Resources

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Capability Framework provides a basis for building the cultural capability of the Commonwealth public sector.

This Strategy talks about what the Australian Public Service (APS) and the Commonwealth public sector will do to better support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in APS workplaces. It includes actions for effective implementation in Commonwealth agencies.

An award-winning Online Accessibility Toolkit developed by the South Australian Government. It provides best-practice guidelines, policies, resources and tools to support users in various job roles to ensure accessibility is considered in design.

The colour contrast checker is a tool to test the contrast suitability of background colour and foreground text, to ensure your design colours meet the WCAG contrast ratio formula test.

The accessible colour palette builder is a tool to help you design accessible digital content in colour combinations that are suitable for people with visual impairments or colour vision deficiencies.

A short video developed by the Government of South Australia on how (and why) the Online Accessibility Toolkit was created.

This APS Academy factsheet presents some helpful tips on improving the accessibility of your publications, for both print and reading online.

This Australian Government resource is designed to build evaluation into everyday practice across the APS.

The APS Learning Design Manual pulls together some practical principles, examples, useful links, and tools & templates to support designers throughout the learning design process.

Australian Public Service Commissioner Dr Gordon de Brouwer’s June 2023 IPAA speech on his vision for the future of the public service.