Disclaimer

This website has been developed and made accessible with a view to encouraging the public availability and the free exchange of information and opinion. Despite the relatively unregulated nature of the Internet, there are nevertheless a few matters which you should bear in mind when visiting our site.

Searching for information on the Internet

The advent of the Internet means that people like you have better than ever and faster than ever access to a vast amount of information. Of course, the output of any Internet search is dependent upon both the nature of the search engine and the search topic used. You should bear this in mind when performing searches through any Internet search facility. Similarly, you should not expect a search conducted through any search engine to provide you with an exhaustive list of the sources of information on the search topic.

Site content

The Safety Institute of Australia’s site, and any links from it to third-party sites, has been established as an information source and with a view to promoting tolerance, cultural and other diversity in our society. You should, therefore, bear in mind that some material which appears at the Safety Institute of Australia’s site and any linked sites may possibly cause offence or upset to some people. The Safety Institute of

Australia regrets, but can not take responsibility for, any such offence or upset caused.

In the event that you are offended or upset by the material which appears at an Internet website, you are entitled to lodge a complaint with the Australian Broadcasting Authority (ABA), who will then investigate the complaint and take such action as it thinks fit. If you would like to know more about the ABA's role in regulating Australian Internet content, you can visit its website at http://www.aba.gov.au

Due to the Safety Institute of Australia's desire to promote a free exchange of opinion and information, it does not necessarily endorse or support the views, opinions, standards or information which appears at this site or any linked sites. You should also not interpret the absence of a link from the site to any other site as a criticism or comment by the Safety Institute of Australia on the provider or content of that other site.

Unfortunately, the Safety Institute of Australia cannot warrant and does not represent that the material which appears at the Safety Institute of Australia site or any linked sites is complete, current, reliable and/or free from error. The Safety Institute of Australia also can not accept any responsibility or liability for any loss, damage, cost or expense you might incur as a result of the use of or reliance upon the materials which appear at this or any linked sites.

You should be aware that the providers of linked sites will often have their own protocols and standards in relation to their sites and the information which appears at them. We urge you to familiarize yourself with any such protocols and standards.

Chat rooms and on-line discussion forums

One of the exciting features of the Safety Institute of Australia site is that it allows you an opportunity to publish your views on topics of interest on one of our bulletin boards, or to participate in on-line discussion forums and chat sessions on topical issues.

While the Safety Institute of Australia believes that the on-line discussion forums and chat sessions are an ideal way of learning more about the diversity of public views and opinions on contemporary issues, the generally unrestricted nature of the Internet could potentially lead to the discussions and chat sessions being abused or misused by some people.

Accordingly, it is a condition of publication of material at any bulletin board, or participation in any on-line discussion forum or chat session, that the Safety Institute of Australia's principles and objectives [linked to code of conduct] be observed and adhered to.

To facilitate the free exchange of public opinion and at the same time monitor any potentially disruptive or undesirable input, a moderator has been appointed to supervise the running of the bulletin board, on-line discussion forums and chat sessions. The moderator is an officer of the Safety Institute of Australia.

The moderator has the right to:

• Refuse, or remove from the site, material submitted by a user which in the moderator's reasonable opinion tends to incite violence, racial hatred or intolerance against any group in our society, or which in the moderator's opinion may constitute a defamatory statement, an infringement of copyright or a breach of any other law;

• Contact, and/or cancel the registration of, any user who in the moderator's reasonable opinion has failed to observe, or is otherwise acting in a manner inconsistent with, the principles and objectives of the Safety Institute of Australia site; and

• Edit, abridge, amend or otherwise alter any material submitted to the Safety Institute of Australia's site for publication. In the event that the moderator edits, abridges, amends or otherwise alters a user's submitted material, the user shall (whenever possible) be advised accordingly and given the opportunity to withdraw the information from publication.

Copyright

Copyright in the material which appears at the Safety Institute of Australia site or any other Internet site (including any text, photographs or artwork) vests, subject to the provisions of the Copyright Act 1968, in the author of the material whether that be the site content provider or some other person or organisation, for example, someone participating in an on-line discussion forum or chat session.

You are welcome to reproduce for personal, in-house or non-commercial use any material which the Safety Institute of Australia creates and displays at the website. If you wish to reproduce, alter, store or transmit the material for any other purpose, you should contact the National Administration Center at natadmin@sia.org.au

The Safety Institute of Australia can not and does not grant you any permission or authority in respect of the copyright in the material which is posted to our site by others, or which appears at third-party Internet sites (we strongly recommend that you refer to the copyright statements at those sites before making use of the material).

Conclusion

The Safety Institute of Australia is confident that if users respect and abide by the principles and objectives and bear in mind the matters described at this webpage, the site, and the on-line discussion forums and chat sessions which take place at the site, will provide both a fantastic information source as well as an unique opportunity for you to share your views on relevant topics. We trust that you will enjoy using the site as much as we look forward to hearing your views and opinions.

If you have any questions in relation to the site or would like more information about the Safety Institute of Australia please feel free to contact us at natadmin@sia.org.au