Senior Management Team | Northern Areas Council

Policies | Northern Areas Council

Newsletters | Northern Areas Council

Fees and Charges | Northern Areas Council

Register of Salaries | Northern Areas Council

Annual Business Plans | Northern Areas Council

Strategic Plan | Northern Areas Council

Media Releases | Northern Areas Council

Annual Reports | Northern Areas 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

January 2026

December 2025

Northern Areas Council

Title / URL	Issues
Senior Management Team \| Northern Areas Councilwww.nacouncil.sa.gov.au/council/senior-management-team	2
Policies \| Northern Areas Councilwww.nacouncil.sa.gov.au/council/public-documents/policies	1
Newsletters \| Northern Areas Councilwww.nacouncil.sa.gov.au/council/public-documents/newsletters	1
Fees and Charges \| Northern Areas Councilwww.nacouncil.sa.gov.au/council/public-documents/fees-and-charges	1
Register of Salaries \| Northern Areas Councilwww.nacouncil.sa.gov.au/council/registers/register-of-salaries	1
Annual Business Plans \| Northern Areas Councilwww.nacouncil.sa.gov.au/council/public-documents/annual-business-plans	1
Strategic Plan \| Northern Areas Councilwww.nacouncil.sa.gov.au/council/public-documents/strategic-plans	1
Media Releases \| Northern Areas Councilwww.nacouncil.sa.gov.au/council/media-releases	1
Annual Reports \| Northern Areas Councilwww.nacouncil.sa.gov.au/council/public-documents/annual-reports	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Northern Areas Council

Where this issue has occurred