Terms and Conditions
About the www.australian.physio website (the Website)
This Website is owned and operated by the Australian Physiotherapy Association (the APA).
Acceptance of Terms and Conditions
Your access and use of the Website is conditional upon your acceptance and compliance with the terms and conditions set out below (Terms and Conditions). Your use and/or continued access to the Website constitutes your agreement to the Terms and Conditions.
The APA may amend the Terms and Conditions from time to time. Amendments will be effective immediately upon notification on this Website. Your continued use of the Website following such notification will represent an agreement by you to be bound by the Terms and Conditions as amended.
Registered user
In order to access some of the information contained on this Website, you may need to become an APA member. To become an APA member, you must complete your registration details in the manner described on the Website. You can get started by finding out which member type you are. A separate set of Membership Terms and Conditions may apply.
The APA reserves the right to terminate or not accept your membership status at any time if you breach these Terms and Conditions.
Information service
All information provided by the APA pursuant to these Terms and Conditions is provided in good faith. You accept that any information provided by the APA on this Website is general information. The APA reserves the right to update this information at any time.
Medical information on this Website is made available for educational and research purposes only. It should in no way be a considered as medical advice or as a substitute for advice provided by your healthcare professional.
You should seek legal or other professional advice before acting or relying on any information or material which is made available to you on this Website.
You agree to use our information service for lawful purposes only.
Disclaimer of liability
Materials contained on this Website (Site Materials) may contain links to material on other Websites (Linked Materials). The links provided to other web sites are done for convenience purposes only and, except where expressly documented, the APA does not purport to sponsor, approve or endorse any of the Linked Materials.
The APA is not liable to you or any other person for any loss or damage (however caused, including by negligence) arising from or in connection with the use of this Website and/or use of the Site Materials or Linked Materials.
Changes are made periodically to this Website and may be made at any time. The Site Materials may contain inaccuracies or typographical errors. The APA makes no representations or warranties in relation to the quality, accuracy, completeness, merchantability or fitness for purpose of any Site Materials or Linked Materials.
If you place any reliance upon the Site Materials or Linked Materials, then you do so at your own risk.
The APA does not represent or warrant that the Site Materials or Linked Materials are free of computer viruses or other defects. The APA recommends that virus checks should be done on any downloaded Site Materials or Linked Materials. To the extent permitted by applicable laws, all warranties, representations and implied terms are excluded.
To the extent permitted by applicable laws, any liability incurred in relation to Site Materials or Linked Materials is limited to, at the option of the APA, the resupply of the Site Materials or the links to the Linked Materials, or the reasonable cost of having the Site Materials or the links to the Linked Materials resupplied.
Under no circumstances will the APA be liable for any incidental, special or consequential damages, including damages for loss of business or other profits arising in relation to use or access of or inability to use and access the Website and the Site Materials or Linked Materials.
Copyright
Unless otherwise stated the copyright in the Site Materials is owned by the APA.
Other than for the purposes and subject to the conditions prescribed under the Copyright Act 1968, or as otherwise provided below, none of the Site Materials may be reproduced, distributed, adapted, transmitted or stored in a retrieval system without the APA’s prior written consent.
The APA gives permission to the user to:
- print copies of the Site Materials for informational, non-commercial use
- store a copy of the Site Materials on your computer for the sole purpose of viewing the Site Materials.
If the APA encourages you to share content from its Website, you are free to share the content on your own social media channels. You must not delete or alter any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices from copies of materials from this Site.
The APA makes no warranties or representations that the Linked Materials do not infringe the intellectual property rights of a third person.
Linking to this Website
The APA encourages links to the Website. If you do create or maintain a link to the Website you agree to these Terms and Conditions and you:
- are encouraged to link to www.australian.physio (and not other parts of this Website) as pages and content may be updated or moved and regularly checking any links to ensure they are accurate
- may only link to, and not replicate, content or pages on the Website
- must ensure that any links are presented in a way that fairly represents the APA and the Website
- may not use APA’s logo or trademarks and must not give the impression that you or your website is endorsed or sponsored by the APA (unless a specific endorsement or sponsorship arrangement is in place)
- must comply with the intellectual property conditions set out in these Terms of Use (including not framing, reformatting or altering any files or information without the APA’s consent).
The APA may in its absolute discretion require you to remove, and not create any further, links to the Website or any content that is in breach of these Terms and Conditions.
Trademarks
The APA is the owner of the registered trademark 'APA' and 'Australian Physiotherapy Association' and associated logo which appears on this Website. Other trademarks contained on this Website may be owned by third parties. All trademarks mentioned on this Website may not be used or distributed without consent of the APA or the relevant third-party owner.
APA privacy policy
These Terms and Conditions must be read in conjunction with the APA privacy policy. The APA undertakes to comply with the terms of its privacy policy.
Security of information
No data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed as totally secure. Although the APA strives to protect such information, the APA does not warrant and cannot ensure the security of any information which you transmit to it. Accordingly, any information which you transmit to the APA is transmitted at your own risk.
Termination of access
Access to this Website may be terminated at any time by the APA without notice. The APA disclaimer will survive any such termination.
General
These Terms and Conditions of use are governed and construed in accordance with the laws in force in Victoria, Australia. You submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Victoria, Australia and any courts which may hear appeals from those courts in respect of any proceedings in connection with these Terms and Conditions of use, or the use of this Website.
Last Updated (30 June 2025)