Site Help
- Website Management
- Site Layout and Design
- Content and Contributors
- Guidelines for Linking to this Website
- Contacts
- Material from the previous APVMA Website
- Document formats
Website Management
This website is managed and maintained by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority in Canberra, Australia. All enquiries regarding site management, performance or technical issues should be addressed to the Web Manager through the Site Feedback section of this website.
Site Layout and Design
This site is designed in accordance with the Better Practice in Online Service Delivery (external site) guidelines produced by the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO).
This website is arranged using a number of different navigational areas.
Audience Segments
The audience segments provide links to information that is specific to each audience.
The Main Navigation
The main navigation is on the upper left hand side of every page. It will help you navigate the APVMA website by topic.
Breadcrumbs
The Breadcrumbs show you where you are on the site and provide a path through the navigation back to the homepage.
Header Links
The header links appear on every page on this site and provide a quick search option as well as providing links to the home page, careers, A-Z index to browse, forms, links and contact us.
Related information
Many pages in the site include information blocks on the right side of the browser window which link to relevant pages on this or other related external websites.
Footer links
The footer appears on every page on the site and provides quick links to site management and governance information as well as providing links to the feedback service and help on using the site.
Content and Contributors
All material contained in this site is copyright except where explicitly stated to the contrary, and is intended for your general use and information. Some content and images have been supplied by other sources and cannot be reproduced or used without express permission from those respective sources. Credit and source information for images is contained within the Alt text of each image.
For further information please see the website's Copyright Statement.
Guidelines for Linking to this Website
The APVMA welcomes links from other websites to the APVMA's website.
If you intend to create a link, we request that you adopt the following guidelines:
- When linking to the website, link to main collection level pages wherever possible. For example http://www.apvma.gov.au/news_media/
- Where appropriate to the context of the link, it is good practice to indicate the website to which the user will link. For example 'Link to the APVMA's website'
The correct name of the website is the APVMA's website.
Please note that permission to link to this website is not granted if:
- Inclusion on the requesting site implies the endorsement of the site or product
- The requesting site uses the APVMA's website solely for commercial purposes.
- The material linked to is changed technically (eg. the material is framed and users are unable to determine the location of the original material)
- Linking to the site is deemed to be in contravention of government policy or not in the public interest.
If you have any queries regarding linking to this website, please contact the Web Manager through the Site Feedback section of this website.
How to link to this website
It is preferred that links to this website take the form of a text-based contextual link with the full wording - Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority's website - in accordance with the guidelines listed above.
Please copy and paste the following code into your HTML
<a href="http://www.apvma.gov.au">Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority website</a>
Contacts
Further assistance and contacts are available in the Contact Us section of this website.
Material from the previous APVMA Website
Material from the former APVMA website has been archived on the National Library of Australia PANDORA Web Archive.
Materials provided on this website are available for downloading in the following formats.
Document formats
Portable Document Format (PDF)
Portable document format, or PDF, is a document format created by Adobe which is platform independent. To open, view and print PDF files, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader 7 or greater, which is available free from the Adobe website (external site).
Alternative means of viewing PDF files
To download and save the document to your hard drive for offline viewing right click on the document and choose "Save Target" or "Save link as" from the pop-up menu depending upon your browser. For Mac OS click and hold the link to the PDF file and choose "Download Link to Disk" from the pop-up menu. Specify a name and location for for the PDF file and then click Save.
To convert PDF to HTML by form and display in your browser immediately, please visit the Adobe PDF Conversion page (external site).
Alternatively you can mail the URL (web address) of the PDF in the body of an email message to pdf2txt@adobe.com (for plain text) or to pdf2html@adobe.com (for HTML). The converter will mail back the translation of the PDF file. You can submit multiple URLs in a single e-mail.
Rich Text Format (RTF)
Rich text format, or RTF, is a document format that can be opened, viewed and printed using any PC-based word processing package.
Microsoft Word Document (DOC)
A document that can be viewed in Microsoft Word.
If you do not have Word you can open and view Word documents by downloading the Microsoft Word Viewer (external site).
HTML Document (HTML)
A standard webpage viewed directly in your browser.
Microsoft Excel Document (XLS)
A spreadsheet that can be viewed in Microsoft Excel.
By downloading the Microsoft Excel Viewer (external site), you can open, view, and print Excel workbooks, even if you don't have Excel installed. You can also copy data from Excel Viewer 2003 to another program.
Microsoft PowerPoint (PPT)
A presentation or slideshow which can be viewed in Microsoft PowerPoint.
If you do not have Microsoft PowerPoint you can view PowerPoint 95, 97, 2000, and 2002 presentations by downloading Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer (external site).
Zipped PDF and RTF Formats
Some files are available for download in a compressed format (.ZIP files), which reduces download time. To decompress downloaded .ZIP files, you will need a decompressing application, such as WinZip which is available the WinZip website (external site) . Once the files are decompressed, they can be opened, viewed and printed as above.