Accessibility
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.
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 web master using the message form.
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.
Accessibility tips
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.
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.