The Terms of Use of the IPAA Victoria website include these Terms and Conditions, the Privacy Policy and any other terms and conditions that appear in or are linked to the IPAA Victoria website (Additional Terms and Conditions).
The Additional Terms and Conditions that appear on the IPAA Victoria website will govern your use of, and access to, certain sections of the IPAA Victoria website where they appear. Since these Additional Terms and Conditions form part of the Terms of Use, you are bound by them and should review them wherever they are relevant to you when using the IPAA Victoria website.
All webpages on the domain names vic.ipaa.org.au and nationalconference.ipaa.org.au, comprise the “IPAA Victoria website,” which reside on servers in the State of Victoria, Australia. The IPAA Victoria website is owned and operated by the Institute of Public Administration Australia Victoria Division Inc. ABN 49 012 662 861 (IPAA Victoria).
These Terms of Use govern access to and use of the IPAA Victoria website. Your access to and use of the IPAA Victoria website constitutes your acknowledgement and acceptance of these Terms of Use, IPAA Victoria’s Privacy Policy and IPAA Victoria’s Booking Terms and Conditions.
While IPAA Victoria endeavours to take reasonable care in preparing and maintaining the information on this website we do not warrant the accuracy, reliability, adequacy or completeness of any of the website content. You acknowledge and accept that the website content may include technical inaccuracies and typographical errors. The website content is subject to change at any time without notice and may not necessarily be up to date or accurate at the time you view it.
It is your responsibility to enquire with us directly to ensure the accuracy and currency of the material or information you seek to rely upon. To the extent permitted by law, including the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), IPAA Victoria disclaims all liability for loss directly or indirectly arising from your use of or reliance on the website and the website content.
IPAA Victoria does not guarantee that access to the IPAA Victoria website will be uninterrupted or that the website is free from viruses or anything else which may damage any computer which accesses the IPAA Victoria website or any data on such a computer.
IPAA Victoria reserves the right to moderate any user-generated website content as it considers appropriate, including in Discussion Forums and any Q&As.
IPAA Victoria does not accept responsibility in the event that the website is not available to you due to any computer downtime, malfunction or such other event outside the control of IPAA Victoria.
IPAA Victoria reserves the right to revise or remove information from the IPAA Victoria website at any time and without notice. By continuing to use our website, you accept the Terms of Use as they apply from time to time.
These Terms of Use are governed by the laws of Victoria, Australia. If you access the website from outside Australia, you are responsible for ensuring compliance with all applicable laws in the place where you are located.
Publication of electronic addresses on the website is for the purpose of professional communication only and must not be used to infer consent by IPAA Victoria, to the receipt of unsolicited commercial electronic messages.
The IPAA Victoria website may contain links maintained by other organisations over which IPAA Victoria has no control. IPAA Victoria does not sponsor, endorse or approve any material or advertising on external sites or the operations of external sites unless explicitly stated otherwise. You access external sites and use their information, products and services at your own risk.
IPAA Victoria expressly makes no warranties or representations about the website or any of the content. IPAA Victoria accepts no responsibility for any loss suffered by you or anyone else in connection with the use of the website or any of the content.
IPAA Victoria does not guarantee that the website will not cause damage or is free from viruses or any other defects or errors.
Under no circumstances will IPAA Victoria be liable for any incidental, special or consequential damages, including damages for loss of business or other profits arising in relation to the content. This includes, but is not limited to, the transmission of any computer virus or any other defects or errors.
IPAA Victoria excludes, to the maximum extent permitted by law, any liability which may arise as a result of the use of the website or the content on it. Where any law implies a warranty or guarantee which may not be lawfully excluded, then to the maximum extent permitted by law, for breach of warranty or guarantee IPAA Victoria will, at its option, supply the services again, or pay for the cost of having the service supplied again.
To the maximum extent permitted by law IPAA Victoria excludes all liability for any loss or damage of any kind (including special, indirect or consequential loss and including loss of business profits) arising out of or in connection with the website content and the use or performance of the IPAA Victoria website except to the extent that the loss or damage is directly caused by IPAA Victoria fraud or wilful misconduct under Australian consumer law.
Where the law (including without limitation the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)) implies a warranty or guarantee into these Website Terms of Use which may not lawfully be excluded, then provided it is fair and reasonable to do so, IPAA Victoria’s liability for breach of such a warranty or guarantee shall be limited at its option, to any one or more of the following:
Any material you send to us on or via the IPAA Victoria website will be deemed to be non-confidential and non-proprietary, unless it is indicated to be otherwise. This includes any data, questions, comments, suggestions, ideas or other information. We will be entitled to use any such material which has not been indicated to be confidential or proprietary for any purpose without compensation to you.
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless, IPAA Victoria, their officers and employees, from any loss, liability, claim, demand, or expenses asserted by any third party due to or arising from or in connection with your use of the content, or your conduct on the website, or messages posted or transmitted by you on or through the website.
IPAA Victoria may receive revenue on member generated activity through its sponsorship/partnership program. The revenue is applied to maintain the quality and diversity of IPAA Victoria’s services, benefiting members professionally. For more information refer to IPAA Victoria’s Sponsorship/Partnership Policy.
All intellectual property rights, including but not limited to rights pertaining to copyright, trademarks, logos and designs, that are related to the IPAA Victoria website, HTML text and code underlying the website, as well as information on the website, are vested in IPAA Victoria unless otherwise stated. All rights reserved.
Other than for the purposes of, and subject to the conditions prescribed under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) or any other applicable legislation throughout the world, or as otherwise provided for in this copyright notice, no part of the content may in any form or by any means (including electronic, mechanical, micro-copying, photocopying or recording) be reproduced, adapted, stored in a retrieval system, transmitted or reproduced on any other internet website, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner.
IPAA Victoria makes no warranty or representation that third party material on the website does not infringe the intellectual property rights of any person anywhere in the world.
IPAA Victoria does not, nor is it taken to be, authorising infringement of any intellectual property rights contained in material on other sites by linking the website to such material on other sites.
No permission is given for reproduction or publication by any person of IPAA Victoria’s logo and domain name, except in those circumstances where there is approved linking.
IPAA Victoria’s logo and trademarks must not be used except as permitted by the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), or by written agreement from IPAA Victoria.
The website may contain trademarks and logos of other companies or organisations and these are proprietary to the registered owner(s) of such marks.
If you wish to establish a link to the IPAA Victoria website, you must first seek approval from IPAA Victoria.
The following information will be required to assess your request:
If IPAA Victoria agrees to your proposed link, you must comply with any terms and conditions imposed by IPAA Victoria as a condition of such agreement. If the nature or content of your website changes in any significant way, you must contact IPAA Victoria and provide a new description of your website.
The following uses and actions are prohibited, unless prior written consent has been obtained from IPAA Victoria:
The IPAA Victoria website contains “cookies” which are small text files that contain information stored on the user’s computer when visiting the IPAA Victoria website.
The cookies are used for a variety of purposes, including but not limited to:
These may be either “persistent” cookies which are permanent and stored on the user’s computer after the web browser is closed, or “session” cookies, which disappear when the user closes the web browser.
The settings in the web browser can be changed by the user, to disable the storage of persistent cookies. Just follow directions provided in the internet browser’s technical information.
When completing registrations, ticket purchases or payments via the IPAA Victoria website, users are redirected to external pages hosted on Microsoft PowerApps Portals to complete these transactions. Whilst we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
The IPAA Victoria website uses a Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate and the PowerApps Portals environment where payment and registration transactions occur, uses Microsoft-managed SSL certificates.
IPAA Victoria uses the Eway payment gateway. Eway are certified to the highest level of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). To obtain further technical information about Eway, please visit https://www.eway.com.au/legal.
In the event that any part of the terms contained in these Terms of Use are determined by a court to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable, then such terms shall be severed from the remaining terms.
Whether you are a member of IPAA Victoria or a non-member, you need to create an account in order to purchase products and services from the website, enrol in courses etc. Access to some areas of the website may also be restricted to members only.
IPAA Victoria members may obtain a password by logging into the website and registering for a password. In certain circumstances non-members may be able to obtain a password. IPAA Victoria may refuse to issue a password, in its sole discretion, until such time as it is satisfied about the identity of the user and the ability of the user to perform its obligations under these Terms of Use.
You must not attempt to change, add to, remove, deface, hack or otherwise interfere with this website or any material or content displayed on the IPAA Victoria website.
These Terms of Use will be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of Victoria, Australia. Each of IPAA Victoria and the other parties agree to submit to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the Victoria courts, Australia, in the event of a dispute arising from these Terms of Use.
You can contact the following for any questions or concerns about these Terms of Use:
Chief Operating Officer
IPAA Victoria
info@vic.ipaa.org.au
[This page was last updated on 22/04/2026]