Modernising Australia's National Classification Scheme—Stage 2 Reforms

Australian Privacy Principle 5 Notice

Modernising Australia's National Classification Scheme—Stage 2 Reforms

The Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts (the department) is collecting information for the purposes of developing options to reform the National Classification Scheme, in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988.

The department will use this information to inform consideration of issues associated with the second stage of reform to the National Classification Scheme and will store this information securely. It may be used by the department to make further contact with you about the reforms.

The department will not disclose information to third parties, except in the circumstances outlined below.

Submissions, in part or full, including the name of the author may be published on the department's website unless the submission is confidential. Confidential submissions (including the author's name) will not be published. Private addresses and contact details will not be published or disclosed to any third parties unless required by law.

Submissions will only be treated as confidential if they are expressly stated to be confidential. Automatically generated confidentiality statements or disclaimers appended to an email do not suffice for this purpose. If you wish you make a confidential submission, you should indicate this by ensuring your submission is marked confidential on each page.

Confidential submissions will be kept securely and will only be disclosed in the following circumstances:

• in response to a request by a Commonwealth Minister
• where required by a House or a Committee of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, or
• where required by law.

The department may also disclose confidential submissions within the Commonwealth of Australia, including with other Commonwealth agencies, where necessary in the public interest.

Please note that in order to protect the personal privacy of individuals in accordance with the Privacy Act any submissions containing sensitive information, personal information or information which may reasonably be used to identify a person or group of people may not be published, even if not marked as confidential.

The department's privacy policy contains information regarding complaint handling processes and how to access and/or seek correction of personal information held by the department. The Privacy Officer can be contacted on 02 6274 6495 or by email: privacy@infrastructure.gov.au.

Submissions

The submissions on this webpage may contain material that can be confronting and disturbing. Sometimes words can cause distress, or can trigger traumatic memories for people.

For some people, these responses can be overwhelming. If you need to talk to someone, the following services are available 24 hours a day:

• Lifeline—131 114
• MensLine Australia—1300 789 978
• Beyondblue—1300 224 636

Disclaimer: The submissions published on this consultation page have been authored by parties other than the Commonwealth of Australia. The content of submissions does not represent the official views of the Commonwealth or its officers or employees. The information in these submissions has been provided in good faith and for informational purposes only.