Accessibility Report
Australia Website Accessibility
Disability Discrimination Act 1992
699 Australian websites scanned for WCAG 2.0/2.1 AA compliance under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992. 81.8% failed.
Sites Scanned
699
Australian domains
Fail Rate
81.8%
572 of 699 sites
Average Score
25
out of 100
Critical Violations
64.8%
453 sites
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Accessibility Score Distribution
61.1% of Australian sites scored 0-10. Median score is 0.
Top 10 Violations
Ranked by occurrence across all 699 scans.
Australian government sites must meet the Digital Service Standard including accessibility requirements
au-accessibility-statement
All page content should be contained by landmarks
region
Links must have discernible text
link-name
Elements must meet minimum color contrast ratio thresholds
color-contrast
Document should have one main landmark
landmark-one-main
Landmarks should have a unique role or accessible name combination
landmark-unique
Heading levels should only increase by one
heading-order
Page should contain a level-one heading
page-has-heading-one
All touch targets must be 24px large or leave sufficient space
target-size
Images must have alternative text
image-alt
Australia Jurisdiction-Specific Findings
67.1% of sites (469 of 699) had Australia-specific violations.
Australian government sites must meet the Digital Service Standard (DTA criterion 9). An accessibility statement is expected.
au-accessibility-statement
469
67.1% of sites
Key precedent
Maguire v Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games [2000] HREOCA 115 was the first web accessibility case globally, establishing that the DDA covers websites.
Best Performers
Worst Performers
Lighthouse Averages
Average Lighthouse scores across 698 audited sites.
75
Accessibility
57
Performance
78
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