Inclusive Communities Fund Consultation

Closes 31 Aug 2026

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Privacy Notice

Inclusive Communities Fund Consultation

 

Please read below the Privacy Notice for this consultation.

Your personal information is protected by law, including the Privacy Act 1988 and the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs).

Who is collecting your personal information?

Your personal information is being collected by the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing (the department/ we).

Why does the department collect your personal information?

We collect your personal information for the purpose of informing the design of the Inclusive Communities Fund.  

How does the department use your information?

The department may use technology (including Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools) to analyse and summarise de-identified consultation or survey responses, including any non-confidential response you provide.

The department will not enter your personal information into an AI tool and will check all AI outputs are de-identified before use or disclosure. This includes the publication of consultation summaries.  

What would happen if the department did not collect your personal information?

If you do not or are unable to provide your personal information the department will be unable to use your views to inform the design of the Inclusive Communities Fund.

Access to and correction of your personal information

The department’s privacy policy contains information about how you may access and seek correction of your personal information.

Privacy complaints

The department’s privacy policy contains information about how you may complain about a breach of the Australian Privacy Principles or the Australian Government Agencies Privacy Code and how the department will deal with complaints.

Overseas disclosure of your personal information

We may publish your personal information to overseas recipients if you provide consent. Please refer to Annexure A.

Further information

You can read the department’s privacy policy here. You can obtain a copy of the APP privacy policy by contacting the department using the contact details set out at the end of this notice. 

Consent

By providing your sensitive information to us, you consent to the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing collecting a range of your personal information for the purposes indicated above.

Personal information that may be collected about you includes whether you identify as a person with disability, are an NDIS participant, come from a First Nations, Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander background, come from a Culturally or Linguistically Diverse (CALD) background, live in a regional, rural or remote area of Australia, or identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer, Asexual or Aromantic or other groups of sexuality, gender and bodily diverse people (LGBTIQA+). Providing this information is optional. 

If you are providing the department with personal information about another individual, unless you are authorised to consent on their behalf, you will need to inform that individual of the contents of this notice, and obtain their consent to the department collecting their personal information.

Contact details

If you wish to contact the department about a privacy-related matter, including questions about this notice, please contact the department’s Privacy Officer by one of the following methods:

  • Post
    Privacy Officer
    Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
    23 Furzer Street
    WODEN ACT  2606
  • Telephone
    02 6289 1555

Annexure A

The department is seeking your consent to publish your personal information on the department’s website. When it is published your personal information could be accessed by any person, including a person located overseas. 

The purpose of publishing the personal information is to inform stakeholders of the results and opinions gathered as part of the public consultation on the Inclusive Communities Fund. This would be published as part of a consultation report.

Ordinarily, where the department discloses personal information to an overseas recipient, Australian Privacy Principle (APP) 8.1 requires the department to take reasonable steps to ensure that overseas recipients do not breach the APPs. However, if you provide consent to the publication of your personal information, APP 8.1 will not apply to this disclosure and the department will not be accountable under the Privacy Act for any breach of the APPs by the overseas recipient, and you will not be able to seek redress under the Privacy Act.

I consent to my personal information being published on the department’s website and:

  • understand that Australian Privacy Principle (APP) 8.1 requires the department to take reasonable steps to ensure that any overseas recipients to whom personal information is disclosed do not breach the APPs in relation to my personal information.
  • acknowledge that I have been expressly informed that if I consent to the publication of my personal information APP 8.1 will not apply to the publication and after being advised of this, I consent to the publication
  • understand that the department will not be accountable under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) for any breach of the Australian Privacy Principles by an overseas recipient and I will not be able to seek redress under that Act.
  • I understand that copyright in the content of my submission will vest in the Commonwealth of Australia;
  • I understand that, where I have provided consent to my submission being published, the department has complete discretion as to whether my submission, in full or part, will be published.

I confirm I have obtained the consent of any other individuals whose personal information I have provided (including information about sole trader organisations) to:

  • the department’s collection, use and disclosure of their personal information for the purposes outlined in the privacy notice;
  • the department’s [publication/ overseas disclosure] of their personal information and acknowledge that after bringing the following matters to their attention, that the relevant individuals have provided their consent:
    • the relevant individual understands that APP 8.1 ordinarily requires the department to take reasonable steps to ensure that any overseas recipients to whom personal information is disclosed do not breach the APPs in relation to their personal information
    • acknowledge the relevant individual has been expressly informed that if they consent to the publication of their personal information that APP 8.1 will not apply and they have provided consent to the publication
    • the relevant individual understands that the department will not be accountable under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) for any breach of the Australian Privacy Principles by an overseas recipient and they will not be able to seek redress under that Act

I confirm I have otherwise drawn their attention to the contents of this privacy notice.

 

1. I consent to the Department collecting, using and disclosing personal information including sensitive information that I provide in accordance with the Privacy Notice.