Minister’s Website Readability Reform Project
Contributing to large-scale plain language reform in social services communication In 2017 Apricot Zebra worked for 6 months
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Experience
Apricot Zebra has provided writing, editing, proofreading and indexing services to government agencies and other public and private sector clients since 2010.
Quality
We share our clients’ exacting standards for quality and consistency, and have proven our ability to meet them over many years and many large, complex and high-profile projects.
Value for money
Our experience makes us efficient as well as expert, meaning our clients receive excellent value for money and high-quality results in the most effective way possible.
We are experts in communicating complex information in clear, persuasive and accessible language
Our purpose is to deliver the highest quality work and help our clients to develop and publish polished text that meets their objectives
Our services include structural planning and editing, writing and rewriting, substantive editing, copyediting, proofreading, plain English editing, indexing and accessible Word formatting.
The wide range of skills we offer means we can meet the needs of each client and each project, from a fact sheet to a major inquiry report.
Examples of our work
Our work speaks for itself
Australian Financial Security Authority
Using structure and language to clarify processes for valid registration of legal interests The Personal Property Securities Register
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
Rewriting important case study reports in plain English for a wide audience The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses
Our Services
We have a particular set of services
We can help you identify what kind of editorial support you’re looking for and tailor our services to match.
Writing
We work with our clients to draft, structure and polish text so that it conveys clear messages to the intended audience and is easy to understand, learn from and apply.
Editing
We offer substantive editing, copyediting and proofreading.
Plain language
Plain language makes it possible to communicate clear messages and make the content engaging and usable for readers.
Annual Reports
Our annual report services include copywriting, substantive and copy editing, plain English editing, proofreading and indexing.
Legal editing
Apricot Zebra offers specialist legal editing services. Our clients in this area include the Attorney-General’s Department, the Australian Institute of Administrative Law, and the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor.
Indexing
In line with professional indexing best practice, we produce indexes that enable readers to find information quickly and efficiently and anticipate how readers will search for information.
About Us
We are professional editors with exceptional depth of experience
We are a Canberra-based company providing writing and text editing services for all types of publications. We specialise in government, legal and parliamentary (Hansard) editing. Our company was founded in 2010 by our senior editors Dr Wendy Elliott and Kirsten McNeill AE.