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Top 12 of 12 #6 – changes to the Broadcasting Services Act

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An issue close to home for many of our readers is the quality and availability of captions on free-to-air and subscription TV. Good news arrived in June when the captioning provisions of the Broadcasting Services Act were amended for the first time in a decade.

There are a number of amendments to the Act which improve the accessibility of television for Deaf and hearing impaired viewers:


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Media Access Australia contributes to the NDIS

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Media Access Australia will be creating a Providers Accessibility Guide as part of a suite of projects announced by the Australian Government this week which fall under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

Made possible by funding from the NDIS’s Practical Design Fund, the guide will be a practical, step-by-step resource to help agencies and service providers deliver accessible information to meet the needs of their clients and employees.


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ACMA releases draft television captioning standard

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The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has released a draft of the new standard covering caption quality on free-to-air and subscription television.

In June 2012, the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 (BSA) was amended to include increased quotas for captioning on free-to-air television, and to introduce quotas for captioning on subscription television. The amendments also state that captions must be of adequate quality, based on factors including readability, comprehensibility and accuracy.


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Top 12 of 2012 #3 – the National Transition Strategy

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The Australian Government should have made significant progress towards making each of its websites accessible in 2012 as a result of the Web Accessibility National Transition Strategy.

Put in place by the Australian Government Information Office (AGIMO), the strategy states that all Australian government websites must comply with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 Level A by 31 December 2012, and Level AA by December 2014. By complying with these standards, website owners help ensure that web-based information and tools can be used by everyone regardless of disability.


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