Terms and Conditions

Company / Business ABN/ Contact Details

You are dealing with the Royal United Services Institute of Australia Incorporated (herinafter referred to as RUSI) registered with ABN 83 657 442 244. Contact is through this website or by contact with the RUSI on (02) 6266 2167 or by email to webmaster@rusi.org.au

Terms & Conditions:

Membership

Membership of RUSI and its Constituent Bodies is open to any person who is in sympathy with the aim and objects of the Institute and will make a positive contribution to it. If you join you will be part of a nation-wide organization that promotes informed debate on defence and national security and improves public awareness and understanding of such matters. You may simply want to become better informed yourself on these matters. Use the "Join Online" button, complete the form, pay the fee by credit card and you will instantly become a provisional member of the Institute. Access to restricted sections of the website will be provided once payment and provisional membership detail are accepted by the website. Applications made on-line will be subject to confirmation by the Council of the Constituent State Body of the RUSI you are joining - the website and the RUSI National Office act only as agents in this process, as you are applying to join the Constituent Body of your choice. By completing the application form, you indicate you will support the objectives of that Constituent Body of RUSI, and that you will abide by their rules.

Disclaimers

General Disclaimer. RUSI seeks to further inform public debate on defence and wider national security issues. In this furtherance of effective debate the views of individual authors who post articles, reviews, letters or other comment on this site, or publish them in any RUSI document are entirely their own. The Institute will not proclaim, formulate or subscribe to any particular position or view on strategic or defence matters. RUSI and its constituent bodies will not be legally responsible in contract, tort or otherwise for any statement made in a signed item on this website or in any RUSI publication.

Quality of information. Every effort is made to ensure the quality of the information available on this website. However, we cannot guarantee and we assume no legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, currency or completeness of the information.

Copyright

The content of this website is the copyright property of RUSI. Other than for the purposes of, and subject to, the conditions prescribed under the Copyright Act 1968 (Commonwealth of Australia) or other applicable laws, no information on this website may be reproduced, adapted, uploaded to a third party, linked to, framed, performed in public, distributed or transmitted in any form by any process without the written permission of RUSI. You may view this website and the contents of the website, save, print and display and reproduce the material for your own information and/or research or study in unaltered form only.

Links to External Web Sites

This website contains links to external websites. Reasonable care is taken in selecting linked websites, however 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. Links 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 should be aware of which organisation is hosting the site they visit. The privacy, security and copyright policies outlined here apply only to RUSI. We recommend that you read the policies of any site that you link to from the RUSI website.

Privacy Policy

RUSI and its constituent bodies respect your right to privacy under the Privacy Act 1988 (Commonwealth of Australia) and is required to comply with the National Privacy Principles in respect to the collection of personal information from individuals. Any information collected through this website from a person applying to join a constituent body is that required to allow its Council to make a decision on the eligibility of that person to join, and later to communicate with the member on matters of membership and activities. Be assured that we only collect personal information to serve our members and to further the work of the Institute. We keep all personal information provided to us in the strictest confidence. We do not rent, sell or commercially use your personal information with any third party under any circumstances. We do not otherwise share your personal information with any third party without your prior express permission. Please note, however, that we must fully co-operate should a situation arise where we are required by law to provide information to a duly authorised Australian government law enforcement agency.

RUSI will record your email address when: you register with its National website; if you become a member of a RUSI body through the website; and, in some cases, where you initiate correspondence or contact with RUSI.  We do not use your email address for any other purpose and we will not disclose your email address to a third party without your express consent. Recipients of email messages from RUSI may choose to unsubscribe from our distribution list by advising us by email, telephone or hard-copy correspondence. More information about Privacy law and the National Privacy Principles is available from the Australian Federal Government Privacy Commissioner at http://www.privacy.gov.au.

If at any time you wish to know what information the RUSI of Australia holds about you, then please email us at webmaster@rusi.org.au and we will provide you with the information.

Refunds Policy

When you complete your application and pay your fee by credit card you will become a provisional member of the Institute of your chosen State or Territory body. Applications made on-line through this website will be subject to confirmation by that State or Territory's Body's Council, and if declined, your membership application fee will be refunded by that Constituent Body, not through this website. If you wish to withdraw your application before you are accepted as a full member, you will need to write to the Secretary of the State or Territory Body you applied to join, who will refund your application fee in accordance with their own procedures and processes, again not through this website. If you wish to cease membership after you have been accepted as a full member, you will need to apply to the Secretary of the State or Territory Body you have joined, who will advise you of the respective Branch's refund policy on cessation of membership.

Product Pricing in AUD

This website offers both application for membership and renewal for membership in one of the Constituent Bodies of the RUSI of Australia. Prices in AUD are shown in the Membership Application Form found on this Website.

top