The policy links on this page are compiled as a resource by Vision Australia Foundation for the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG). This page is not a comprehensive or definitive resource for all applicable laws and policies regarding Web accessibility. The information contained on this page is not legal advice. If you have questions about the applicability of the referenced laws to specific situations, please consult legal authorities in the appropriate jurisdiction.
This page is under continual development. Should you be aware of additional legislation or policies beyond those listed here, corrections needed, or developments related to legislation listed here, please contact Andrew Arch.
There are many reasons for making the Web accessible. These include advantages to business of reaching millions of people with disabilities in the Web marketplace worldwide; the carry-over benefits of accessible design for other Web users; and the advantage of complying with policies that require accessibility where those exist. The information on this page provides a starting point for locating relevant Australian laws, regulations, policies, and government and industry related standards or guidelines which relate to Web accessibility; as well as information about efforts to initiate new policies.
The Web's emergence as a pivotal information technology raises interesting questions about application of existing law and policy to this new medium. There is a growing body of international laws and policies which address accessibility of information technologies.
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