The National Construction Code (NCC) is the guiding document for all building work and defines a number of specific requirements for providing access ...

The Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA) is an all embracing complaints based legislation that extends beyond the parts of buildings regulated by ...

This advice provides an overview of the issue and provision of emergency warning for people who are deaf or have a hearing impairment. Visual ...

An accessible adult change facility is a type of sanitary compartment that provides a suitable toilet for people with a complex or profound ...

Designing external stairs, ramps and handrails for universal access This advice deals with universal access in the design of stairs, ramps and ...

Under the Disability Discrimination Act it is illegal to discriminate against a person on the basis of their hearing/deafness disability. All ...

A number of complaints have been made under state and federal anti-discrimination legislation about buildings which do not have, in the complainants' ...

Read time: 4 minutes This note provides information to assist in providing disability access to heritage places. It sets out the statutory ...

The access provisions of Premises Standards 2010 have been incorporated into NCC Volume 1 BCA, effective from 1 May 2011. In all public buildings, ...

The access provisions of Premises Standards 2010 have been incorporated into NCC Volume 1 BCA, effective from 1 May 2011. In all public buildings, ...