Disclaimer

To the extent permitted by law, APPEA accepts no responsibility or liability for any losses or damages of any kind arising out of the use of any information contained on the website.

1.1 Information

This is the website owned by APPEA.

The articles and other information on this website are often provided by third parties. These are not peer reviewed or necessarily verified by us. We do not necessarily agree with their content, and we cannot guarantee their accuracy, correctness or completeness.

Some information on this website is provided directly by us. We have taken reasonable steps to ensure this information is accurate and up to date, but we cannot guarantee that it is so. Please check all information before relying on it.

1.2 No endorsement

Re-published articles and references to other websites are provided as an information service only and should not be construed as an endorsement of any writer, organisation, product or third party. Also, omissions should not be construed as non-endorsement.

1.3 Information does not represent professional advice

All information on our website, including content provided by third parties, is provided for general information purposes only.

The information on this website does not constitute legal advice, financial advice, investment advice, or advice regarding a project, and it does not take into account your specific situation or needs.

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1.4 Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to third party websites. We do not sponsor or endorse the operators or content of any linked websites.

1.5 Availability and use of our website

As electronic services are subject to interruption or breakdown, access to our website is offered on an ‘as is’ and ‘as available’ basis. We do not guarantee that access to our website will function as intended or be uninterrupted.

Electronic services are also susceptible to viruses and other defects and errors. Please take appropriate steps to protect your hardware, software and networks from computer viruses and any other defects or errors.

Currently, all information on our website is available free of charge. At our discretion, we may choose to provide premium content at some point, which will then be available, at a cost, to those who choose to become subscribers.

We may withdraw our website at any time and without notice to you. We may limit or restrict the use you make of our website.

1.6 Cookies

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1.7 Intellectual property rights

The intellectual property rights in the content of our website are owned or licensed by us. Permission to reproduce the content must be sought in writing from us.

Third party contributors of the articles on this website have licensed the intellectual property rights in those articles to us, for publication on this website. We rely on the statements of those contributors, but we accept that it is possible that we may on occasion get it wrong.

We request that anyone who notices any plagiarised work on this website, or some other breach of intellectual property rights, report this to us. While we maintain that we are not responsible for the content of articles provided by others, we undertake to investigate such complaints and, if appropriate, remove the content.

1.8 Limitation of Liability

You may have some rights in relation to your use of our website under Australian law (including under the Australian Consumer Law) that cannot be excluded. We do not exclude those rights, but we do limit them to the maximum extent allowed by law.

Other than those rights, we (and our officers, employees and agents) are not liable to you in any way for any loss, liability or cost arising out of your use of our website.

1.9 Acceptance and changes to these terms of use

Your use of our website constitutes your acceptance of these terms of use. We may at any time vary these terms by publishing the varied terms on our website. You accept that by doing this, we have provided you with sufficient notice of the variation.

1.10 Jurisdiction

The law applicable to this website and to disputes arising from or in connection with this website is the law of New South Wales, Australia.