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Medical disclaimer

Content on this website is provided for information purposes only. Information about a therapy, service, product or treatment does not in any way endorse or support such therapy, service, product or treatment and is not intended to replace advice from your doctor or other registered health professional. The information and materials contained on this website are not intended to constitute a comprehensive guide concerning all aspects of the therapy, product or treatment described on the website. All users are urged to always seek advice from a registered health care professional for diagnosis and answers to their medical questions and to ascertain whether the particular therapy, service, product or treatment described on the website is suitable in their circumstances. The Latrobe Health Assembly shall not bear any liability for reliance by any user on the materials contained on this website. For more information all users of familyassist.org.au are directed to the Latrobe Health Assembly via email at info@healthassembly.org.au

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The Latrobe Health Assembly does not accept responsibility for any loss or damage, however caused (including through negligence), which you may directly or indirectly suffer in connection with your use of familyassist.org.au or any linked website, nor does it accept any responsibility for any such loss arising out of your use of or reliance on information contained on or accessed through familyassist.org.au or any third party website that you access through a link contained on familyassist.org.au. To the extent permitted by law, the Latrobe Health Assembly excludes any liability to you for any of the following types of loss or damage (which you may suffer as a result of your use of familyassist.org.au whether the losses were foreseen, foreseeable, unforeseen, unforeseeable, known, unknown or otherwise: a. any loss which arose when you first accessed familyassist.org.au (even if that loss results from failure to comply with these Terms or negligence on the part of the Latrobe Health Assembly); b. any loss due to familyassist.org.au not being available at any particular time; c. any business loss you may suffer, including loss of revenue, loss of profits or loss of anticipated savings (whether those losses are the direct or indirect result of default on the part of the Latrobe Health Assembly); d. any loss which you suffer other than as a result of the Latrobe Health Assembly’s failure to comply with these Terms or its negligence or breach of statutory duty; e. any loss suffered due to the default of any party other than the Latrobe Health Assembly; f. any loss due to the non-availability or failure of any telecommunications or computer services, systems, equipment or software operated or provided by you or any third party; g. any loss or damage caused by any other event not reasonably within the control of the Latrobe Health Assembly.

Reproducing information from familyassist.org.au on the Internet

You may not reproduce on the Internet any information or material available on familyassist.org.au unless the reproduction is authorised:

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FamilyAssist is a Latrobe Health Innovation Zone initiative funded by the State Government.

The Latrobe Health Assembly respectfully acknowledges Aboriginal people as the Original Custodians of the land we walk on today – the land of the Braiakaulung people of the Gunaikurnai nation and passes on respect to their elders past and present, future and emerging.