Policy

Copyright Policy

Aust Wide Tax & Payroll (Aerotell Pty Limited, ABN 16 071 638 241) | Effective date: 8 September 2026

1. Ownership of copyright

All training manuals, presentation slides, payroll and tax calculators and spreadsheets, recorded webinars, the Payroll Knowledge Series modules, templates, checklists, help desk guidance notes, and other materials produced or supplied by Aust Wide Tax & Payroll (together, the 'Materials') are original works protected by copyright under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) and, where applicable, the copyright laws of other countries. Copyright in the Materials is owned by Aerotell Pty Limited, ABN 16 071 638 241, trading as Aust Wide Tax & Payroll ('we', 'us', 'our'), or is used by us under licence, except where otherwise stated. Copyright arises automatically under Australian law and does not depend on registration or the use of the © symbol, although we use that symbol on our Materials as a reminder of our rights.

2. What this policy covers

This policy applies to all Materials we provide to you, whether in printed, electronic (including PDF, Word, Excel or similar file formats), video, audio, or online form, and whether provided as part of a training course, webinar, help desk subscription, or otherwise. It applies whether you attended a course in person, online, or received the Materials without attending (for example, as part of a package that includes a manual or calculator).

3. Your licence to use the Materials

Our training courses, help desk access, and other subscriptions are sold on a one user per subscription basis. When you purchase or register for training, help desk access, or Materials, we grant you personally a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to use the Materials for your own professional reference and internal use only. This licence is personal to you and does not extend to any other person, including colleagues or other staff within your organisation, even where your employer has paid for your subscription. If a business or organisation wants access for more than one staff member, each staff member needs their own separate subscription. This licence does not transfer ownership of the Materials to you, and does not give you any right to use the Materials beyond what is described in this policy.

4. What you must not do

Unless we have given you specific written permission, you must not:

  • copy, reproduce, photocopy, scan, or otherwise duplicate the Materials, in whole or in part, beyond what is reasonably necessary for your own use as described in section 3;
  • share your login, subscription, or a copy of the Materials with any other person, including a colleague or other staff member within your own organisation, whether on a shared drive, shared inbox, website, intranet, or social media;
  • upload, publish, distribute, sell, rent, lease, sub-licence, or otherwise share the Materials, in whole or in part, with any person or organisation that has not purchased or been granted their own access to them;
  • use the Materials, or a substantial part of them, to create or develop your own training courses, manuals, calculators or other resources for internal or external use, or to compete with our business;
  • remove, obscure, or alter any copyright notice, trademark, or attribution on the Materials; or
  • bypass, remove, or attempt to circumvent any print-lock, access restriction, or other technical protection applied to the Materials; or
  • use the Materials for any purpose other than the personal use for which they were provided, including any commercial resupply of the Materials themselves.

5. Permitted use

You may:

  • print or save personal copies of the Materials for your own reference, where they are provided in a format that allows this — some Materials, particularly where a physical copy has also been supplied, are provided electronically in a print-locked or otherwise access-controlled format to prevent redistribution;
  • quote a brief excerpt from the Materials, with clear attribution to Aust Wide Tax & Payroll, for non-commercial purposes such as your own training notes, where this would fall within the fair dealing exceptions to copyright infringement under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) (for example, for the purposes of research, study, criticism or review); and
  • ask us about purchasing additional individual subscriptions if colleagues or other staff members also need their own access to the Materials.

If you are unsure whether a particular use is permitted, please contact us using the details in section 9 before proceeding.

6. Third-party and government material

The Materials may include excerpts from legislation, case law, or guidance published by government bodies such as the Australian Taxation Office, the Fair Work Ombudsman, or the Fair Work Commission. This material is generally reproduced under the Australian Government's standard licensing terms (typically a Creative Commons Attribution licence) and remains subject to the terms on which it was originally published, in addition to our own rights in the Materials as a whole. Nothing in this policy is intended to claim ownership of material we do not own.

7. Our trademarks

'Aust Wide Tax & Payroll' and any associated logos or branding are trademarks or branding of Aerotell Pty Limited. This policy addresses copyright in the Materials; separate permission is required to use our name, logo or branding for any purpose.

8. If the Materials are used without permission

Unauthorised copying, distribution or use of the Materials is a breach of this policy and may infringe our copyright under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), which can carry both civil remedies (such as damages or an injunction) and, in serious cases, criminal penalties. Where a business or individual has purchased access to the Materials, we may also suspend or terminate that access if this policy is breached. We take unauthorised use of our Materials seriously, given the time and expertise invested in developing them, and reserve the right to take action to protect our rights.

9. Requesting permission or raising a concern

If you would like permission to use the Materials in a way not covered by this policy, or you believe the Materials are being used without authorisation, please contact us:

  • Email: admin@austwidetax.com.au
  • Post: PO Box 469, Maroochydore QLD 4558

10. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The current version will always be available on our website or on request, and applies to Materials supplied to you from the date shown at the top of this document.