Accessibility

We have made every effort to make this website accessible and easy to use for everyone, including people with disability.

Standards 

We aim to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) . This is the web standard endorsed by the Australian Government. 

We are continuing to explore ways of improving the accessibility of our content. 

Using this website 

This website has been designed to ensure that: 

  • it works well across the majority of popular web browsers
  • download times have been minimised as much as possible
  • all Australians, including those with a disability or with technical limitations can access the information on our site 

Zooming and adjusting the text size 

This website supports zooming via the pinch-zoom gesture. If on a device that does not support pinch-zoom gestures, you can make the text size on this website larger or smaller using the following keyboard commands: 

  1. Hold down the CTRL key (Microsoft Windows) or the ‘Apple’ key (Mac OS X) on your keyboard
  2. Use the + or – key to make text bigger or smaller
  3. Keep repeating step 2 until the text is at a suitable size 

Reducing non-essential animations and motion

Some animations, such as scaling or panning images, may cause discomfort for people with vestibular motion disorders. This website honours your preference to not include such animations based upon your device settings. 

The options to control the display of animations can be found in the following locations for the following popular operating systems.

  • In Windows 10
    • System Settings
    • Ease of Access
    • Display
    • Show animations in Windows.
  • In Windows 11
    • System Settings
    • Accessibility
    • Visual Effects
    • Animation Effects
  • In macOS
    • System Preferences
    • Accessibility
    • Display
    • Reduce motion.
  • In iOS
    • Settings
    • Accessibility
    • Motion
    • Reduce motion
  • In Android 9+
    • Settings
    • Accessibility
    • Colour and motion
    • Remove animations

High contrast mode

Modern operating systems also provide an option to display content with a higher level of contrast. The WM website honours this preference and will adjust the website design accordingly. For example, by increasing the contrast between text when shown upon a background image and/or by removing the background images or colours entirely.

Accessibility issues 

If you have any difficulties using this website, please contact us by email: webmaster@awm.gov.au