This social media account is run by a team at the Department of Employment, Small Business and Training.

All users must comply with our social media acceptable use guidelines. These guidelines are to ensure individuals can contribute their opinions and views without being exposed to inappropriate content, offensive language or discriminatory views.

All users must comply with Facebook policies and terms of use.

When contributing, do not post any material* that:

  • is racist, hateful, defamatory, libellous, derogatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, discriminatory or humiliating to another person or organisation
  • is pornographic or contains nudity
  • vilifies individuals based on their religion, gender, race or sexuality
  • contains material (written, audio, video and other electronic forms) that infringes Intellectual Property^ rights such as copyright
  • contains personal information about another individual without their consent (including identifying information, email addresses, phone numbers or private addresses)
  • falsely represents another individual, organisation, government or entity
  • infers endorsement of a product, business, company or organisation
  • promotes a product, business, company or organisation
  • is a statement that may interfere with or prejudice the course of or otherwise deals with civil or criminal proceedings that are presently before any court, tribunal, commission or similar body or any investigation by the police, Crime and Corruption Commission or other agency.

*Material includes text, photos, graphics, account names/usernames and account images/profile pictures.

^Intellectual Property covers a wide range of rights, including copyright, patents, industrial designs and trademarks that protect the product of original and creative effort. Copyright owners can prevent others from reproducing or communicating their work without the owner's permission.

The department retains the right to mark as spam, remove and/or hide any content that does not comply with the above guidelines, irrelevant or otherwise unsuitable.

Individuals should note

The department will not republish any personal opinions, views or personal information published on this site, unless:

  • required by law
  • disclosure is necessary to prevent self harm or the harming of an individual
  • consent has been provided to do so.

The department retains copies of comments and posts to comply with the Public Records Act 2002 (Qld). Individuals should also read the Queensland Government's Privacy Statement and view the Queensland Information Privacy Act 2009.

Last updated 19 July 2024

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