Accessibility

This website is managed by the Department of Human Services. The following notices apply to activities on this site only.

Site accessibility

Under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992, all Australian Government agencies are required to ensure information and services are provided in a non-discriminatory and accessible manner.

The Department of Human Services website has been designed to meet the Australian Government standard established in respect of this requirement.

If there is information you require that you cannot access please contact us.

Text to speech – ReadSpeaker

You can convert the text on this site into speech either to listen or capture as an mp3 file using ReadSpeaker.

Select the "listen to this page" icon at the top of the screen. A new window will open, which will play the main contents of the page back to you as audio. You can select the text you want to hear or listen to the whole page.

Right click the "download audio" link on the ReadSpeaker player and select the save or download option depending on your browser. A small mp3 file of the page will be created suitable for downloading over a dial-up connection. You can load the MP3 file onto your portable MP3 player, Smart Phone, PDA or iPhone for use later on or to present the information to someone that does not have an internet connection. If the contents of the page changes you will need to download the MP3 file again.

Navigating the site with a keyboard

If you are not using a mouse to navigate on the website, you can navigate on the keyboard by using the alt key and arrow keys:

• select a link - use the tab and enter
• go back - press the alt and left arrow
• browse forward - press the alt and right arrow

Changing colours, fonts and text sizes

You can change settings in your browser to modify the colours, the font and the text size of the website that you visit. Changes apply to every website that you visit. Check your browser help function for instructions. 

Printing in a larger text size

If you have adjusted your screen to display larger text and need to print the information, it prints at a standard text size.

At the end of each page, there is a large print version option. Clicking on the printer icon will print a high contrast, large text version of the page you are viewing.

Animated gif images

If you don't want to see any animations in images on this site, please consult your browser's help function for assistance.