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Making Connections Online Discussion Forums

 

Rules and Conditions

The Making Connections website has been developed by the Office for Science and Medical Research to encourage the public availability and 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 this site.

The Making Connections website allows you an opportunity to participate in online discussion forums on a range of topics.

Online discussion forums are an ideal way of learning more about the diversity of public views and opinions on contemporary issues. However the unrestricted nature of the Internet could potentially lead to the discussions and chat sessions being abused or misused by some people.

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 online discussion forums. The moderator is an officer of the NSW Government.

 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 objectives of the Making Connections website; and  
  • edit, abridge, amend or otherwise alter any material submitted to the Making Connections website for publication.

Whilst all due care will be taken by the moderator, the State of New South Wales does not warrant or represent that the information is free from errors or omission, or that it is exhaustive. Any comments contained on the online forums are the comments of their author only and are not the comments of the State of New South Wales or its servants or agents.

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.

In addition, please note that a user is not entitled to have their material published in any circumstances, and the moderator has complete discretion as to whether to permit publication.

Privacy

Any information disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information or other peoples' personal information.

By participating in the discussion forum you consent to disclosure to the public of your email address and the content of your contribution. If you provide information about another person, you are also responsible for ensuring that you have the permission of that person to provide the information.

You may request the moderator of the discussion forum to delete an email provided by someone else which contains information relating to you.

Copyright

Copyright in the material which appears at the Making Connections website 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 displays at the website. If you wish to reproduce, alter, store or transmit the material for any other purpose, you should contact the Making Connections Editor.

The Making Connections website 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 Office for Science and Medical Research is confident that if users respect and abide by the matters described at this web-page, the site, and the online discussion forums which take place at the site, will provide both a fantastic information source as well as a 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 Making Connections website please feel free to contact the Making Connections Editor.