Accessibility
This website has been designed to be as accessible to as many users as possible, including:
- people with disabilities who may use assistive technologies,
- those with slower internet connections or less than state of the art equipment, and
- rural and regional users.
The accessibility features available on this site include:
- instructions for resizing text,
- text-only page, and
- printer-friendly page.
Wherever possible the site provides an alternative plain text file format, to its Word, Excel or .pdf original. You can also request any printed or hardcopy documents by using the Contact Us form.
This page covers four important guides to using this web site in an effort to improve accessibility:
- Text resizing - how to resize the text size viewed on screen within the browser to enhance readability,
- Using the site - how to use the web site and its features,
- Printer friendly - how to print web pages from this web site, and
- Plug-ins requirement - how to install optional plug-ins to access some features of this web site.
Text resizing
To alter your text size, please click the 
icon on the top right hand side of your screen.
An alternative you can use to make the text larger or smaller on this site, or on any website, is to change the settings on your computer.
- First, you need to check which version of Internet browser is installed on your machine. You do this by:
opening your browser - select Help from the top menu of your browser
- select About (followed by your browser name) from the drop down list.
The screen that comes up will display which browser and version you are using.
How to change the text size
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or 6.0
- Select View menu, click on Text size and choose a size from the options Largest to Smallest .
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.2 (Macintosh)
- Click View menu, click on Text Zoom and choose a size from the options 50% - 300% or Larger or Smaller.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0
- Select View menu, click on Internet Options and choose Fonts and change the size to Small or Large.
Netscape 6.0, and 4.0
- Select Edit menu and click on Preferences. A new window will open. Select Appearance from the left hand side menu within the new window. Under Fonts reset the size (for example, 10, 12, 14 and so on).
FireFox
- Select View menu, click on Text size and choose either Increase or Decrease the font size.
Mozilla
- Select View menu, click on Text Zoom, and choose a percentage size or select Larger or Smaller .
Opera
- Select View menu, click on Zoom, and then select a size from the list.
Safari
- Select View menu and click Make Text Bigger to increase the font size or Make Text Smaller to reduce the font size.
Using the site
The site has the following navigational features to aid you in your visiting experience
Overview (top level) Menu
Covers all aspects of the Department’s services and areas of interest to citizens.
Sub Menus
Sub-category topics of the top level menu are found on the left hand side of the screen.
Search
Search the web site to find what you want directly with keywords. You may also search Whole of Government from this point by clicking on the Whole of Government search.
Breadcrumb
Helps you to determine the location of the page that you are viewing at the time.
Printer-Friendly
Click on the print icon 
located on the top right-hand side of your screen to print the page you are on
Alternatively, you may simply use the Print function of your browser to print whichever page you like. The Print function is usually located under the File menu of your browser window.
When a web page is printed, it will only print the title of the page, the location of the page as well as the content. Navigation menus are automatically removed for your convenience to improve readability on paper.
Plug-ins Requirements
Throughout this web site, you may encounter documents and files that may require you to install additional software on your computer. Please note that in most cases you are not required to install anything as most computers are capable to read the documents and files on this web site.
The following is a list of software that you may need to read the documents and files on this web site:
PDF Documents
Adobe PDF Reader
PDF Documents
Flash Documents
Microsoft PowerPoint Presentations
Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 2003 for Windows, or
OpenOffice for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows
Microsoft Excel Documents
Microsoft Excel Viewer 2003 for Windows, or
OpenOffice for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows
Microsoft Word Documents
Microsoft Word Viewer 2003 for Windows, or
OpenOffice for Linux, Mac OS X and Window
Wherever possible the site provides an alternative plain text file format, to its Word, Excel or pdf original. You can also request any printed or hardcopy documents by using the Contact Us form.
