Visit Sutherland Shire | Sutherland Shire Council

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Shire Maps | Sutherland Shire Council

Trees | Sutherland Shire Council

Sutherland Shire Council

Your environment | Sutherland Shire Council

Your property | Sutherland Shire Council

Privacy Statement | Sutherland Shire Council

Council events | Sutherland Shire Council

Living here | Sutherland Shire 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

March 2026

February 2026

Title / URL	Issues
Visit Sutherland Shire \| Sutherland Shire Councilwww.sutherlandshire.nsw.gov.au/play-and-explore/visit-the-shire	6
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.sutherlandshire.nsw.gov.au/	6
Shire Maps \| Sutherland Shire Councilwww.sutherlandshire.nsw.gov.au/plan-and-build/shire-maps	6
Trees \| Sutherland Shire Councilwww.sutherlandshire.nsw.gov.au/living-here/trees	6
Sutherland Shire Councilwww.sutherlandshire.nsw.gov.au/	6
Your environment \| Sutherland Shire Councilwww.sutherlandshire.nsw.gov.au/your-environment	6
Your property \| Sutherland Shire Councilwww.sutherlandshire.nsw.gov.au/living-here/your-property	6
Privacy Statement \| Sutherland Shire Councilwww.sutherlandshire.nsw.gov.au/privacy-policy	6
Council events \| Sutherland Shire Councilwww.sutherlandshire.nsw.gov.au/play-and-explore/council-events	6
Living here \| Sutherland Shire Councilwww.sutherlandshire.nsw.gov.au/living-here	6

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Sutherland Shire Council

Where this issue has occurred