Accessibility testing · Australia
WCAG Audits and Accessibility Testing in Geelong, Australia
Audits for Geelong against the standard that actually binds you in Australia.
What Geelong actually requires
Roughly 314,000 people live in Geelong. Which accessibility rule reaches your website here is not decided at city level, though, and no council in Australia writes its own web standard. Australia's Disability Discrimination Act has covered services since 1992 and it is federal, so the answer does not change from one state to the next. The Human Rights Commission's 2025 guidance points at WCAG 2.2 AA, the newest version of the standard.
Complaints go to the AHRC first and can end up in the Federal Court, with damages and orders attached. That route is the same wherever you are, which makes this one of the simpler maps in the world to read.
So here is what we do about it. We work your Geelong site against all 55 WCAG 2.2 A and AA rules by hand, then a professional blind screen-reader user runs your real journeys while we record where they stop. WCAG 2.2 covers everything the standard above asks for and more, so one audit answers it with room to spare. Every finding arrives with its screenshot and the fix that closes it.
The rules in force in Geelong
Australia: Disability Discrimination Act
- Standard
- WCAG 2.2 AA (AHRC 2025 guidance)
- Where it stands
- In force since 1992
- Who it binds
- Public and private sectors
- Reaches sellers based abroad
- Not by itself
- What non-compliance costs
- AHRC complaints → Federal Court, damages and orders
- AHRC 2025 guidance
- 2.2 AA
- DDA enacted
- 1992
- SOCOG: first web ruling
- 2000
- Complaints body
- AHRC
The Australia DDA dates, 3 of them
- 1992DDA in force: services covered
- 2000Maguire v SOCOG: websites are services under the DDA
- 2025AHRC guidance updated to WCAG 2.2 AA
What we test, and how, in Geelong
Start with the honest part. The audit is the same in Geelong as it is anywhere, because WCAG does not change at a border. What changes is which law is watching and what it costs to fail, and the section above settles that.
The work itself runs in three passes. A machine finds the failures a machine can prove. A human works every one of the 55 A and AA rules by hand. Then a professional blind screen-reader user opens your real journeys and tries to finish them, the way your customers would. Every finding arrives with its screenshot and the fix that closes it, drawn from our free library of 432 guides.
None of the reference sits behind a form, either. Every number below counts pages you can go and read right now, free, whether you ever buy an audit or not.
- A and AA rules we check
- 55
- Techniques and failures
- 432
- ACT test rules
- 90
- ARIA roles documented
- 94
- Terms in the glossary
- 131
- Checklists to work from
- 9
- A free 10-page scan that finds what a machine can prove, before you spend anything
- Paid audits at fixed prices on the pricing page, $499 for 10 pages in 5 business days, $1,499 for 25 in 10
- The exact deliverable, free to read, as the sample report
The honest limit
And an audit is evidence, not a legal opinion. We tell you what fails, who it stops, and what closes it. Whether that satisfies a regulator or a court in Geelong is a question for your lawyer, and we would rather say so than pretend otherwise.
What owners in Geelong want to know first
Is accessibility testing in Geelong different from anywhere else?
No. WCAG is the same standard everywhere, so the testing is identical wherever you are. What changes is which law is watching and what failing it costs, and that is what the law section on this page settles.
Who sets the rules for a website in Geelong?
Australia DDA is the one that reach Geelong first, and each has its own page here covering what it asks for, who it lands on, and how it gets enforced. Sell into more than one market and more than one of them can reach you at the same time.
Does Geelong expect a published accessibility statement?
No law that reaches Geelong names one in our library, so nothing forces you to publish a statement. You can still publish one anyway, and our free generator will write it from what the audit found.
How much is an audit, and when does the report land?
A Rapid Audit is $499 for 10 pages, with the report in 5 business days. A Standard Audit is $1,499 for 25 pages in 10 business days. Once your team has fixed things, the re-audit is half price within 3 months.
Is a real screen-reader user involved, or just software?
Yes, on every audit. A professional blind screen-reader user opens your real journeys and tries to finish them, and we write down where they stop. That is the pass no scanner can run.
Related on this site
The reading behind the law that reaches you in Geelong, and the guides that turn it into work your team can do.
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Find out where your site stands in Geelong
Run the free scan. Read the sample report. Order the audit when you want the humans on it, and what lands is a report your developers, your lawyer or a regulator in Geelong can act on.