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The Disability Discrimination Act 1992 requires agencies to ensure people with disability disabilities have the same access to information and services as others in the community. It is a requirement for all Government sites to meet WCAG AA guidelines.
This process will help guide you through the process for handling pages that do not meet our Accessibility standards.
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Process for Accessibility failures
alert the content editor via email that the page does not meet our standards using the pre-written email template. The editor then has the option to:
update the page to meet the standards, or
proceed with the publishing. The Before publishing, the content owner will need to provide the following:
owner sends an email to acknowledge that they are in breach and would still like to proceed with publishing
owner provides contact details (to be published) for any accessibility requests
accessibility disclaimer added to page
page details and exception reason added to the table below.
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This email should be sent from the digital@dpc.vic.gov.au mailbox |
Hi ______,
The Unfortunately, the page you have submitted for review does not meet our Accessibility standards and is unable to be published at this time.
[Describe where the standards are not being met]
The Disability Discrimination Act 1992 requires agencies to ensure people with disabilities have the same access to information and services as others in the community. It is a requirement for all Government sites to meet WCAG AA guidelines.
We request that you update your page to meet the Accessibility standards before it can be published. Details on how to make your page Accessible can be found on our Single Digital Presence website.
If you are unable to make your page Accessible and would still like to proceed with publishing, we require you to respond to this email with the following acknowledgement. A disclaimer notice will also be placed on the page.
I understand that the following page does not meet WCAG AA standards and is in breach of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992. I accept the responsibility for any action that may be initiated by failing to comply. I also agree to provide contact details for anybody seeking an accessible version of our
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information. These contact details will be published publicly on the web page, along with an Accessibility disclaimer.
Page title & link:
Reason for exception:
Contact email:
Contact phone number:
Authorised by:
Date:
If you have any questions, please email digital@dpc.vic.gov.au and a member of the content team will be able to assist.
Many thanks,
[your name]
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Reason for exception:
Contact email:
Contact phone number:
Authorised by:
Date:
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If a page does not meet WCAG AA standards, and the content owner insists on publishing the pageFor non-Accessible pages, the following notice is to be placed on the page in a callout:
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The Victorian Government is committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of technology or ability. This page may not meet our minimum WCAG AA Accessibility standards. If you are unable to read any of the content of this page, you can contact the content owners for an Accessible version: Content ownerContact email: |
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Surveillance devices reports by the Victorian Inspectorate
https://content.vic.gov.au/site-287/surveillance-devices-reports
PDF reports
Bernadette O'Farrell
25 June 2021
https://content.vic.gov.au/site-4/arbv-publications
25 June 2021
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