A–Z guide to recycling and waste disposal | City of Melbourne

Pay, report, request | City of Melbourne

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How to pay your rates | City of Melbourne

Managing graffiti | City of Melbourne

Property valuations | City of Melbourne

Hard waste | City of Melbourne

Urban nature planting guide | City of Melbourne

Screen reader users will see links on a page listed without context, 
so you should ensure the same link text is not used to point to different web
addresses.

For example:

```html

 Learn the latest about our products: 
 <a href="/products/news">News</a>



 Learn the latest about our services: 
 <a href="/company/news">News</a>

``` 

To a screen reader who is listing links, they will only hear:

* News
* News

These links appear to be the same, but they both behave differently. 
One solution, which doesn't require the page design to change, is to add an 
`aria-label` for each link:

```html

 Learn the latest about our products: 
 <a href="/products/news" aria-label="Product news">News</a>



 Learn the latest about our services: 
 <a href="/company/news" aria-label="Company news">News</a>

``` 

Which will be heard as:

* Product news
* Company news

To pass this checkpoint, make sure that links which point to different pages 
have distinct text inside them, or that they specify ARIA labels (`aria-labelledby` or
`aria-label`), or they use hidden text only visible to screen readers
(e.g. `...`) to distinguish them from each 
other.

If links point to the same page (e.g., they redirect or use tracking
parameters, but are functionally equivalent to the user) you can ignore
this issue.

a-duplicate-link-text-for-different-destinations

September 2025

August 2025

City of Melbourne

	Title / URL	Issues
	A–Z guide to recycling and waste disposal \| City of Melbournewww.melbourne.vic.gov.au/a-z-waste-guide	39
	Pay, report, request \| City of Melbournewww.melbourne.vic.gov.au/pay-report-request	24
	Pet registration \| City of Melbournewww.melbourne.vic.gov.au/pet-registration	15
	Resident groups \| City of Melbournewww.melbourne.vic.gov.au/resident-groups	15
	Bins and collections \| City of Melbournewww.melbourne.vic.gov.au/bins-and-collections	15
	How to pay your rates \| City of Melbournewww.melbourne.vic.gov.au/how-pay-your-rates	13
	Managing graffiti \| City of Melbournewww.melbourne.vic.gov.au/managing-graffiti	13
	Property valuations \| City of Melbournewww.melbourne.vic.gov.au/property-valuations	13
	Hard waste \| City of Melbournewww.melbourne.vic.gov.au/hard-waste	13
	Urban nature planting guide \| City of Melbournewww.melbourne.vic.gov.au/planting-guide	13

Avoid using the same link text for different destinations

City of Melbourne

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