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| 20 June 2013 |
Electoral Commission falls at the last accessibility hurdle The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) has made online enrolment available for the first time. However, by requiring a driver’s license, the AEC... |
| 19 June 2013 |
Real-time captions to be delivered in NSW public schools Progress has been made towards equitable education in New South Wales public schools with captioning provider Ai-Media winning a competitive tender... |
| 12 June 2013 |
ABC found in breach of captioning rules The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has found the ABC in breach of captioning rules due to poor captions on episodes of At the... |
| 05 June 2013 |
ACMA releases new Television Captioning Quality Standard The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) today released its long awaited Television Captioning Quality Standard, which for the first... |
| 04 June 2013 |
Mobile technology and disability at the M-enabling conference The Australian Communications Consumer Network (ACCAN) has announced the major speakers at the M-enabling Australasia Conference. The event will... |
| 04 June 2013 |
The ACMA launches broadcasting codes inquiry The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has launched an inquiry into broadcasting codes of practice and whether they are keeping up... |
| 03 June 2013 |
News from the Round Table on Information Access 2013 Access to information through digital technologies was discussed and highlighted at the 2013 Round Table on Information Access for People with Print... |
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| 23 May 2013 |
Guest post: Voting independently In a recent state by-election, screen reader user Andrew Devenish-Meares was able to vote online. Here, he talks through the experience of being able... |
| 21 May 2013 |
Opinion: Regulating audio description the only way Australia is a long way behind the rest of the world when it comes to audio description on television. Media Access Australia CEO Alex Varley looks... |
| 16 May 2013 |
Federal budget fails to deliver on audio description The federal budget announced on Tuesday evening had disability reform as its cornerstone. While most Australians with disability cheered, the budget... |
| 08 May 2013 |
Disability: the untold story of the NBN We sat down with Graeme Innes, Disability Discrimination Commissioner and National Broadband Network Champion, to talk about how high-speed internet... |
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| 30 April 2013 |
Deaf advocate takes discrimination claim to the United Nations Michael Lockrey, a prominent figure in Australian disability advocacy, has petitioned the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with... |
| 24 April 2013 |
Call for an ongoing audio description service trial The future of audio description (AD) on Australian television is currently being decided, and blindness and consumer organisations are calling for... |
| 19 April 2013 |
Captioning on digital multichannels The Federal Government is due to introduce new regulations regarding captioning on digital multichannels like GO!, 7Two, Eleven and ABC2 which will... |
| 08 April 2013 |
SBS falls short with DVD access As part of a series of home entertainment accessibility reports outside regular entertainment DVD titles, Media Access Australia has collated... |
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| 07 March 2013 |
ACMA posts captioning exemptions submissions The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has posted submissions it has received in response to preliminary caption exemption and... |
| 01 March 2013 |
The top 5 ways the Disability Discrimination Act has boosted access The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) turns 20 this year and Australia’s disability communities are taking the opportunity to reflect on how the... |
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| 28 February 2013 |
Human Rights Commission releases Australia’s first fully-accessible DVD Twenty Years: Twenty Stories is a video project initiated by the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) which celebrates the twentieth anniversary... |
| 28 February 2013 |
Groups call on Government to release audio description report The organisations behind the campaign to have audio description provided on Australian TV have called on the Government to release the ABC's... |
| 07 February 2013 |
Web accessibility certificate: 2013 registrations open Media Access Australia, in partnership with the University of South Australia, has launched its Professional Certificate in Web Accessibility for... |