On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 8:58 AM, Webb, KerryA [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
A brief addition to this: starting next January, anyone (not just
HREOC/AHRC) will have the right to take an action to their
state/territory Supreme Court if they feel that they've been
discriminated against.
Kerry
Of Benedict Wyss
Sent: Saturday, 25 October 2008 11:07 PM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: Re: [WSG] Re: Searching for standards information
Hi Andrew,
First off..good reply.
I like the last paragraph re human rights. Even though I don't need to be
forced to be compliant to standards
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*From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On
Behalf Of *Benedict Wyss
*Sent:* Saturday, 25 October 2008 11:07 PM
*To:* wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
*Subject:* Re: [WSG] Re: Searching for standards information
Hi Andrew,
First off..good
On Oct 25, 2008, at 11:35 PM, Elizabeth Spiegel wrote:
Hi Ben
In Australia, HREOC is responsible for administering various anti-
discrimination legislation, including the Disability Discrimination
Act. (It comes under the banner of ‘equal opportunities’ rather than
‘human rights’.) One
On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 18:49, tee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Oct 25, 2008, at 11:35 PM, Elizabeth Spiegel wrote:
In Australia, HREOC is responsible for administering various
anti-discrimination legislation, including the Disability Discrimination
Act. [...]
One form of discrimination is
*To:* wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
*Subject:* Re: [WSG] Re: Searching for standards information
Hi Andrew,
First off..good reply.
I like the last paragraph re human rights. Even though I don't need to be
forced to be compliant to standards as I have a conscience but (and excuse
my ignorance
Michael wrote:
If you were to be prosecuted the court (or more likely
HREOC/Administrative Appeals Tribunal before it got to court) would
consider what measures could be taken without imposing undue hardship
upon the service provider to ensure that equitable access is available
to people
Ben,
AGIMO publishes guidelines that cover some of what you asked for - it is up
to individual organisations as to which guidelines they follow and how far -
it shouldn't be that way but it is. Each organisation that I've worked in
over the last 25 years in Government has had their own writing
Hi Andrew,
First off..good reply.
I like the last paragraph re human rights. Even though I don't need to be
forced to be compliant to standards as I have a conscience but (and excuse
my ignorance) when has being able to access the internet a human right. I
thought it was the domain of things
Ben,
in Australia, the Australian Human Rights Commission looks after breaches of
the Disability Discrimination Act, which is the main legislation that is
interpreted to cover web accessibility.
So while some form of accessible information is definitely a basic human
right, it is also the law
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