Our commitment
The Tasmanian Government is committed to making information accessible to all members of the Tasmanian community.
This website is compliant to Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 standard.
Browser compatibility
This website is fully functional for all modern visual browsers, text-only browsers, screen readers and devices.
This website operates optimally in the latest versions of Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Apple Safari and Mozilla Firefox. Most of these browsers update themselves automatically.
Many other browsers have been built on the technology of Chrome, Safari or Firefox. This website should work in most other browsers that use this technology.
Navigation
Our website has navigation features to help you find what you need.
Main menu
At the top of every page are links to Home and Search.
All our pages feature a main navigation menu. This is used with a keyboard as follows:
- When a top-level menu item is selected, press Tab to move the focus forward along the top-level items.
- Press Shift and Tab together to move the focus backwards.
- Press Enter to go to the hyperlinked destination.
Breadcrumbs
Our desktop website uses breadcrumbs. These are links showing the trail to Home from wherever you are on the website.
Breadcrumbs sit underneath the main navigation menu on every page. To return to the previous page you, use Back in your browser or use one of the navigation tools to go to the page you want.
Footer
At the bottom of each page there are links to copyright and disclaimer, personal information protection, Service Tasmania, accessibility and contact us.
Headings
This website uses heading tags. You can go to any section of a page by using the headings to navigate.
Browser tools
Text size
Text can be re-sized or zoomed in or out by using the tools or preferences in most web browsers.
You can also increase and decrease the text size by using the following shortcuts.
To make text larger
Windows: Ctrl and +
Mac: Command and +
To make text smaller
Windows: Ctrl and -
Mac: Command and -
Simplified view
Most browsers offer tools to help improve reading accessibility by simplifying pages and offering read aloud, translation and other customisation.
- For Microsoft Edge, use Immersive Reader.
- For Mozilla Firefox, use Reader View.
- For Google Chrome, use Reader Mode.
- For Apple Safari, use Reader.
Forms and publications
This website has forms and publications that may not be in HTML format. To assist you to download content, most documents are available in Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf) or Microsoft Word format (.docx).
Most devices include software to open these formats. Consider one of the options below If your device does not.
Third-party content
We may publish documents and publications received from third parties and host content on third-party platforms.
These documents and platforms may not adhere to the standards followed by the Tasmanian Government. We do not take responsibility for the accessibility of documents provided by third parties.
Translate this website
You can translate this website by using the following Google Translate hyperlinks.
Go to Google Translate for more language translation options.
Problems with accessibility
Contact us if you have any problems using our website.
