Welcome to the page of Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council. This page is used for operational matters and updates for our community. This page runs under the principles of openness, relevance, accuracy and respect. This means that community members can share and respectfully discuss matter that are relevant to Council and the community; our page is kept up to date with information about Council activities; content will be accurate and inaccuracies will be corrected; we will operate with respect under Council’s Code of Conduct. This page is intended to update our community on Council news and initiate thoughtful and open discussion. This page will be monitored during business hours, Monday-Friday 8.30am-4.30pm. Comments may be turned off from time to time when resources are not available to monitor and moderate comments. All users of Facebook have the right to remove unwanted content posted by others on their page, and we reserve the right to moderate comments and hide or remove any that are considered to be:
• Defamatory, offensive, humiliating, threatening or intimidating to Council officials or members of the public,
• Profane language or s*xual in nature
• Harassment and/or bullying within the meaning of the Model Code of Conduct for Local Councils in NSW, including on the grounds of age, disability, race (including colour, national or ethnic origin or immigrant status), s*x, pregnancy, marital or relationship status, family responsibilities or breastfeeding, s*xual orientation, gender identity or inters*x status or political, religious or other affiliation, or is unlawfully discriminatory
• Content about the Council, Council officials or members of the public that is misleading or deceptive
• Breaching the privacy of Council officials or members of the public
• Allegations of suspected breaches of the Council’s Code of Conduct or information about the consideration of a matter under the Procedures for the Administration of the Model Code of Conduct for Local Councils in NSW.
• Violating an order made by a court
• Breaching copyright
• Advertising, endorsing or soliciting commercial products or business
• Spam
• In breach of the rules of the social media platform
Users who breach these guidelines will have the post deleted and the user may be blocked. Please note that a snapshot of the post will be collected for records. Social media is not the official channel to make complaints about Council or Council officials. Council’s Complaint Handling Policy should be referred to. Users should not provide personal information on social media platforms. If personal information is sent to Council via private message, this will only be used for official purposes. Council reserves the right to update these guidelines at any time. If you have any concerns about content posted on this page, please contact us via a Facebook message.
