Aquent Humans in Accessibility Event
Proudly facilitated by Aquent, and hosted by ANZ.
On this page:
- State of Accessibility in Australia: legislation and standards
- OZeWAI events and workshops
- Get involved
- Event partners information and links
State of Accessibility in Australia: legislation and standards
- Download the Powerpoint presentation – State of Accessibility in Australia adapted from GAAD 2024
- Australian legislation and standards. This includes a new Digital Policy and supporting standards.
- The Digital Service Standard v2.0 was released on 4 December 2023. For the 2024-25 Budget process, agencies going through the Digital Capability Assessment Process (DCAP) Assessment will be required to meet the Digital Service Standard v1.0.
- Australian Accessible ICT Procurement. Federal and State Toolkits share approaches to building digital products and services, they have been influenced by other countries (gov.uk and digital.gov)
- OZeWAI Product Accessibility List (PAL) is a quick and easy way to check the accessibility of software products. Send a product to check accessibility using the Product Accessibility List (PAL) – BETA.
- Standards Australia – AS EN 301 549 ICT Procurement Framework
- Australian Disability Network (ADN) Accessible ICT Taskforce
- Accessibility Charter for ADN members (8 companies currently signed)
- Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training (www.adcet.edu.au) CAUDIT – Accessible ICT Procurement for Tertiary Education
OZeWAI events and workshops
Future Skills Organisation (FSO): Discussion Paper and Workforce Plan
OZeWAI is hosting a workshop that brings together accessibility experts from various industries, employers, and organisations to address a key challenge in building a diverse workforce: embedding digital accessibility.
We are keen to collaborate with as many people as possible across both local, state and federal government, so please join us and share with colleagues who are involved or interested in policy design and/or accessibility. If you are interested in being involved in industry specific workshops, please email us at info@ozewai.org.
Professional online events and workshop recordings
- OZeWAI Ask the Professional panels with Accessibility experts on current topics
- Register your interest to attend an Inclusive Research workshop.
- Special Broadcasting Service (sbs.net.au): Inclusive Program Training.
- OZeWAI and ResearchOps.Community Community Calls on the impact of global legislation and standards:
Get Involved
- Join OZeWAI – support as an advocate, individual or a company
- Join StandardARI – Standard Accessibility Reporting Initiative
