This Department of Health and Ageing website contains information that was available before the swearing in of the new government, following the 24 November 2007 federal election. Content on this website will be reviewed and progressively updated from 3 December 2007.

DoctorConnect

Disclaimer

Provision of Advice

This website is presented by the Department of Health and Ageing for the purpose of disseminating information free of charge for the benefit of overseas trained doctors and their employers. The Department of Health and Ageing does not accept any liability for any injury, loss or damage incurred by use of or reliance on the information contained on this website.

Quality of information: Always check the information

The Department of Health and Ageing cannot guarantee and assumes no legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, currency or completeness of the information. Before relying on any information in this website, you should always check that the information is accurate, current and complete.

Links to external websites

This web site contains links to other websites that are external to the Department of Health and Ageing. These links have been inserted for your convenience and do not constitute endorsement of material at those sites, or any associated organisation, product or service.

As most links are to external sites, the currency of the links is dependent upon the owners of those sites letting us know of any changes.

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 websites. The Department of Health and Ageing does not accept responsibility for information on any external website.

Linkage to external websites 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 external web sites do not necessarily reflect those of the Department.

Security of the DoctorConnect website

Users should be aware that the World Wide Web is an insecure public network that gives rise to a potential risk that a user's transactions are being viewed, intercepted or modified by third parties or that files which the user downloads may contain computer viruses or other defects.

The Department accepts no liability for any interference with or damage to a user's computer system, software or data occurring in connection with this website. 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 user's computer system, software or data.

You should make your own assessment of the potential risks to the security of the information you send when deciding whether or not to communicate by the Internet. There are alternative ways to obtain Government information and transact business with Government for those individuals who do not wish to use public networks such as the Internet.
Last updated 30/01/2008