Shire of Mundaring Social Media Guidelines
The Shire has created this account as a way to advise its residents of Council decisions, events and happenings within the shire. However, questions or complaints must be directed to 08 9290 6666 or [email protected]
Whilst we encourage open discussion, Facebook is not a formal communication channel for the Shire and we can‘t respond to everything. When interacting with this page, we request that you:
• make comments on-topic to the Shire’s posts
• contact us offline for serious matters or for a response
• do not post advertising material or solicitations
• adhere to Facebook‘s guidelines which can be found at: http://www.facebook.com/legal/terms
All fan comments on this page are not representative of the opinions of the Shire of Mundaring, nor do we make any warranty to their accuracy. We will make all attempts to immediately remove comments which contravene these Guidelines and the Australian Association of National Advertiser‘s (AANA) Code of Ethics. We won‘t remove content simply because we don‘t like it – but we will act swiftly to protect the privacy and rights of any individual or group. Any comments which specifically identify or refer to individuals in a negative manner, including our employees, will be removed. Posts may also be deleted - at our absolute discretion - if they contain:
• discussion or promotion of behaviour that is unlawful
• inappropriate, violent, obscene, profane, hateful, derogatory, racist or sexist language, content or links
• threatening, harassing, bullying, discriminatory language, content or links
• content or links that infringe copyright
• comments that threaten or defame any person or organisation
• information that may compromise the public‘s safety or security
• solicitations, advertisements or endorsements; spam or nuisance posts
• discusses Local Government elections and/or candidates
• multiple successive off-topic posts by a single user or any repetitive posts
• any other inappropriate comments or content as determined by us. All responses are made during normal working hours and we ask that the community keep this in mind when asking for help or submitting questions. Public Holidays should also be taken into account for the above when submitting queries. Any posts or comments made on our page can at any time be removed without notice. The removal of posts or comments is at the discretion of the Shire of Mundaring and the administrators of our page. The Shire is not directly affiliated with any advertisement or post that may appear on our page unless we state otherwise or unless it comes directly from us. We do not endorse nor sponsor the adverts that may appear while viewing our page. To discuss the removal of a previous post, request a current post be removed or for any other matters related to these guidelines please contact the Shire’s Communications Co-ordinator on 9290 6666 or email [email protected]. If you are posting queries or information that requires a formal response or action from the Shire, please either uses our email or postal address. Disclaimer:
Shire of Mundaring, its staff and contractors are not liable for the accuracy or authenticity of the content of our page. The Shire, its staff and its contractors are not liable for any financial or other consequences arising from the inappropriate, improper or fraudulent use of the information or data on this page. Modifying the material on this page in any way by unauthorised persons is strictly prohibited. Authorised persons include current Shire-appointed administrators. The act of the Shire ‘following’ or ‘liking’ an individual person, group, organisation, business, event or location through the social media platforms does not indicate the that it endorses the views, products, services or activities pertaining to the ‘followed’ or ‘liked’ group, business or entity.
