- Australia’s general Disability Discrimination ACT (1992) has been held to apply to website accessibility by a Ruling in 2000 by the Australian Human Rights Commission.
- The Australian Human Rights Commission have also published a Note recommending WCAG and usability testing by people with disability. As of March 2023 this Note is currently being updated.
- The recent enquiry Into Human Rights and Technology has also made a number of recommendations around Artificial Intelligence and also accessible technology for people with disability.
- Accessibility requirements for Australian government websites
- The Digital Service Standard has an accessibility criteria: Make It Accessible
- Read the blog post about the Australian accessibility standard written by Andrew Arch, currently with Intopia, and at the time Lead, Accessibility, Diversity, Assisted Digital at Australia’s Digital Transformation Office.
- The Australian Government’s Commonwealth Procurement Rules require evidence of conformance with applicable Australian Standards – from an accessibility perspective, AS EN 301 549:2020 is applicable.
- The Digital Sourcing Consider First Policy released by the Digital Transformation Authority in June 2019 also has a requirement for accessibility