ACCAN has made a submission to the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications consultation on options to support Australian stories on our screens. Australian content has cultural value for all Australians, including people with disability, and as such everyone should have access to Australian content.

In our submission, ACCAN explained that some accessibility features are readily included on Australian content, whereas others aren’t available (or aren’t consistently available). This is because there are no clear legislative requirements or protections to ensure access to Australian programming across all platforms.

ACCAN recommended that the Department consider legislative reform to ensure accessibility features are more consistently available across all platforms. We also recommended that they speak with people with disability about the accessibility of Australian content.

Download: ACCAN submission - Supporting Australian Stories79.56 KB
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