The National Rural Health Alliance (the Alliance) is committed to improving the health and wellbeing of the 7 million people in rural and remote Australia. The Alliance provides a united voice for people and health professionals living and working in rural communities and advocates for sustainable and affordable health services. Our most important role, underpinned by our broad representative base, is listening to the people of rural, regional and remote Australia and taking their views to government. The Alliance uses social media platforms to engage with our members, followers, and other stakeholders in a friendly and inclusive manner. Through social media, we inform, educate, inspire, build connections, and have conversations. Please note that these terms of use apply to all National Rural Health Alliance social media channels, including, but not limited to, Facebook, X (Twitter), LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube. The National Rural Health Alliance’s Commitments
• We will be transparent in our social media engagement.
• We will protect our consumers’ privacy in compliance with applicable Privacy Policies, IT Security Policies, and laws, rules, and regulations.
• We will respect copyrights, trademarks, rights of publicity, and other third-party rights.
• We will be responsible in our use of technology and will not knowingly align the organisation with any organisations or websites that use excessive tracking software, adware, malware, or spyware.
• We will reasonably monitor behaviour in the social media space, establish appropriate protocols, and keep appropriate records as dictated by law and/or industry best practices.
• Our content will be aligned to our vision and values.
• Comments will be moderated and may be deleted in accordance with our social media house rules. Social Media House Rules
The Alliance welcomes feedback and encourages healthy discussion, but please ensure your engagement on our social media platforms is in line with our house rules. Due to the 2021 High Court ruling, every organisation that administers a social media account is legally responsible to moderate any activity or interactions on their social media platforms. By interacting with the Alliance and the Alliance’s affiliated pages, groups, events, ads, posts (or anything else that may fall under the Alliance’s social media domain), you agree to abide by our social media terms of use and our “House Rules”. The Alliance can make no guarantee that your contribution will be published or remain published and reserves the right to delete any comments that are considered inappropriate by the organisation’s moderators.
1. Treat other people, including Alliance employees, with respect and courtesy. Comments using inappropriate language, which are abusive, obscene, or which appear to deliberately provoke arguments, will be deleted. Explicit content or content of a harassing nature will be deleted. The Alliance reserves the right to delete comments that are considered inappropriate by the organisation’s moderators.
2. Don’t post unlawful comments or content. Do not use language that is defamatory, discriminatory, incites violence, infringes copyright or is otherwise unlawful. Comments that are fraudulent, deceptive, misleading, in violation of any intellectual property right of another, or in violation of any law or regulation, will be deleted.
3. Don’t include personal details such as phone numbers, postal or email addresses in publicly visible comments. If you wish to raise an issue that requires sharing your contact information with Alliance employees, please contact us.
4. Don’t advertise. Comments that seek to endorse commercial products or activities or solicit business or personal promotion may not be accepted. The Alliance publishes links to other websites at its sole discretion. We reserve the right to remove comments and messages considered to be spam, or posts containing the same, or similar, message posted multiple times. This also extends to link baiting or files containing viruses that could damage the operation of other people’s computers or mobile devices. Use of the Alliance’s Content
Sharing on social media is expected and welcomed. All intellectual property rights in the content owned by and posted by the Alliance are reserved to the Alliance. Such content is provided for your personal, non-commercial use only. You may not otherwise reproduce, republish, modify, or adapt the Alliance’s content, without obtaining the organisation’s prior written permission. You agree not to remove, obscure, or alter any National Rural Health Alliance copyright notice or trademark on any content you access and use. You also agree not to use the Alliance’s content in a way that implies endorsement by the organisation, or any person included in the materials, without obtaining prior written consent. Visit www.copyright.com.au for information under section 113P of the Act. For any queries or concerns regarding the Alliance’s engagement on social media or our social media terms of use, please contact us.
