Terms of use

abuse, harass or threaten others
racially or religiously vilify others
incite, induce or aid violence, discriminate, harass, victimise or provoke hatred towards others, or are likely to offend, insult or humiliate others, particularly on the basis of their race, colour, descent, national origin, religion, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation or any disability
make defamatory or libellous comments
use insulting, provocative or hateful language or images
use obscene or offensive language or images
use material that infringes the intellectual property rights of others.
promote commercial interests
promote personal and professional interests
are overtly party-political comment (e.g., reference to candidates, fundraisers, support for political parties)
incite, encourage or make reference to conduct that may constitute a criminal or civil offence or otherwise violate Australian law.

Using this website

By using this website, we expect that you:

represent your own views and not impersonate or falsely represent any other person
do not submit material that infringes the intellectual property rights of others
do not be abusive, harass or threaten others, and do not make defamatory or libellous comments
do not use insulting, provocative or hateful language, and do not use obscene or offensive language
do not make unproven or unsupported accusations against individuals or organisations
do not conduct any illegal activity or solicit the performance of any illegal activity
do not submit content containing or installing any viruses, worms, malware or Trojan horses
do not post spam or content that is machine- or randomly-generated
do not make comments that are irrelevant to the topic being discussed
do not promote commercial interests unless requested.

In using the department's website, you agree:

not to attempt to modify, adapt, translate, sell, reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any portion of the department's website
not to tamper with other persons' access to the department's website or commit unauthorised intrusion into any part of the department's website, including computers, files, accounts, networks and equipment
not to attempt to bypass the network firewall
not to use any part of the department's website for which you are not authorised or devise ways to circumvent security in order to access part of the department's website for which you are not authorised – including but not limited to, scanning networks with the intent to breach and/or evaluate security, whether or not the intrusion results in access or not
not to attempt to misuse the department's website – including but is not limited to password cracking, social engineering (defrauding others into releasing their passwords), denial-of-service attacks, harmful and malicious destruction of data, you may link to the department's website at your full expense and responsibility. In doing so you must not:
alter any of the website's contents
frame or reformat the files, pages, images, information and materials from this website on any other website.

We reserve the right to enforce our terms of use.

To ensure information you submit is suitable for publication, we reserve the right to redact content that would:

disclose personal information (in a manner inconsistent with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act)
be defamatory or abusive
violate intellectual property laws
encourage illegal activity
breach our terms of use.

Privacy

Our department is bound by the Australian Privacy Principles in Schedule 1 of the Privacy Act. The Privacy Act regulates how we may collect, use, disclose and store personal information. We also hold personal information in accordance with the Archives Act 1983 (Cth).

We use technology provided by Converlens Pty Ltd (Converlens) to provide this consultation service and website. Converlens complies with the Privacy Act and stores data securely in Australia.

Where you are asked for personal information via the online consultation form, this information will be used and disclosed for the purpose of conducting the consultation exercise. Your personal information may also be used or disclosed for other purposes notified to you or otherwise where authorised or required by law. On individual consultations, you may be offered the option to keep your response confidential. If your submission is published online, you will be given the option of withholding your personal details

Copyright

You retain ownership of any comments or submissions you provide to us on this website.

However, in making a submission to our department, you grant us and Converlens a royalty-free licence to use, reproduce or publish your submission. This includes converting your submission into a different format to that submitted in order to meet relevant accessibility requirements.

If your submission contains material owned by a third party, you warrant that you have obtained all necessary licences and consents required for the use of those materials (including for us and Converlens to use, reproduce or publish), and have made arrangements for the payment of any royalties or other fees payable for the use of such material.

Disclaimer

The views contained in published submissions on this website are the author’s responsibility and should not be taken to:

represent the views of the Australian Government
indicate a commitment to a particular course of action.

Publication does not in any way constitute an endorsement of the author’s views.

We do not warrant that the information on this website, including published submissions, is accurate, reliable, current or complete. We disclaim liability, to the extent permitted by law, for any liability, loss, damage or cost arising from relying on any information on this website.

Read our full disclaimer on the DEWR website.