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Two adjacent links should not point to the same destination. You almost always want to combine the 
two links.

For example, it is quite common to link an image and text together like this:

```html
<a href="news.html">
    <img src="photo.jpg" alt="" />
</a>
<a href="news.html">
    News
</a>
``` 

These adjacent links should be combined like so:

```html
<a href="news.html">
    <img src="photo.jpg" alt="" />
    News
</a>
``` 

Links to `#` are ignored, as these are nearly always placeholders for JavaScript, e.g.:

```html
<a href="#" onclick="approve()">
    OK
</a>
<a href="#" onclick="reject()">
    Cancel
</a>
```

# Justification

Many users of assistive technology are only able to experience content sequentially - that is, they must
step through each part of the page, one part at a time. Often this is a slow process, potentially 
hampered by a physical impediment.

Stepping through redundant links is time consuming; for example users of a screen reader must 
hear each link read aloud in turn. 

This also simplifies your code. 

# Methodology

1. Find all links (`<a>` tags) on the page.
2. Ignore links pointing to `#`, as these are usually placeholders for JavaScript.
3. Flag links which are (a) separated only by whitespace and (b) which point to the 
   same absolute URL.  

# Learn more

Read about [Technique H2](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H2) on how to combine
an adjacent image and texts links.

duplicate-adjacent-link

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	Title / URL	Issues
	Governance \| Litchfield Councilwww.litchfield.nt.gov.au/your-council/governance	31
	Council Meetings \| Litchfield Councilwww.litchfield.nt.gov.au/your-council/council-meetings	30
	Council History \| Litchfield Councilwww.litchfield.nt.gov.au/your-council/about-us/council-history	30
	Page not found \| Litchfield Councilwww.litchfield.nt.gov.au/invented-url-for-404-page	30
	About us \| Litchfield Councilwww.litchfield.nt.gov.au/your-council/about-us	30
	Council Committees \| Litchfield Councilwww.litchfield.nt.gov.au/your-council/council-committees	30
	Community \| Litchfield Councilwww.litchfield.nt.gov.au/community	30
	Council Rates and Fees \| Litchfield Councilwww.litchfield.nt.gov.au/your-council/council-rates-and-fees	30
	Business \| Litchfield Councilwww.litchfield.nt.gov.au/your-council/business	30
	Litchfield Art Exhibition 2024 \| Litchfield Councilwww.litchfield.nt.gov.au/your-council/events/art-exhibition	30

Combine adjacent links with the same destination

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