The Department of Regional Development, Manufacturing and Water (DRDMW) has established an online engagement hub (“the site”) to seek input from Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples (First Nations peoples) about the importance of, and their connection with, water resources in Queensland under Aboriginal tradition or Island custom and how water could be better managed in the future. The information gathered through this site, and other activities, will inform development of a First Nations Water Strategy (Strategy) to support decision-making in water planning and sustainable water management in the future.

The software platform utilised by the site is owned and managed by a third-party service provider: Social Pinpoint Pty Ltd (Social Pinpoint).

DRDMW

Personal information is any information about an individual which enables them to be reasonably identified: for example - your name, location and email address.

DRDMW is collecting your personal information to inform development of the Strategy and contact you, if required, about any engagement opportunities, events and other initiatives relating to the Strategy.

Personal information will be collected from you through:

  • an online site registration form; and
  • online engagement activities such as surveys or discussion forums.

The collection, use and disclose of your personal information to inform development of the Strategy will be managed in accordance with the Information Privacy Act 2009. For more information on DRDMW’s privacy policy go to: Privacy | Queensland Government (www.qld.gov.au).

For some online engagement activities, you can choose to engage with us anonymously and will not be required to register on the site registration form. However, please note, most activities on the site will not allow anonymous contributions because we need to verify real people are making genuine contributions.

If you wish to participate anonymously as an unregistered site user in, for example, a quick poll, you may be asked to provide information such as postcode, or other location attributes and cultural identification such as whether you identify as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Island person.

Social Pinpoint

As Social Pinpoint owns and manages the engagement platform for the site, they have rights to view and share material or information you upload for their own purposes. Social Pinpoint has agreed to comply with the requirements of the Information Privacy Act 2009.

For details of how Social Pinpoint may access personal information, please refer to Social Pinpoint’s Privacy Policy.

If you are not comfortable sharing your material or information through the site, but would like to contribute information for the development of the Strategy, please contact the FNWS team directly via email at FNWS@rdmw.qld.gov.au