Ownership:

This website is owned and maintained by the National Inhalants Information Service (NIIS).

The NIIS is a project of the Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia (ADCA).

Contact details:

Ruth Mahon
National Inhalants Information Service co-ordinator

PO Box 269,

Woden ACT 2606

P: 02 6215 9816      E: info@inhalantsinfo.org.au

Aims:

The National Inhalants Information Service (NIIS) is Australia’s only dedicated information service dealing with inhalant misuse.  Our aim is to increase awareness of the inhalant misuse around the Australia,  and provide well referenced information and resources to assist communities and individuals address the issues resulting from inhalant misuse.  

Target audience:

The NIIS website provides information and resources free of charge to the Australian community with an interest in inhalant misuse.  Information on the website has been separated into sections relevant to specific target groups:

• AOD workers
• Police, ambulance and other frontline healthcare workers
• Parents and teachers
• The indigenous community
• Community groups
• Retailers
• Media
• Youth

Content development and management:

Staff members from the NIIS have responsibility for the addition of content to this website.  All material is reviewed in-house before addition to the site to ensure it complies with the main aims and objectives of the organisation, is of reputable quality and is correctly cited.  Where there is doubt about the appropriateness of the content, the NIIS Stakeholder Advisory Group is consulted.

Content is reviewed for addition or modification on a monthly basis.
External web links are checked, using software, on a bi-monthly basis. 

All in-house created pdf documents will include contact details and be dated.

‘Last updated’ dates on web pages are manually generated when content has been added or modified.

Advertising:

This website does not receive any payments for advertisement.

Conflicts of Interest:

There are no conflicts of interest with regards to content on this website.

Privacy

The Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia (ADCA) is committed to protecting your privacy.

ADCA has developed its Privacy Policy to conform with the National Privacy Principles which are outlined at Schedule 3 to the Privacy Act 1988.

The purpose of this policy is to clearly articulate the types of personal information collected by ADCA, how the information is used and protected and to provide guidance on how such information may be accessed and corrected.

Internet Privacy Statement:
When you look at this web site, the following information is recorded for statistical purposes:
- your server address
- your top level domain name
- the pages you accessed
- the previous site you have visited
- the time your spent on the web site
- the type of browser you are using

ADCA will not make an attempt to identify users or their browsing activities. However, in the unlikely event of an investigation, a law enforcement agency or other government agency may exercise its legal authority to inspect our Internet Service Provider's logs.

We will only record your e-mail address if you send us a message. Your email address will only be used for the purpose of which you have provided it and it will not be added to a mailing list or used for any other purpose without your consent.

This site does not provide facilities for the secure transmission of information across the Internet.

Disclaimer

ADCA cannot guarantee and assumes no legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, currency or completeness of the information available through our website.

Medical information and advice is general in nature and not meant to replace that given by a medical practitioner.   ADCA does not accept any liability for any injury, loss or damage incurred by use of or reliance on the information

This web site contains links to other web sites that are external to ADCA. It is the responsibility of the user to make their own decisions about the accuracy, currency, reliability and correctness of information contained in linked external web sites.

Linkage to external web sites should not be taken to be an endorsement or a recommendation of any third party products or services offered by virtue of any information, material or content linked from or to this site. Users of links provided by this site are responsible for being aware of which organisation is hosting the site they visit.

Views or recommendations provided in linked sites do not necessarily reflect those of ADCA.

ADCA accepts no liability for any interference with or damage to a user’s computer system, software or data occurring in connection with this web site. Users are encouraged to take appropriate and adequate precautions to ensure that whatever is selected from this site is free of viruses or other contamination that may interfere with or damage the users computer system, software or data.

Copyright

Copyright in the information contained within this website is owned by ADCA. Except as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968 or other applicable laws, or where necessary for viewing this website, or where otherwise stated, no part of this website may be reproduced, adapted, communicated, distributed or transmitted in any form or by any process without the specific written consent of ADCA.

{page last updated:  24 December 2009}