Mackay Regional Council - Councillors

Mackay Regional Council - Residents

Mackay Regional Council - News & Media

Mackay Regional Council - Brochures

Mackay Regional Council - Search

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Mackay Regional Council - Policies

Mackay Regional Council - Petitions

Mackay Regional Council - Services

Mackay Regional Council - Policies & Fees

Lists (e.g., `<ul>` or `<ol>`) should only contain list items (`<li>`) as a direct descendant 
to ensure that screen readers can accurately report the amount of items contained in the list. 

## Example

In the following example, some screen readers would say this list has two items, instead of 
four: 

```html
<ul>
    <div class="some_class">
        <li>Example 1</li>
    </div>
    <div class="some_other_class">
        <li>Example 2</li>
        <li>Example 3</li>
        <li>Example 4</li>
    </div>
</ul>
```

To fix this, you would need to remove the `<div class="some_class">` and 
`<div class="some_other_class>` elements and ensure only `<li>` list items remain.

## Further reading

The [formal specification for the list element](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/ul)
shows what is and is not permitted inside an `<ul>` and `<ol>`.

See [Technique H88](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H88.html) for more information.

list-not-following-semantics

July 2025

June 2025

Mackay Regional Council

Title / URL	Issues
Mackay Regional Council - Councillorswww.mackay.qld.gov.au/contact/councillors	1
Mackay Regional Council - Residentswww.mackay.qld.gov.au/residents	1
Mackay Regional Council - News & Mediawww.mackay.qld.gov.au/about_council/news_and_media	1
Mackay Regional Council - Brochureswww.mackay.qld.gov.au/about_council/news_and_media/brochures	1
Mackay Regional Council - Searchwww.mackay.qld.gov.au/search2	1
Mackay Regional Council - Mackay Regional Councilwww.mackay.qld.gov.au/	1
Mackay Regional Council - Policieswww.mackay.qld.gov.au/about_council/policies_and_fees/policies	1
Mackay Regional Council - Petitionswww.mackay.qld.gov.au/about_council/policies_and_fees/petitions	1
Mackay Regional Council - Serviceswww.mackay.qld.gov.au/residents/services	1
Mackay Regional Council - Policies & Feeswww.mackay.qld.gov.au/about_council/policies_and_fees	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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