Disclaimer

  1. This website is an information, referral and professional support service for residents of Australia. As a result, the website does not refer to counselling services or information specific for any geographical region outside of Australia.
  2. Information on this website is generic and is not designed to take into account the specific objectives, needs and circumstances of any particular individual. However, if you wish to seek help or need to speak to someone, you may call one of the following 24 hour telephone services:
    • Life Line: 13 11 14
    • Gamblers Anonymous: 1800 002 210.
  3. These telephone numbers are provided for your convenience only, and these telephone services are not operated by or associated with the operators of this website. The operators of this website do not control and are not responsible for the advice that you may receive from those services. If you contact any of these telephone services, you acknowledge that you do so of your own choice and in reliance on your own judgement regarding the suitability of these services to your circumstances.
  4. The information on this website is provided in good faith, using reasonable care. However, this website and its contents are made available on an “as is” basis, and to the maximum extent permitted by law, the operators of this website exclude all warranties, whether express or implied, regarding the information on this website. Without limiting the foregoing, the operators of this website do not warrant the accuracy or currency of the information which it contains, or that it will be applicable to your individual circumstances.
  5. In using this website, you agree that you make your own assessment of its relevance to your circumstances. The operators of this website recommend that, before relying on any information contained on this website, you verify its applicability, accuracy and currency from an independent, qualified source. This website is not intended or designed to replace clinical judgement or formal advice from health care professionals and counsellors, and you should use this website together with, not instead of, individual consultation and collaboration with such health care professionals and counsellors.
  6. Any hyperlinks to other websites are provided for convenience only, and the provision of those hyperlinks does not constitute endorsement of those websites by the operators of this website. The content of any websites to which hyperlinks are provided on this website is not created, controlled or approved by the operators of this website, who do not accept responsibility for those websites or their content.
  7. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the operators of this website, including all technical and medical advisors and content providers, will not be liable to you or anyone else for any loss or damage (including direct, indirect, special or consequential loss or damage) arising out of or in connection with your use, access or inability to access or use this website, howsoever arising, and regardless of whether or not the operators of this website were aware of the possibility of such loss or damage occurring. Where such liability cannot be excluded, the liability of the operators of this website for any loss or damage(including direct, indirect, special or consequential loss or damage) arising out of or in connection with your use, access or inability to access or use this website is limited to the maximum extent permissible by law.
  8. Despite the foregoing, by using this website, you agree to release the operators of this website from any loss or damage that you or anyone else may suffer as a result of your reliance on the information contained on this website.
  9. Your confidentiality will be ensured by:
    • storing your participant records in a locked cabinet and room;
    • ensuring ongoing access to the website is through user names and passwords only, issued by the website administrator;
    • de-identifying data before data entry; and
    • hosting the website on a secure server.
  10. Any unsolicited ideas you submit to the operators of this website will become the property of the operators of this website, and they may reproduce, disclose, transmit, communicate to the public or otherwise use those ideas, without any obligation to compensate you. This will apply even if your material includes a statement as to confidentiality contrary to this provision. Please note that this does not apply to any questionnaires that you have completed or any identifying information that you have supplied as part of your participation in this program.
  11. If a dispute arises regarding this disclaimer or this website, the laws of Queensland, Australia, will apply. In relation to any such dispute, you agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Queensland, Australia, and the courts of appeal from them, and waive any rights that you may have to challenge the appropriateness of that forum. If you access this website in a jurisdiction other than Queensland, Australia, you are responsible for compliance with the laws of that jurisdiction, to the extent that they apply.
  12. If the information on this website is translated into or presented in languages other than English, the English version of that information will be authoritative in relation to any disputes regarding its interpretation.