Bushfire recovery | Eurobodalla Council

COVID-19 | Eurobodalla Council

Dangerous and menacing dogs | Eurobodalla Council

Rates and payments | Eurobodalla Council

Asbestos | Eurobodalla Council

Barking dogs | Eurobodalla Council

When specifying accessible names via `aria-labelledby`, ensure that the 
label elements exist.

## Explanation

Accessible names are required for many parts of a page, including form controls.
One way to accomplish this is to use `aria-labelledby` to specify the ID or IDs of 
other elements which contain a label. For example:

```html
<h2 id="dialog-labell">Important message!</h2>
<dialog aria-labelledby="dialog-label">
```

In this example, the `aria-labelledby` for the `<dialog>` points to an ID of `dialog-label`,
which doesn't exist. The heading it refers to instead has an ID of `dialog-labell`, presumably 
a typo.

## Why this matters

It isn't usually clear when an accessible name is broken, even during user testing.

This check helps to identify where an element clearly intended to have a label, but
that label is missing.

When a label is broken, it may be impossible for a user of assistive technologies
to understand what that element does.

missing-aria-labelled-by

August 2025

July 2025

Eurobodalla Shire Council

Title / URL	Issues
Bushfire recovery \| Eurobodalla Councilwww.esc.nsw.gov.au/community/bushfire-recovery	6
COVID-19 \| Eurobodalla Councilwww.esc.nsw.gov.au/residents/health-and-hazards/covid19	6
Dangerous and menacing dogs \| Eurobodalla Councilwww.esc.nsw.gov.au/residents/pets/dangerous-dogs	6
Rates and payments \| Eurobodalla Councilwww.esc.nsw.gov.au/residents/rates-payments	4
Asbestos \| Eurobodalla Councilwww.esc.nsw.gov.au/residents/health-and-hazards/asbestos	3
Barking dogs \| Eurobodalla Councilwww.esc.nsw.gov.au/residents/pets/barking-dogs	3

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Eurobodalla Shire Council

Where this issue has occurred