abare.gov.au – Disclaimer

The material on this website is provided for information only. ABARE does not warrant that any information or data on this website is accurate, complete, current or suitable for any purpose.

Some of the material available on this website is sourced from third parties. Those third parties make no warranties or representations with respect to the accuracy or completeness of that information and bear no liability with respect to that information.

This website is not a substitute for independent professional advice and ABARE strongly recommends that users obtain any appropriate professional advice relevant to their particular circumstances. No person should act or fail to act on the basis of these materials. Information provided is considered to be true and correct at the time of publication. Although ABARE monitors the quality of the information available on this website and updates the information regularly, changes in circumstances after time of publication may impact on the accuracy of this information.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, ABARE disclaims all liability for any loss, damage, expense and costs incurred by any person arising out of accessing, downloading, using or relying on any materials from this website. ABARE's liability under any condition or warranty which cannot be legally excluded is limited exclusively, at ABARE's option, to product or service replacement.

Terms of use

General conditions of access and use of this site
Acknowledgment and acceptance of General Conditions www.abare.gov.au ("Site") is owned and operated by ABARE which is a business unit within the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry ("DAFF") which itself is a department of the Australian Government. For the purposes of this Terms of Use, any references to ABARE is deemed to be a reference to the Australian Government.

This Site contains material from ABARE, DAFF and other related sources. Your access to, use of any information and linking to this Site is conditional upon your acceptance and compliance with the terms, conditions, notices and disclaimers contained in this page and elsewhere on the Site ("General Conditions").

You must not use the Site or the Content in any manner or for any purpose which is unlawful or in any manner which violates any right of ABARE which is prohibited by the General Conditions.Your access to the Site constitutes your agreement to be bound by the General Conditions.

ABARE reserves the right to amend the General Conditions at any time and you should periodically refer to them on this page and elsewhere on the Site.

Ownership of content on this site
The materials displayed on this Site, including without limitation all information, text, materials, graphics, tables, software, tools, results derived from the use of software and tools, advertisements, names, logos and trade marks on the Site ("Content") are protected by copyright, trade mark and other intellectual property laws unless expressly indicated otherwise on the Site.

Copyright in ABARE products is owned by the Australian Government.

You agree not to reproduce, communicate, adapt, distribute or commercialise the product, or any product or service derived from or incorporating it or part of it (whether or not amounting to a copyright reproduction) other than as allowed by these General Conditions or with the prior written consent of the Australian Government.

Where such consent is sought the Australian Government reserves the right to set an appropriate charge or to require a revenue sharing arrangement. You are permitted to quote or reference a reasonable amount of the information contained in the products (including selected passages, tables, diagrams, and images from www.abare.gov.au) for internal purposes of your organisation provided that:

ABARE is cited as the source of the information used; you keep all the content intact and in the same form as presented on the Site (including without limitation all copyright, trade mark and other proprietary notices); and any analysis or transformation of the data you undertake is not attributed to ABARE.

Where a product consists of data in computer readable form, or software, the Australian Government authorises you to use, on a non-transferable and non-exclusive basis, such data or software personally, or for internal purposes within your organisation (as the case may be). This authorisation does not permit you to reproduce these data or software other than for the purposes of your personal or the internal use within your organisation unless that purpose is expressly permitted by the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth).

In these General Conditions, 'commercialise' in respect of a product or a derivative of that product, means to manufacture, sell, distribute, hire or otherwise exploit a product or process, or to provide a service incorporating the product or any other product or service derived from that product.

Disclaimer and limitation of liability
The Content on this Site is derived from sources believed to be accurate and current.

ABARE including its officers, agents, employees or contractors:
does not give any representation or warranty as to the reliability, accuracy or completeness of the Content; or warrant that any of the functions contained in any Content is error-free.

The Content on this Site is provided for general information only, and some of the Content is sourced from third parties.

Therefore any Content from this Site is not a substitute for independent professional advice and should not be relied upon. ABARE strongly recommends that you should obtain any appropriate professional advice relevant and particular to your circumstances. No person should act or fail to act on the basis of the Content contained on this Site.

The Content is considered to be true and correct at the time of publication on the Site. Although ABARE may periodically monitor the quality of the Content, and may update when required, changes in circumstances after time of publication may impact on the accuracy of the Content.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, ABARE disclaims all liability for any loss, damage, expense and costs (whether in negligence or otherwise) incurred by you or any person arising out of accessing, downloading, using or relying on any materials from this Site.

ABARE's liability under any condition or warranty which cannot be legally excluded is limited exclusively, at ABARE's option, to product or service replacement.

Links to other websites

This Site contains links to third party websites ("Linked Sites"). ABARE does not control Linked Sites and is therefore not responsible for the content of any Linked Site or any hyperlink contained in a Linked Site ("Subsequent Link"). ABARE provides these hyperlinks to you as convenience only, and the inclusion of any link does not imply any endorsement of the Linked Site by ABARE. You link to any Linked Site or Subsequent Link entirely at your own risk.

Along with Linked Sites and Subsequent Links, this Site may contain third party material, information, documents relating to and provided by third parties, and advertisements, which together are now referred as third party material ("Third Party Material").

The Third Party Material may contain embedded hyperlinks to websites operated by third parties or their licensees or contractors ("Third Party Websites"). ABARE does not recommend or endorse the products or services of those third parties. In some instances, the Third Party Material will contain representations or offers by the third party which you can accept by linking to the third party's website and executing the relevant transaction. Such offers are not made by ABARE, and the third party is solely responsible to you for the delivery of any goods or services you purchase on the third party website.

ABARE does not give any representation or warranty as to the reliability, accuracy or completeness of any Third Party Material, nor does ABARE accept any responsibility arising in any way (including negligence) for errors in, or omissions from such Third Party Material.

For the avoidance of doubt Third Party Material includes Third Party Websites, Linked Sites and Subsequent Links.

Virus and internet warning
ABARE applies a range of security controls to protect this Site from unauthorised access. However, you should be aware that the World Wide Web is an insecure public network that gives rise to a potential risk that your transactions are being viewed, intercepted or modified by third parties or that files which you download may contain computer viruses, disabling codes, worms or other devices or defects.

ABARE accepts no liability for any interference with or damage to a your and any other person or entity's computer system, software or data occurring in connection with, relating to, or accessing this Site.. You are encouraged to take appropriate and adequate precautions where necessary, to ensure that whatever is selected from this Site is free of viruses or other contamination that may interfere with or damage your, or any other person or entity's computer system, software or data.

Governing law
These General Conditions are governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), Australia. Disputes arising from these General Conditions are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts in ACT, Australia.