Our websites

Guidelines and privacy

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 account is managed by our Media and Digital team. Message the team via the Authority's LinkedIn inbox or contact nzea.media@pmc.gov.au if you have 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.

Copyright policy

Website copyright and disclaimer details

The Net Zero Economy Authority encourages the dissemination and exchange of information provided on this website.

The Commonwealth owns the copyright in all material produced by this Authority.

All material presented on this website is provided under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence, with the exception of:

the Commonwealth Coat of Arms
this Authority's logo and
content supplied by third parties.

The details of the relevant licence conditions are available on the Creative Commons website, as is the full legal code for the CC BY 4.0 licence.

Attribution

Material obtained from this website is to be attributed to this Authority as:

Third party copyright

Wherever a third party holds copyright in material presented on this website, the copyright remains with that party. Their permission may be required to use the material.

This Authority has made all reasonable efforts to:

clearly label material where the copyright is owned by a third party and
ensure that the copyright owner has consented to this material being presented on this website.

Using the Commonwealth Coat of Arms

Disclaimer

This website is presented by the Commonwealth for the purpose of disseminating information free of charge for the benefit of the public.

The Commonwealth monitors the quality of the information available on this website and updates the information regularly. However, the Commonwealth does not guarantee, and accepts no legal liability whatsoever arising from or connected to, the accuracy, reliability, currency or completeness of any material contained on this website or on any linked site.

The Commonwealth recommends that users exercise their own skill and care with respect to their use of this website and that users carefully evaluate the accuracy, currency, completeness and relevance of the material on the website for their purposes.

This website is not a substitute for independent professional advice and users should obtain any appropriate professional advice relevant to their particular circumstances.

The material on this website may include the views or recommendations of third parties, which do not necessarily reflect the views of the Commonwealth, or indicate its commitment to a particular course of action.

Links to external websites

This website may contain links to other websites that are external to the site. This site takes reasonable care in linking websites but has no direct control over the content of the linked sites, or the changes that may occur to the content on those sites. It is the responsibility of the user to make their own decisions about the accuracy, currency, reliability and correctness of information contained in linked external websites.

Links to external websites do not constitute an endorsement or a recommendation of any material on those sites or of any third party products or services offered by, from or through those sites. Users of links provided by this website are responsible for being aware of which organisation is hosting the website they visit.

Security of the site

This site applies a range of security controls to protect its website from unauthorised access. However, users should be aware that the World Wide Web is an insecure public network that gives rise to a potential risk that a user's transactions are being viewed, intercepted or modified by third parties or that files which the user downloads may contain computer viruses, disabling codes, worms or other devices or defects.

The Commonwealth accepts no liability for any interference with or damage to a user's computer system, software or data occurring in connection with or relating to this website or its use. Users are encouraged to take appropriate and adequate precautions to ensure that whatever is selected from this site is free of viruses or other contamination that may interfere with or damage the user's computer system, software or data.