First time visit: View without clicking anything

Elections | Ararat

Council Documents | Ararat

Library | Ararat

Search | Ararat

Contact Us | Ararat

Log in | Ararat

Townships | Ararat

About Ararat | Ararat

Home | Ararat

Every page should have a clearly defined heading, known as a "H1" (Heading 1).

A `H1` is the main heading of the page. It helps accessibility by allowing uses to
skip to the main content of the page. It helps all users identify what the page is about. 
It helps SEO by giving special emphasis to the topic of the page.

It is not enough to simply include large text. Headings must be coded 
[semantically](https://html.com/semantic-markup/) as `<h1>` tags, like so:

```html
<h1>This is a heading</h1>
```

Note that headings must contain some machine readable text to be considered valid. 
For example, this heading is not valid:

```html
<h1>
    <img src="company-logo.png">
</h1>
``` 

But with the addition of `alt` text, this heading is valid:

```html
<h1>
    <img src="company-logo.png" alt="About Company Inc.">
</h1>
``` 

Generally we recommend you just use plain text for your headings.
See [Technique H42](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H42) for more details.

missing-h1

September 2025

August 2025

Ararat Rural City Council

Title / URL	Issues
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.ararat.vic.gov.au/	1
Elections \| Araratwww.ararat.vic.gov.au/council/elections	1
Council Documents \| Araratwww.ararat.vic.gov.au/council-documents	1
Library \| Araratwww.ararat.vic.gov.au/services/library	1
Search \| Araratwww.ararat.vic.gov.au/search/content	1
Contact Us \| Araratwww.ararat.vic.gov.au/contact-us	1
Log in \| Araratwww.ararat.vic.gov.au/user/login	1
Townships \| Araratwww.ararat.vic.gov.au/community/townships	1
About Ararat \| Araratwww.ararat.vic.gov.au/community/about-ararat	1
Home \| Araratwww.ararat.vic.gov.au/	1

Ensure every page contains a top-level heading

Ararat Rural City Council

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