Website accessibility
This site has been designed and developed to ensure that its content is available to as many users as possible, including:
- people with disabilities who may use assistive technologies
- people with slower internet connections (including some rural and regional users) or less than state-of-the-art equipment
- people with non-PC internet devices including handheld devices, game consoles and mobile phones.
The accessibility features available on this site include:
- access keys to access certain information using your keyboard
- skip links and a logical tab order to navigate using assistive technologies
- adherence to international web standards
- ARIA compliant keyboard navigation for rich interactive components
- the use of the Queensland Government Consistent User Experience Standard.
Access keys
What are access keys?
Access keys are keyboard shortcuts that deliver quick access to important links on this site without using your mouse.
Access keys may benefit people with motor skill difficulties who use assistive technologies.
The access keys used on our sites are:
- 1 : home
- 2 : (not in use)
- 3 : (not in use)
- 4 : contact us
- 5 : search
- 6 : (not in use)
- 7 : (not in use)
- 8 : (not in use)
- 9 : (not in use)
- 0 : (not in use)
How to use access keys
If you are using a Windows computer: press Alt and the access key number to highlight the link. Press Enter to go to the linked page.
If you are using Macintosh computer: press control and the access key number to highlight the link, then press return to go to the linked page.
Skip links
If you are using an assistive technology such as a screen reader to browse this site, skip links are provided at the beginning of the page to allow you to move quickly to the page content.
The links are not visible in a graphical browser but can be accessed as the first links in the tab order for each page.
Tab order
Our website has a logical tab order for navigating without a mouse. Use the tab key on your keyboard to move to the next link or field. Use shift plus tab to move backwards, and the enter key to follow links and submit forms. Most browsers support these functions.
ARIA keyboard navigation
All rich interactive elements on our website can be navigated using key combinations recommended by the Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) standard.
When using a browser that supports ARIA, you can:
- use the tab key to enter an interactive element as part of the tab order for the page
- use the arrow keys to move focus between the different controls for the interactive element
- use the Enter key to activate a focused control
- use the tab key to move to the next set of controls or to leave the interactive element.
The following browsers are known to support ARIA:
- Internet Explorer 8 and later
- Firefox 2 and later
- Opera 9 and later
- Google Chrome.
When using a browser that does not support ARIA all controls are still accessible as part of the normal tab order.
Browser support
We strive to make our public web resources compatible with a range of browsers, devices and platforms.
This is achieved by developing web resources according to international web standards and best practice, and regular testing across a range of different browsers.
The content on the page you came from is accessible to all browsers and internet devices but may not display well in browsers which do not comply with these standards.
Having trouble?
If you’re having difficulty accessing the content on our website, please contact us.