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Australian policy and legislation
Online media and digital technolgy
Online media
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) been instrumental in providing concrete standards to support government web accessibility. The W3C released the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), with the release of version 1.0 in 1999 and version 2.0 in 2008.
In February 2010, the Commonwealth Government committed to making all its websites compliant with WCAG 2.0 by 2014.
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Cinema and DVD
Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth)
The Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) (DDA) has been the major policy instrument which has provided access in to cinemas and DVDs in Australia. There are no legislative requirements for access in these media.
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Subscription TV
In June 2012, the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 (Cth) (BSA) was amended to include caption quotas for subscription television for the first time.
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