Please note: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are advised that this website may contain images and names of people who have passed away. Where possible we have sought permission from families and continue to use their images to acknowledge and honour their contributions in making our communities healthy and strong. Please read these Guidelines for Social Media Participants before posting on this page. Please note that adhering to these guidelines is in addition to the Statement of Rights and Responsibilities managed by Facebook. Any posts that breach these guidelines will be deleted and users may have their accounts blocked. Guidelines for Social Media Participants
This page allows everyone to share and celebrate the achievements and culture of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Queenslanders. This site will be moderated to ensure discussions remain within acceptable boundaries regarding:
1. confidentiality and privacy
2. discriminatory and offensive content. We will delete content that breaches these Guidelines for Social Media Participants. Confidentiality and privacy
Please ensure that you:
- protect your personal privacy and that of others by not including names, email addresses, private addresses or phone numbers in your comments
- do not divulge personal information about others without their permission
- represent your own views and do not impersonate or falsely represent another person
- have obtained the appropriate permissions from people when posting images or video in which they appear
- do not post material that infringes the intellectual property rights of others. Relevance
Please ensure that you:
- post material that is relevant to the discussion topic. Inclusion of any links, images or videos on this site does not constitute official endorsement by the Institute,
- do not post multiple versions of the same content
- do not promote commercial interests on the forum
- do not promote or post overtly political content
- do not re-post other people’s appeals, requests or offers, or anything that could be considered as spam. Discrimination and offensive content
Please ensure that you:
- do not abuse, harass or threaten others — we want everyone to be comfortable using this forum
- be mindful when posting descriptions or personal stories that they are not gratuitously graphic, or could be deemed as deliberately upsetting for other users
Do not post anything which:
- vilifies others on the basis of their race or religion
- incites, induces or aids violence, discrimination, harassment, victimisation or hatred towards others
- is likely to offend, insult or humiliate others, particularly on the basis of their race, colour, descent, national origin, religion, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation or any disability
- do not make defamatory or libellous comments
- do not use insulting, provocative or hateful language
- do not use obscene or offensive language
- do not incite or encourage conduct that may constitute a criminal or civil offence or otherwise violate Australian law. Many thanks,
Institute for Urban Indigenous Health
