The Australian Government has invited submissions on the accessibility
of PDF for the provision of government information online:
<http://webpublishing.agimo.gov.au/PDF_Accessibility_Review>.
This is in light of advice from the Australian Human Rights Commission,
that organisations who distribute content only in PDF format, are liable
for complaints under the Disability Discriminan Act. Submissions close
19 October 2009.
In my draft submission, I have suggested the government concentrate on
providing accessible web pages, in place of PDF:
<http://www.tomw.net.au/blog/2009/10/replace-pdf-with-accessible-web-pages.html>.
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Tom Worthington FACS HLM, TomW Communications Pty Ltd. t: 0419496150
PO Box 13, Belconnen ACT 2617, Australia http://www.tomw.net.au
Adjunct Lecturer, The Australian National University t: 02 61255694
Computer Science http://cs.anu.edu.au/people.php?StaffID=140274
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