I have been interacting with some organisations here in Queensland that feel that feel that web accessibility does not apply to them.

Can I point out that:

Under section 67(1)(k) of the Disability Discrimination Act, the Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (Hreoc) issues guidelines for the purpose of avoiding discrimination in this area.

- Computerworld

The W3C WCAG checkpoints are the measure of compliance.

Sure for private organisations there is “unjustifiable hardship” but for government sites this does not apply.

I wrote a position piece on this topic back in 2003 or 2004 maybe. I will dig it up and post it up here – I wonder if my comments in that paper still stand today?