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Media Releases | Northern Areas Council

Major Projects | Northern Areas Council

Council Forms for Download | Northern Areas Council

404 Page Not Found | Northern Areas Council

Strategic Plan | Northern Areas Council

Delegations | Northern Areas Council

Annual Reports | Northern Areas Council

Elected Members | Northern Areas Council

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

January 2026

December 2025

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Title / URL	Issues
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.nacouncil.sa.gov.au/	3
Northern Areas Council \| Northern Areas Councilwww.nacouncil.sa.gov.au/	3
Media Releases \| Northern Areas Councilwww.nacouncil.sa.gov.au/council/media-releases	2
Major Projects \| Northern Areas Councilwww.nacouncil.sa.gov.au/council/major-projects	2
Council Forms for Download \| Northern Areas Councilwww.nacouncil.sa.gov.au/council/council-forms	2
404 Page Not Found \| Northern Areas Councilwww.nacouncil.sa.gov.au/invented-url-for-404-page	2
Strategic Plan \| Northern Areas Councilwww.nacouncil.sa.gov.au/council/public-documents/strategic-plans	2
Delegations \| Northern Areas Councilwww.nacouncil.sa.gov.au/council/public-documents/delegations	2
Annual Reports \| Northern Areas Councilwww.nacouncil.sa.gov.au/council/public-documents/annual-reports	2
Elected Members \| Northern Areas Councilwww.nacouncil.sa.gov.au/council/elected-members	2

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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