The standard
The website is designed and tested against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2, level AA.
What that means in practice
- Works one-handed and by keyboard. Every link, button, menu and form control can be reached with a keyboard alone, and shows a clear focus outline.
- Large targets. Links and buttons are big enough to tap easily on a phone.
- Clear structure. Each page has one main heading and a logical order of subheadings, plus a “skip to main content” link and labelled navigation.
- Readable colour. Text meets WCAG contrast requirements. The brand’s bright aqua is used only for lines and accents on light backgrounds, never for body text.
- Plain English. Pages start with a short summary and avoid jargon, or explain it.
- Usable tables and questions. Wide tables can be scrolled with the keyboard, and the questions and answers open and close with a keyboard or screen reader.
- Accessible forms. The contact form has visible labels and hints, an error summary, and error messages linked to each field.
- Printable. Guides such as the questions for your anaesthetist print cleanly, without the menus.
- Reduced motion. The site respects your device’s reduced-motion setting.
Every page is checked with automated accessibility testing at desktop and phone sizes before each release. A manual keyboard and screen-reader review will follow the first release.
Known limits
Some documents we link to, such as PDFs from other organisations, may not be fully accessible. If you cannot use one, contact us and we will help you find the information another way.
Help in other languages
For an interpreter, the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS National) is on 131 450. Dr Aly speaks English and Arabic.
Tell us about a problem
If anything on this website is hard to use, please tell us through the contact page or by phoning 0411 965 272. Let us know which page and what happened, and we will fix it or provide the information in another way.