Our website and social media guidelines
Our websites
To improve visitor experience to the Authority’s website, we may use 'cookies' to enable the website to remember an individual’s use of the website either for the duration of the visit or for repeat visits. The Authority may use this information to help improve the website by understanding how it is used and how we can improve our communication with diverse audiences. We may also use other third party analytics tools (such as Sprinklr or Google Analytics) to improve our website, however these tools do not attempt to identify individual users in any way.
Our website may also contain links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites. When you go to other websites from here, we advise you to read their privacy policies.
Social media guidelines
The Net Zero Economy Authority (the Authority) uses social media to share information, engage with stakeholders and to promote the outcomes of policy and programs.
The Authority’s LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook accounts are managed by our Digital, Media and Design team. Kindly contact the team via nzea.media@pmc.gov.au if you have any feedback or concerns.
The Social Media Moderation Guidelines are in addition to the Terms of Service of any social media platform we have an account with now or in the future. The Australian Government has strict guidelines on discrimination and intimidation. We will not respond to, or accept content which is irrelevant, pornographic, discriminatory, hateful or threatening, and actions which may offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate.
When contributing your questions and comments, we encourage you to:
- Protect your personal privacy and that of others by not including identifying information about yourself or others (such as names, email addresses, private addresses or personal phone numbers). Posts or comments containing personal information may be hidden or removed.
- Post material that is relevant to the topics and issues being discussed, particularly if you are seeking a response from the Authority.
- Represent your own views and do not impersonate or falsely represent any other person.
We will not respond to, but may report, remove or block posts, images or users that:
- 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 comments
- use insulting, provocative or hateful language or images
- use obscene or offensive language or images
- use material that infringes on the intellectual property rights of others
- are multiple versions of the same view to the forum
- promote commercial interests
- promote personal and professional interests not relevant to the work of the Authority
- 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.
The Authority welcomes open, honest and respectful engagement on all its social media platforms: LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.