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 here. Best regards, Andrew On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 11:06 PM, Benedict Wyss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 like security, sustenance and protection > from the elements. I am further thinking that in order to obtain justifiable > rights the movement inevitably swings heavily to the right/left in an > attempt to end up in the middle ground. > > I am interested in hearing peoples thoughts on this one. Is it a human > right or...? > > [disclosure: no offense intended] > > Cheers, > > > On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 9:55 PM, Andrew Boyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> 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 standards >> - and since there has been a web, their own web >> content/usability/accessibility standards in one form or another. Most are >> compliant in some way or another with WCAG 1.0 - but this is based on >> interpretation, and these interpretations vary between organisations. >> >> Privacy is looked after by the Australian Privacy Commissioner ( >> http://www.privacy.gov.au/). >> >> An study of the Australian Government web standards environment is not >> complete without examining the role of the Australian Human Rights >> Commission (http://www.hreoc.gov.au). One of the Commissioners, Graeme >> Innes, has put the lot of us on notice - he will (to use his words) "name >> and shame" organisations that have inaccessible sites. He has started this >> already. >> >> Cheers, Andrew >> >> >> On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 8:44 PM, Benedict Wyss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> And then the clouds parted... >>> >>> http://webpublishing.agimo.gov.au/ >>> >>> If anyone wants to add then please do so but shall consider this closed. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 8:31 PM, Benedict Wyss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I am looking for any and all links to comprehensive listings of: >>>> >>>> 1. Australian Government Industry Best Practices >>>> 2. Australian Government Standards (Privacy, Accessibility and >>>> Usability) >>>> >>>> I have been googling for a while and coming up with bunk. >>>> >>>> All assistance welcomed. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Ben >>>> >>> >>> >>> ******************************************************************* >>> List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm >>> Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm >>> Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> ******************************************************************* >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> --- >> Andrew Boyd >> http://onblogging.com.au >> >> >> ******************************************************************* >> List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm >> Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm >> Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> ******************************************************************* >> > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* > -- --- Andrew Boyd http://onblogging.com.au ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
