We aim to make our information available on an open and reusable basis where possible. This includes on our websites and in social media channels.

Using material we publish

If you wish to use material we have published, you must check and comply with applicable licensing requirements. These are explained further in this notice.

In some cases, you may need to contact us or a third party copyright owner for permission to use the material. You may also use material in accordance your rights under the Copyright Act 1968(Opens in a new tab/window), for example, under the fair dealing provisions or statutory licences.

Using copyright material in a way not permitted may be an infringement of copyright. Infringing copyright may expose you to legal action by, and liability to, the copyright owner.

Our website

Material on this website is copyright of the Commonwealth of Australia, except where it is stated to be held by others, or is otherwise owned by third parties.

You are free to use material on this website under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 International licence, except for:

  • the Commonwealth Coat of Arms
  • the Climate Change Authority logo
  • content that is specified as being subject to third party copyright limitations or some other licence terms.

Details of the CC-BY 4.0 licence are available on the Creative Commons website(Opens in a new tab/window).

Under the CC-BY 4.0 licence, you are free to copy, communicate and adapt the authority’s copyright material provided that you attribute the authority. Attribution must be as follows:

Creative commons

©Commonwealth of Australia (Climate Change Authority).

Or:

Creative commons

©Commonwealth of Australia (Climate Change Authority).

Our social media channels

We use social media channels to connect with you. This includes our LinkedIn account and YouTube channel.

You may use all material we post on these channels under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 International licence except where otherwise stated. Details of this licence are on the Creative Commons website(Opens in a new tab/window).

Material posted by any other person (such as public users of the channels) may be subject to third party copyright and is therefore not subject to the above licence.

Third party copyright

Wherever a third party holds copyright in material presented on this website, the copyright remains with that party. Users will need to establish adequate permission before using that material. 

To assist users with compliance the authority will seek to clearly label material where the copyright is owned by a third party, and identify the owner of such material. The authority will, where possible seek to ensure that third party material on this website is available for re-use.

Although the authority will take due care in seeking to do this, that does not absolve users of their obligation to ensure that they do not infringe third party copyright.

Using the Commonwealth Coat of Arms

Terms of use for the Coat of Arms are available from the It’s an Honour(Opens in a new tab/window) website.

Using our logo

Our logo must not be used separately without our prior, specific, written permission. If you wish to seek permission, please contact us.

Contact us

Contact us to request our permission to use material where that is required.

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