information
Web accessibility means that web content and services are available to everyone regardless of location, experience, available computer technology and ability.
Please take the time to read the information below to see how we've made our website accessible.
Accessibility statement
In accordance with the Australian Government's online requirements and the DDA 1992 promoted through HREOC we are commited to ensuring the accessibility of our website.
All pages have been designed and constructed in accordance with the W3C/WAI's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 1.0 and have achieved Conformance Level Double A, as well as a majority at Conformance Level Triple A.
Some non-html documents (e.g. pdf files) provided to us on for inclusion on this site may not support assistive technology. Where possible we will endeavour to make these documents accessible or provide an accessible alternative.
To ensure continued compliance to these standards we are actively engaged in the ongoing process of testing. Should you encounter any problems accessing this site please contact the OIPC Web Services Team at WebServiceTeam@oipc.gov.au.
Compliance standards
This site has been validated as compliant with the XHTML 1.0 Transitional W3C standard, which looks to formalize web content such that it can be more easily integrated into a variety of applications and devices.
This site has been validated as compliant with the W3C CSS standard. CSS technology is becoming the preferred means of establishing a formalized system of HTML formatting. CSS formatted web pages have cleaner code and more consistent style as well as simplifying the processes of design and maintenance.
This site achieves Level Double-A Conformance.
Accessibility tips
Keyboard Shortcuts
The following keyboard shortcuts are available from every page of the site. They provide access to the links for key pages in the site as well as search and navigation access.
- Alt-1: Search facility on each page
- Alt-2: COAG Indigenous Trials home page
Page Presentation
All pages in this site use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). If you have trouble perceiving the content you can turn off style sheets in your browser so the site displays without any styles. You will still have access to all content and page functions.
Navigation Aides
Where appropriate all pages include a page contents list to help you navigate the information on that page by section. Following each section is a back to contents link. Selecting this link will move the focus to the top of the page contents list.
To further assist in your navigation through a page the following links are available on each page.
- Skip to Content - Selecting this link will move the focus to the content of the page bypassing navigation at the top and the navigation menu on the side of the page.
- Back to navigation - Selecting this link will move the focus to the side navigation menu.
- Back to top - Selecting this link will move the focus to the the top of the page. Including top menu items.
Portabe Document Framework (PDF) Help
This site contains PDF files. A PDF is a document format created by Adobe which is platform independent. To open, view and print PDF files, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 or greater, which is available free from the Adobe Web site.
To save PDF files onto your own computer, or if you are having problems viewing the PDF file from your browser, you should right-click on the PDF file link, select 'Save Target As' or 'Save Link As', save the file to your computer hard disk. From here you can open and print using Acrobat.
Alternatively you can save and print the file from the browser window the PDF opens in.
Unfortunately some PDF files supplied to us for inclusion on this site may not be accessible to screen reader technology. Where possible we will convert these files to make them accessible or attempt to provide an accessible alternative.
The Adobe website provides a number of services to give you alternative ways to view PDF files.
To convert PDF to HTML so that it displays in your browser immediately, visit the Adobe PDF Conversion page and enter the URL of the PDF file.
Alternatively you can mail the URL of the PDF in the body of an email message to pdf2txt@adobe.com and recieve a plain text converted return or to pdf2html@adobe.com for a HTML converted return. The converter will mail back the translation of the PDF file.
If you would like any more information on theses services provided by Adobe, please visit the online conversion FAQ page.