From 15 December 2011, the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education was established. This website will be updated to reflect Machinery of Government changes in due course and content from the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations will be transitioned to this site.
The Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education legal notices ensure that all users to this website are aware of the terms of use. For more information, please select on the links below.
The material contained on this web site constitutes Commonwealth copyright and is intended for your general use and information. You may download, display, print and reproduce this material in unaltered form only (retaining this notice, and any headers and footers) for your personal, non-commercial use or use within your organisation. You may distribute any copies of downloaded material in unaltered, complete form only (retaining this notice, and any headers and footers). Apart from permitted uses under the Copyright Act 1968, all other rights are reserved.
Requests seeking permission to reproduce Commonwealth of Australia copyright material should be on the copyright request form or a letter containing the same information.
You may link to the department's home page http://www.innovation.gov.au from your site. Requests for links are to be directed to online@innovation.gov.au.
The Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education does not permit the display of pages from this site within frames on another website.
Links to External Websites
The Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education has no direct control over the content of any linked websites, or the changes that may occur to the content on those websites. Links to external websites are provided in good faith, but 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 websites or of any third party products or services offered by, from or through those websites. Users of links provided by this website are responsible for being aware of which organisation is hosting the website they visit.
The Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education is bound by the Information Privacy Principles (IPPs) under the Privacy Act 1988 with respect to collection, use and disclosure of personal information. The department also follows the Guidelines for Federal and ACT Government Websites. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner has also issued Guidelines to the Information Privacy Principles.
Clickstream data
Clickstreams are the paths a user takes when navigating a web site and the internet in general. When you visit one of our sites, our servers may record the following information for statistical purposes:
- The user's server (IP) address and machine name
- The date and time of visit to the site
- The pages accessed and documents downloaded
- The number of bytes transmitted and received for each request
- The previous site or page visited
- Search terms used
- The type of browser used.
The department examines this information to determine the traffic through the server and to specific pages or applications. In order to deliver better services, we also perform statistical analysis to establish priorities and allocate resources.
No attempt will be made to identify users or their browsing activities except in the unlikely event of an investigation, where a law enforcement agency may exercise a warrant to inspect server logs.
The statistics and log files may be preserved indefinitely and used at any time and in any way necessary to prevent security breaches and to ensure the integrity of the information supplied by the department.
Cookies
A cookie is a short piece of data which is sent from a web server to a web browser on the user's machine when the browser visits the server's site. The cookie is stored on the user's machine, but it is not an executable program and cannot do anything to your machine.
Whenever a web browser requests a file from the same web server that sent the cookie, the browser sends a copy of that cookie back to the server along with the request. In this way, the server knows you have visited before and can co-ordinate your access to different pages on its web site. A server cannot find out a name or e-mail address, or anything about a user's computer, by using cookies.
We use cookies to obtain session details for access to parts of our sites. Cookies are essential in providing a seamless access to some on-line databases. Cookie information is not stored or collected by the department.
E-mail addresses
We will only record your e-mail address if you send us a message or supply it when participating in a discussion forum, in which case it will be visible to other users of that forum.
Your email address will only be used by us for the purpose for which you have provided it and will not be added to a mailing list unless you have asked us to, nor will we disclose it except as described in the previous paragraph.
Security
Once the department receives information from you via e-mail or any other means, the information is in a secure environment. Your personal information will not be released unless the law permits it or your permission is granted.
You need to be aware of inherent risks associated with the transmission of information via the Internet.
If you have concerns in this regard, the department has other ways of obtaining and providing information. Normal mail, telephone and fax facilities are available.
Freedom of Information
For details about access to information held by the department, please contact the department's Freedom of Information Officer.
How to Contact Us
Telephone: +61 2 6213 7742
Facsimile: +61 2 6213 7367
Mail Privacy Officer
Corporate Strategy Branch
Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education
Level 13, 10 Binara Street, Canberra City ACT 2601
GPO Box 9839, Canberra ACT 2601