[plug] The Australian Business Registry

[Evert van Dijk]

hehe, breach of the act
in Government departments; Acts are only suggestions. :)

Breaches are only acted upon if there is notice made of it
written complaints will help not only to the appropriate dept but also 
to the legislators of the act
I am not sure that using Mozilla can be considered a disability, in the 
same way that using a Jet propelled Plane be a disability compared to 
using Bi-Planes Propellor driven craft :)

bob wrote:

>On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 08:59 am, Ben Jensz wrote:
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>>No, thats not what needs to happen.  What needs to happen is that the
>>tender that is put out MUST dictate clearly that all development of
>>portals MUST conform to the appropriate standards (i.e. HTML, CSS etc)
>>for proper compatibility.  If a portal that is created for a government
>>department doesn't conform, they have to go back and try again until it
>>is.  No extra monies will be paid for this.
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>I think you will find that there is already a requirement for government 
>departments to "provide equal access free from unreasonable barriers".
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>The legislation in question: DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION ACT 1992
>http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/dda1992264/index.html#s1
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>The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission's "World Wide Web Access: 
>Disability Discrimination Act Advisory Notes"
>http://www.hreoc.gov.au/disability_rights/standards/www_3/www_3.html
>Is pretty explicit as to the requirements.
>
>Vis:
>"Commonwealth Government departments and agencies, and other organisations 	
>where they are involved in administration of Commonwealth laws and 
>programs, do not have the benefit of an explicit unjustifiable hardship 
>defence under the DDA. These organisations are required to provide equal 
>access free from unreasonable barriers."
>
>IANAL but I would guess that the ATO is in breach of the act.
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