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Copyright and Terms of use

1. Acknowledgement

This copyright and terms of use document has been adapted from a similar document published by the Australian Computing Academy (ACA) dated September 2017. Positive Partnerships acknowledges ACA as the source of these copyright and terms of use.

2. Copyright

Positive Partnerships is delivered by Aspect (Autism Spectrum Australia).

Positive Partnerships' website and its contents are the copyright of the Australian Government Department of Education from 2008 to the present, unless otherwise indicated. This copyright material is subject to the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) and is owned by the Australian Government Department of Education or, where indicated, by a party other than the Australian Government Department of Education.

3. Creative Commons licence

Positive Partnerships actively encourages broad use and adaptation of its material.

Unless indicated otherwise (including Section 4 below), copyright material available on this website is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (the CC BY licence).

Creative Commons License

This licence allows you to:

  • share – copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format; and
  • adapt – remix, transform and build upon the material,

for any purpose, even commercially, provided you attribute Positive Partnerships as the source of the copyright material (see Section 5 below).

4. Material not available under the Creative Commons licence

The CC BY licence does not apply to:

  • any logos, including Positive Partnerships logo, Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect) logo, the Australian Government Department of Education;
  • other trade mark protected material; and
  • the design of this website. This does not include the icons used to represent the key concepts and threads.

This material must not be used for any purpose without permission.

In addition, the CC BY licence does not apply to material owned by third parties that has been reproduced with their permission on, or linked to from, this website. Permission will need to be obtained from third parties to re-use their material.

Some other material hosted on, or linked to from, this website may not be licensed under a CC BY licence and can only be used in accordance with the specific terms of use attached to that material.

There are also other materials on this website that are licensed more restrictively (Excluded Materials). Excluded Materials comprise:

  • all photographs hosted on this website (except where explicitly noted);
  • all external videos linked from this website;
  • all photographs in any reports, or other documents, published on this website.

You may view, download, display, print, reproduce (such as by making photocopies) and distribute these Excluded Materials in unaltered form only for your personal educational purposes or for the educational purposes of your organisation, provided that you make others aware it can only be used for these purposes and attribute Positive Partnerships as the source of the Excluded Material in accordance with Section 5 below.

For the avoidance of doubt, this means that you cannot edit, modify or adapt any of these materials, and you cannot sub-license any of these materials to others. Apart from any uses permitted under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), and those explicitly granted above, all other rights are reserved by Positive Partnerships.

If you want to use such material in a manner that is outside this restrictive licence, you must request permission from Positive Partnerships by emailing positivepartnerships@autismspectrum.org.au

Positive Partnerships videos may be hosted on an external platform, e.g. YouTube, Vimeo. The licence terms on these external platforms governs your use of this material. For more information about linked material from third party websites, see Section 8 below.

5. Attributing Positive Partnerships

All Positive Partnerships material covered by the CC BY licence should be cited as follows:

Copyright Australian Government Department of Education 2008 to present, unless otherwise indicated. This material was downloaded from the Positive Partnerships website (https://www.positivepartnershi...) on [date] and [was/was not] modified. The material is licensed under CC BY 4.0. The Australian Government Department of Education, Aspect and Positive Partnerships do not endorse any product or service that uses this material, make any representations as to the quality of such products or services, or is affiliated with or sponsors the provider.

6. No endorsement of products

The Australian Government Department of Education, Aspect and Positive Partnerships do not endorse any product or service that uses Positive Partnerships materials or make any representations as to the quality of such products or services. Any product or service that uses material published on this website should not be taken to be affiliated with the Australian Government Department of Education, Aspect or Positive Partnerships, or have the sponsorship or approval of the Australian Government Department of Education, Aspect or Positive Partnerships.

7. No licence fees collected by Copyright Agency Limited

Positive Partnerships has written to the Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) directing CAL not to collect fees on the Australian Government Department of Education or Positive Partnerships behalf for Positive Partnerships materials. This means that schools, education bodies and other organisations are not charged fees for copying the materials on this website, unless material is owned by a third party, in which case permission will need to be obtained from the third party to re-use their material.

8. Linked material available on third party websites

The website may contain links to third party websites over which we have no control. Those links are provided for your convenience only and we are not responsible for their use, effect or content. You acknowledge and agree that the terms of use, including licence terms, set out on the third party’s website apply to the use which may be made of the materials on that third party’s website.

If this website contains links to your website and you have any objection to such linking, please contact Positive Partnerships by emailing positivepartnerships@autismspectrum.org.au

Similarly, if you have any questions regarding use of material available on or through this website, please contact us by emailing positivepartnerships@autismspectrum.org.au

9. Disclaimer

Positive Partnerships is funded by the Australian Government Department of Education. The views expressed within this program do not necessarily represent the views of the Australian Government or the Australian Government Department of Education.

The materials available on this website are made available by Positive Partnerships as an information source only.

Positive Partnerships has compiled the material on this website in good faith and has endeavoured to ensure that all material is accurate and does not breach any entity’s rights at the time of its inclusion. However, the material may contain unintentional errors and is provided ‘as is’.

This website and the information it contains is not intended as a substitute for professional consultation with a qualified practitioner. Always seek the advice of your doctor for any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

You acknowledge and agree that you will make your own enquiries to determine whether information you obtain through the website is current, complete and accurate before using it.

We do not warrant or guarantee:

  1. that you will be able to use the website at any time; or
  2. that your use of the website will be continuous, uninterrupted, secure or error-free.

We also assume no responsibility, and shall not be liable for, any damages to, or viruses that may infect, your computer equipment or other property as a result of your access to, use of, or browsing in the website or your downloading of any materials, data, text, images, video, or audio from this website.

If Positive Partnerships has inadvertently included materials belonging to any other party, please contact Positive Partnerships by emailing positivepartnerships@autismspectrum.org.au

10. Liability

You acknowledge and agree that your access to, and use of, the website is at your own risk.

To the maximum extent lawful, the Australian Government Department of Education and Positive Partnerships:

  1. excludes all warranties, representations, guarantees, conditions, rights, remedies, liabilities and any other terms that may be conferred or implied by statute, general law or custom, except any guarantee or right conferred under any legislation (including the Australian Consumer Law in Schedule 2 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Commonwealth)), the exclusion of which would contravene legislation or cause any part of this clause to be void in respect of this website and the material contained on it; and
  2. excludes all responsibility and liability for:
    1. any loss or damage, however caused, resulting from your use or inability to use this website or the material; or
    2. any incidental, special or consequential damages arising from the use or inability to use the website or the material contained on it.

Where liability cannot be lawfully excluded, the entire liability of Positive Partnerships and your exclusive remedy is resupply of the website or the material contained on it.

11. Security

To use the website or certain of its features as intended, you may be required to enable the website to use cookies and grant the website any other permissions and access to your device, as necessary. If you do not grant these permissions and this access, you may be unable to use the website or some of its features.

The website uses the internet to provide services and information. By using the website, you acknowledge and agree to accept all risks associated with using the internet, including the potential exposure to viruses and harmful code which may affect your device.

We do not warrant or guarantee the security of the website. You are solely responsible for the security of your device (including any data stored on your device) and for using appropriate and up-to-date software on your device to detect and manage the threat posed by viruses and other harmful code.

12. Privacy

Where we collect personal information from you through this website, we will collect, use and store your personal information in accordance with these terms of use, The Department of Education privacy policy, and applicable legislation. Please also refer to our Privacy Statement.

13. Enquiries

Unless the material is made available under the CC BY licence or relevant terms/conditions of use allow modification or adaption, you must contact Positive Partnerships by emailing positivepartnerships@autismspectrum.org.au if you:

  • intend to charge others for use or access Positive Partnerships material from this website; or
  • intend to publish a modified version of any Positive Partnerships material from this website.

If material indicates (either next to the item or in the ‘Acknowledgements’ section) that it may be owned by a third party, you may need to contact the third party to request permission to reproduce their material.

14. Variation of terms of use

The Australian Government Department of Education or Positive Partnerships may change, modify, add or remove any part of these terms of use; change, modify, add to, or remove, any material contained on the website or any other aspect of the website, without notice or liability. It is your responsibility to regularly check these terms of use to ensure you are familiar with their current form. Your continued use of the website constitutes your acceptance of any changes to the terms of use.

15. Other terms

Certain areas and features of this website contain terms and conditions specific to those areas and features. Such terms and conditions are in addition to these terms of use and prevail over these terms of use only to the extent it is not possible to construe these terms of use consistently with such other terms and conditions.


Last updated: March 2024.