Platform Terms

These terms commence on 26 September 2025 (or 27 August 2025 if you joined Mable on or after this date).

Introduction

  1. Mable Technologies Pty Ltd ACN 162 890 379 (Mable, We, Us, Our) operates a platform, accessible online or through an app, designed to connect Clients who are looking for Care Services with Support Workers who provide those Care Services (the Platform).
  2. Mable Payment Services Pty Ltd ACN 635 828 170 (MPS) acts as a collection agent for Mable and the Support Worker to provide the Payment Processing Services, under the limited arrangements as specified in the Terms of Use.
  3. We provide the following services to Members under the Terms of Use (the Platform Services):
    1. access to and use of the Platform;
    2. the ability for Clients to search for Support Workers and for Support Workers to search for Clients (as applicable);
    3. the ability to book Care Services;
    4. the Member verification processes described in clause 5; and
    5. access to Mable’s dedicated Customer Support Team and Trust and Safety Team.
  4. The following Members have access to and use of the Platform and Platform Services: Coordinators, Client Members and Support Workers.
  5. Each Member must comply with the Terms of Use that applies to them as set out in clause 3.
  6. These Platform Terms (which forms part of the Terms of Use) apply to each Member’s access to and use of the Platform and Platform Services.

Part 1: Dos and don'ts

1 What You must do

1.1 General
During the Term, You must:
  1. continue to meet the Eligibility Criteria as set out in the Member Terms that apply to You;
  2. comply with all Laws, the terms of the Terms of Use and each of the Mable Policies;
  3. if Care Services are being provided at a Client Premises, use reasonable endeavours to ensure that the Client Premises is a safe work environment for the Support Worker to provide the Care Services;
  4. ensure that the information provided to Us is true and not misleading;
  5. act in good faith in Your use of the Platform and Platform Services;
  6. only communicate with other Members through the Platform for the purposes set out in the Terms of Use; and
  7. comply with all of Your obligations under the Privacy Laws and any obligations in respect of privacy set out in the Member Terms that apply to You.
1.2 Work Health and Safety
If a Care Service is provided at a Client Premises, You acknowledge and agree that:
  1. Support Workers are independent workers and are responsible for adopting their own workplace health and safety policies and procedures; and
  2. Support Workers can electronically report to Coordinators and Client Members through the Platform any incidents that have occurred when they complete a Service Log.

2 What You must not do

  1. You must not do any of the following (Prohibited Conduct):
    1. reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any portion of the Platform or Platform Services;
    2. harass, discriminate against, intimidate or otherwise engage in illegal or offensive behaviour with respect to any of Our Personnel, or any other Member, or use the Platform to stalk another person;
    3. engage in any fraudulent conduct through the Platform;
    4. conduct or promote any illegal activities while using the Platform or Platform Services;
    5. upload, distribute or print any Prohibited Content while using the Platform or Platform Services;
    6. use the Platform or Platform Services to generate unsolicited email advertisements or spam;
    7. allow, enable, or otherwise support the transmission of mass unsolicited, commercial advertising or solicitations via email (spam) through the Platform or Platform Services;
    8. misuse or attempt to interfere with the Platform or Platform Services, including by:
      1. attempting to reverse engineer or jeopardise the correct functioning of the Platform, or otherwise attempt to derive the source code of the software (including the tools, methods, processes, and infrastructure) that enables or underlies the Platform, or attempt to gain access to secured portions of the Platform or Platform Services to which they do not possess access rights;
      2. uploading or transmitting to the Platform any form of virus, worm, trojan horse, or other malicious code;
      3. interfering in any way with the proper functioning of the Platform or Platform Services or interfering with or disrupting any servers or networks connected to the Platform or Platform Services, or disobeying any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Platform or Platform Services;
      4. using any high volume automatic, electronic or manual process to access, search, harvest, “screen scrape”, monitor, “mine” information from the Platform or Platform Services (including without limitation robots, spiders or scripts) or copy any static or dynamic web page on the Site or Platform or the content contained on any such web page for commercial use without Mable’s prior express written permission;
      5. mirroring or framing the Platform or any Content, placing pop-up windows over its pages, or otherwise affecting the display of its pages; or
      6. impersonating any person, or otherwise misrepresenting an affiliation with a person;
    9. otherwise behave in a manner that is contrary to the Codes of Conduct; or
    10. anything which constitutes Prohibited Conduct under the applicable Member Terms that apply to You depending on the type of Member that You are.
    11. You must not enable any other person or Member to engage in any Prohibited Conduct.

Part 2: Getting started (onboarding)

3 Your agreement with Mable

  1. Your access to and use of the Platform is subject to You accepting the terms of Our and MPS’ agreement with You (the Terms of Use) which comprise:
    1. the applicable Member Terms that apply to You depending on the type of Member that You are;
    2. these Platform Terms; and
    3. the Mable Policies,
    with the earlier listed documents above prevailing to the extent of any inconsistency.
    1. The Terms of Use commence on the date on which You accept the Terms of Use that apply to You (which may include at the time You create an Account, or through a link We provide to You by email), and will continue until it is terminated by You or Us in accordance with the Terms of Use (Term).
    2. MPS is a party to the Terms of Use for the limited purpose of performing its role as collection agent for Us and each Support Worker, as described in the Terms of Use.

4 Your Account on Mable

4.1 Approval of a Member
  1. Despite commencement of the Terms of Use under clause 3(b), only Members that have been given Approval by Us under clause 4.1(b)(ii) have full access to the Platform and Platform Services.
  2. You acknowledge and agree that:
    1. We must be satisfied that all persons or organisations who create an Account on the Platform meet certain eligibility criteria (including the Eligibility Criteria) and verification checks (including the Verification Checks under clause 5.1) before those Members are given Approval, and granted with full access to the Platform and Platform Services;
    2. as such, You will only gain full access to the Platform and Platform Services once we send You written Approval;
    3. until such time as We give You Approval under clause 4.1(b)(ii), We may give You access to an Account with only limited access to the Platform and Platform Services; and
    4. at any time before We give You Approval under clause 4.1(b)(ii), We may terminate Your Account in Our sole discretion on written notice to You, and the Terms of Use will be terminated with immediate effect.
4.2 Creation of an Account
  1. You acknowledge and agree that:
    1. You must nominate Account Credentials and must keep those Account Credentials secure;
    2. We rely on Account Credentials to know whether people accessing and using the Platform and Platform Services are authorised to do so;
    3. if someone accesses the Platform using Your Account Credentials, We will assume that it is You who is accessing the Platform or Platform Services; and
    4. if You suspect any unauthorised use or access of their Account Credentials or Account, You must immediately notify Us.
  2. In setting up or using an Account, You:
    1. warrant that all information You provide to Us is true, accurate, current and complete, and You agree to maintain and promptly update such information to keep the information true, accurate, current and complete; and
    2. agree that You will not share Your Account Credentials with any person, except that if You are an incorporated body, You will only share those Account Credentials with those of Your officers, employees and agents that You have authorised to use Your Account; and
    3. are solely responsible, and We are not liable, for:
      1. maintaining the confidentiality of Your Account Credentials;
      2. any and all use of Your Account Credentials and Your Account;
      3. all activities that occur under or in connection with Your Account Credentials, or Your Account, (whether those activities are by You or any other person); and
      4. any act or omission of any person who accesses the Platform or Platform Services through Your Account or under Your Account Credentials.

5 Member Verification

5.1 Verification Checks
  1. We will conduct certain checks on all Members (including on You), in accordance with the Verification Policies (Verification Checks).
  2. In addition to the Verification Checks described in the Verification Policies, We may also verify the following information of Members (including You) (but We are not required to do so):
    1. verifying statements made by Members on the Platform;
    2. verifying that Members meet the Eligibility Criteria set out in the Member Terms that apply to them;
    3. verifying identification.
  3. You consent to Us conducting the Verification Checks, and also those additional checks described at clause 5.1(b), on You, when You submit an application for an Account, and at other times during the Term.
  4. You agree to provide Us with information and documentation that We reasonably request as part of Us conducting the Verification Checks, and if You fail to do so, We may not give You Approval under clause 4.1(b)(ii).
  5. You must provide Us with updated information immediately where there is any change in relation to any information relevant to any Verification Check Mable is entitled to complete under the Terms of Use.
5.2 Disclaimers regarding the Verification Checks
  1. The verification activities that We conduct on Members are limited to the Verification Checks set out in the Verification Policies and those mandated by Law.
  2. You acknowledge and agree that:
    1. Members may make representations to You or Managed Clients about themselves or the services they provide (including Care Services) via the Platform, or in other communications to You;
    2. We do not verify such representations (unless expressly stated in the Verification Checks); and
    3. You are solely responsible for:
      1. making Your own inquiries and decisions regarding whether to engage with a Member or not; and
      2. verifying any document, information, statement or representation given to You by a Member that is not expressly stated as being verified by Us in the Verification Policies.
  3. In conducting the Verification Checks:
    1. We rely on information including from public sources, government registers, or information provided to Us by third parties;
    2. except where it is unreasonable to do so, We rely on the completeness and accuracy of that information; and
    3. We are not liable for any Loss or damage You suffer from Your reliance on the Verification Checks to the extent that it results from any information that We rely on that was inaccurate or incomplete.

Part 3: Care Services Agreement

6 The Care Services Agreement must meet certain minimum requirements

  1. It is a condition of access to the Platform and the provision of Platform Services that all Care Services Agreements meet the Platform Minimum Requirements.
  2. Each Care Services Agreement to which You are a party to must contain terms and conditions that meet the following minimum requirements (Platform Minimum Requirements):
    1. not contain terms that are inconsistent with the Terms of Use;
    2. comply with all Laws; and
    3. contain the following minimum terms:
      1. in setting the Agreed Rate, the Members must not agree to any rates for labour provided as part of the Care Services under the Care Services Agreement that are less than the Minimum Rate, and if an overnight or flat rate is used, the effective hourly rate for such labour must be at least the Minimum Rate for active time, after taking into account any applicable breaks, sleeping or passive time;
      2. that the Support Worker has engaged MPS as collection agent to provide payment collection and processing services under the Care Services Agreement, and that MPS:
        1. will issue the Client or Coordinator (as applicable) with an invoice for the Cost of Support and Mable Fees; and
        2. is authorised by the parties to the Care Services Agreement to collect payment from the Client or Coordinator (as applicable), or the Client’s nominated funding party (if applicable), for the Cost of Support and Mable Fees on approval or deemed approval of a Service Log;
      3. that the Client or Coordinator (as applicable) and the Support Worker can terminate the Care Services Agreement at any time;
      4. mutual warranties by the Client or Coordinator (as applicable) and the Support Worker that each of them has made themselves aware of and will comply with all Laws and regulations relating to the provision or receiving of the Care Services (as applicable), including any workplace Laws and any applicable occupational health and safety Laws.
  3. We may (but are not obliged to) provide You with a template document that addresses the Platform Minimum Requirements. You will remain responsible and liable for preparation of the Care Services Agreement regardless of whether You have used a template document provided by Us, and Your use of such template document does not limit Your obligation to meet the Platform Minimum Requirements (unless Your failure to meet the Platform Minimum Requirements is a direct result of the content of the template itself).
  4. We may in Our sole discretion set the Minimum Rate. At the time of commencement of the Terms of Use, the Minimum Rate set by Us is specified on the Mable Site at: https://mable.com.au/pricing/. We may vary the Minimum Rate from time to time in accordance with clause 12(b).

Part 4: Mable's services to You

7 Provision of the Platform Services

  1. We will provide You with the Platform Services in accordance with the terms of the Terms of Use.
  2. The Platform Services are supplied to You on a non-exclusive and non-transferable basis.
  3. We will:
    1. implement industry standard safeguards in relation to the security of Your Content on the Platform; and
    2. provide the Platform Services:
      1. in accordance with all relevant Laws; and
      2. with due care and skill.
  4. Subject to clause 7(c), We do not guarantee that the Platform Services will be continuous or fault free.
  5. We will use reasonable endeavours to ensure that the Platform operates free of errors, defects and in an uninterrupted manner. However, We will not be liable to You, nor other Members, nor Managed Clients for any Losses suffered by those parties as a result of any errors, defects or interruptions to the Platform or associated Platform Services.
  6. From time to time, the Platform or Platform Services will be unavailable due to updates or maintenance. We will use reasonable endeavours to provide You with prior written notice of updates or maintenance.
  7. You acknowledge that the Platform or Platform Services may be interrupted by factors beyond Our control (including Force Majeure Events) and that:
    1. We will use reasonable endeavours to resolve such interruptions and minimise their impact upon Your use of the Platform and Platform Services; and
    2. Subject to the Non-Excludable Guarantee in clause 11, We will have no liability to You, nor other Members, nor Managed Clients for interruptions that were caused due to reasons beyond Our control (including Force Majeure Events).
  8. We may modify or update the functionality of the Platform or Platform Services at any time, and will provide You with reasonable written notice of any material modifications.

Part 5: What Mable doesn’t do

8 What Mable doesn’t do
  1. We do not:
    1. employ or engage or contract or subcontract by any means the Support Workers;
    2. act on behalf of or as agent for any Members;
    3. provide or arrange for the provision of Care Services (unless otherwise specified by Us to You in writing);
    4. give any Members any direction about providing or receiving Care Services;
    5. operate a referral service, labour hire, or employment agency;
    6. provide health or medical advice, including in relation to specific treatments or health conditions;
    7. participate in any interactions or arrangements between Support Workers and Clients for the provision of Care Services, except to:
      1. provide the Platform and Platform Services to facilitate those interactions or arrangements; and
      2. process payments on behalf of Client Members or Coordinators to Support Workers, including through Our Affiliates, as further described in the Member Terms that apply to You;
    8. prescribe the terms and conditions of any Care Services Agreements, other than to:
      1. require that any Care Services Agreements that You agree to enter into must meet the Platform Minimum Requirements; and
      2. provide you with a template that addresses those requirements pursuant to clause 6(c);
    9. control the engagement of Support Workers or Coordinators, including regulating or managing any workplace Laws or any occupational health and safety Laws;
    10. set or determine the agreed level of payment for or remuneration for the performance of the work or the provision of the Care Services, other than prescribing the Minimum Rate and as expressly set out in the “Price and Payment” part of the Member Terms that apply to You; or
    11. directly or indirectly supply labour or workers to any entity or person.
  2. You and We acknowledge and agree that:
    1. nothing in the Terms of Use or in Your use of the Platform or Platform Services (whether express or implied) is intended to give rise to or constitute any relationship of partnership, agency, employment, trustee or other fiduciary relationship between You and Us. You and Us agree that it is intended that any such relationship is expressly denied; and
    2. neither You nor We can bind the other or represent that it has any authority to do so.

Part 6: What Mable is not responsible for

9 You use the Platform and Platform Services at Your own risk

Subject to the Non-Excludable Guarantee in clause 11, You acknowledge and agree that:
  1. Your use of the Platform and Platform Services, and any Content, material or information that You download or otherwise obtain through the use of the Platform is at Your sole discretion and risk;
  2. You are solely responsible and liable, and We are not liable, for any damage, including (without limitation) damage to Your computer, phone or other device, or loss of data that results from the download of such material and/or information; and
  3. We are not responsible or liable for choosing a Support Worker to provide Care Services to a Client, whether or not information about such Support Worker is obtained from or through the Platform.

10 Mable excludes warranties

  1. You acknowledge and agree that We:
    1. act only as an intermediary facilitating the provision of selected information between Members;
    2. have no control over and are not responsible or liable for any acts or omissions of any Members or Managed Clients on or off Our Platform;
    3. do not have the right to, and We will not, control the manner or method of accomplishing the Care Services which are to be provided by the Support Worker to each Client;
    4. make no representation or warranty regarding the quality of any Care Services or any other services provided by Support Workers; and
    5. are not responsible or liable for interactions between Members, or between Clients and Support Workers, including under the Care Services Agreement.
  2. Subject to the Non-Excludable Guarantee in clause 11, to the maximum extent permitted by Law, unless otherwise expressly stated in the Terms of Use, We disclaim and exclude all warranties and representations of any kind, whether express or implied, in respect of the Platform and the Platform Services, including but not limited to any warranty:
    1. that the Platform or Platform Services will be suitable or provide a benefit to You, or that You will obtain results from the use of the Platform or Platform Services;
    2. subject to clause 7, that the Platform or the Platform Services will operate free of errors, defects or in an uninterrupted manner; and
    3. that the Platform or Platform Services are compatible or will interoperate with any particular computer system, equipment, software (including operating systems) or data format.

11 Non-Excludable Guarantee

  1. Nothing in the Terms of Use:
    1. excludes, restricts or modifies any consumer guarantee, right or remedy conferred on You by the ACL or any other applicable Law that cannot be excluded, restricted or modified by agreement (Non-Excludable Guarantee); or
    2. is intended to limit any liability owed by a Support Worker to a Client, or by a Coordinator or a Client to a Support Worker, including (without limitation) for any Claim as a consumer under the ACL, or to limit or modify any right or remedy the Coordinator or a Client has against the Support Worker for failure of a statutory guarantee under the ACL.
  2. To the maximum extent permitted by Law, Our liability and the liability of each of Our Affiliates for breach of a Non-Excludable Guarantee is limited, at Our option, to:
    1. in the case of goods, any one or more of the following:
      1. the replacement of the goods or the supply of equivalent goods;
      2. the repair of the goods;
      3. the payment of the cost of replacing the goods or of acquiring equivalent goods; or
      4. the payment of the cost of having the goods repaired; or
    2. in the case of services:
      1. the supplying of the services again; or
      2. the payment of the cost of having the services supplied again.

Part 7: Price and payment

12 We may change the fees and the Minimum Rate

  1. You must pay the amounts as required by the Member Terms that apply to You.
  2. Subject to clause 12(f), We may change any fees and charges payable under or pursuant to the Terms of Use, including the Mable Fees and Cost of Support, and/or the Minimum Rate at any time by giving You at least 30 days written notice of those changes.
  3. Where We change the Mable Fees and Cost of Support, You acknowledge that:
    1. by varying the percentage amounts used to calculate those fees, any change to the Cost of Support is incidental to the variation We make to the Support Engagement Fee; and
    2. Members always have the option to vary the amount Support Workers receive as the Cost of Support by varying the Agreed Rate, subject to the Minimum Rate and the terms of the relevant Care Services Agreement.
  4. If changes are made by Us under clauses 12(b), any fees and charges payable with respect to Care Services included in a Service Log submitted:
    1. prior to the end of that notice period will be charged at the then current fees and charges (without amendment); and
    2. after the end of that notice period will be charged at the amended fees and charges.
  5. If You do not agree to pay the amended fees and charges You must cease receiving or providing Care Services (as applicable) and terminate Your Account at the end of the notice period referred to in clause 12(b).
  6. Where We increase the Mable Fees under clause 12(b), such increase must not result in an effective increase of the amounts received by Mable on account of the Mable Fees (removing the effect of any increase to the Minimum Rate) any greater than the percentage by which the Consumer Price Index has increased since the date on which We last increased the Mable Fees. For the purposes of determining the effective increase, Mable will determine the amounts that would have been received on account of the Mable Fees as at the date of the last increase to the Mable Fees as compared to the amounts that will be received for the Mable Fees following the current increase, as both are applied to the current Minimum Rate, expressed as a percentage.
  7. Any changes to the Agreed Rate will occur solely under the Care Services Agreement and not the Terms of Use and We are not responsible or liable for any such changes.

13 Acknowledgements

You acknowledge and agree that:
  1. We may charge interest on any overdue amounts under the Terms of Use at a rate equal to the Interest Rate, calculated from the date the overdue amount was originally due, up to and including the date You pay such amount;
  2. You are solely responsible for the accuracy of the bank account or credit card details that You provide to Us and We will not be liable for any funds incorrectly deposited or not deposited due to inaccurate or incomplete bank details or credit card details provided by You;
  3. if Your existing nominated bank account or credit card is cancelled, suspended or is otherwise not usable, You must immediately provide Us with details for an alternative nominated bank account or credit card which can be used to meet Your obligations under the Terms of Use;
  4. We are not responsible for, and will not reimburse any fees incurred by You from Your bank or other financial institution, including without limitation to overdraft charges, insufficient funds charges, interest charges, or finance charges, which may have occurred as a result of charges debited or withdrawn by MPS;
  5. We may commingle and deposit funds transferred to Mable under the Terms of Use (Held Funds) with other funds in any account or institution;
  6. We have no obligation to hold any Held Funds in a separate account;
  7. the Held Funds may be used to pay other Support Workers and otherwise used by Us or Our Affiliates for other purposes, except that nothing will relieve Us of Our liability to remit to a Support Worker any payment for Care Services that has been received by Us in accordance with the Terms of Use (less any fees due to Us); and
  8. You will not receive interest or other earnings on Held Funds that We or Our Affiliates handle or hold on Your behalf, and We or Our Affiliates may receive interest on those funds.

14 GST

  1. Any amount payable under or in accordance with the Terms of Use is exclusive of GST (unless otherwise expressly stated).
  2. If a supply made by one Party (Supplier) to another Party (Recipient) under the Terms of Use is subject to GST:
    1. the consideration payable for that supply (GST Exclusive Consideration) must be increased by, and the Recipient must pay to the Supplier, an amount equal to the GST payable by the Supplier in respect of that supply; and
    2. the Recipient must pay that additional amount at the same time and in the same manner as the GST Exclusive Consideration payable or to be provided for that supply.
  3. Clause 14(b) does not apply if the consideration for the supply is expressly stated as being GST inclusive.

15 Insurance Requirements


15.1 We can arrange insurance cover for Support Workers (Facilitated Insurance Cover)
  1. Each Care Service that a Support Worker provides will be automatically covered by insurance coverage (Facilitated Insurance Cover) facilitated by Us through a third-party insurance provider that We arrange for the benefit of Support Workers (Facilitated Insurance Provider). Facilitated Insurance Cover only applies to Support Workers if the eligibility criteria in clause 15.1(b) applies.
  2. To be eligible for Facilitated Insurance Cover for a particular Care Service, the following criteria must be met in respect of that Care Service:
    1. The Support Worker has been approved by Mable to provide that Care Service;
    2. the Member contracting a Support Worker for a Client to receive the Care Service has entered into a Care Services Agreement with that Support Worker and that Care Services Agreement meets the Platform Minimum Requirements;
    3. the Support Worker has submitted a Service Log for the Care Service; and (iv) the Service Log for that Care Service has been approved or deemed approved by the relevant Member.
  3. The Support Worker will not be covered by the Facilitated Insurance Cover unless each of the eligibility criteria in clause 15.1(b) applies.
  4. A copy of current insurance policy for Facilitated Insurance Cover is available here: http://mable.com.au/insurance/.
  5. If there is a material change to the cover provided under the Facilitated Insurance Cover, We will treat that change in accordance with the procedure set out at clause 28.
  6. Support Workers must ensure that they read and understand their rights and obligations under the terms and conditions of the Facilitated Insurance Cover.
  7. Support Workers will be solely responsible and liable for paying any relevant policy excess if they make a claim under the Facilitated Insurance Cover.
  8. We are not responsible for worker’s compensation insurance for Support Workers.

15.2 We do not give financial product advice You acknowledge and agree that:
  1. We cannot and do not give any financial product advice;
  2. We do not provide any recommendation that the Facilitated Insurance Cover will be appropriate for You or Your circumstances;
  3. If You require any advice on whether the Facilitated Insurance Cover is appropriate to You or Your circumstances, please contact the Facilitated Insurance Provider whose details are available here http://mable.com.au/insurance/; and
  4. You may need to take out additional insurance cover to meet Your obligations and liabilities under the Terms of Use and any Care Services Agreement and You should seek specific financial product advice in relation to any additional insurance cover that may be required.

Part 8: Confidentiality and Privacy

16 Confidential Information

16.1 Confidentiality obligations
  1. In respect of Your Confidential Information, We must:
    1. only use Your Confidential Information for the purposes of carrying out Our obligations or exercising Our rights under the Terms of Use; and
    2. not disclose Your Confidential Information to any person except as permitted by the Terms of Use, or with Your prior written consent.
  2. In respect of Our Confidential Information, You must:
    1. only use Our Confidential Information for the purposes of carrying out Your obligations or exercising Your rights under the Terms of Use; and
    2. not disclose Our Confidential Information to any person except as permitted by the Terms of Use, or with Our prior written consent.
16.2 Disclosure of Confidential Information Confidential Information may be disclosed by a Party:
  1. to that Party’s professional advisors, including solicitors, auditors, insurers and accountants; or
  2. to any of that Party’s Personnel, subject to ensuring that those Personnel comply with this clause; or
  3. to the extent required by Law or the rules of a recognised securities exchange.

17 Our privacy obligations

  1. Our Privacy Policy explains how We manage the Personal Information that We collect or that is otherwise disclosed to Us in connection with the Terms of Use.
  2. We will process Personal Information in accordance with the Privacy Laws and Our Privacy Policy.

Part 9: Content and Intellectual Property

18 Advertising and publicity

  1. You must not engage in or undertake any advertising or publicity that directly or indirectly involves or names Mable, the Platform or the Platform Services unless We have given specific prior written permission for such advertising or publicity (which permission may be subject to reasonable terms and conditions).
  2. We must not engage in or undertake any advertising or publicity that directly or indirectly involves or names You unless You have given specific prior written permission for such advertising or publicity (which permission may be subject to reasonable terms and conditions).

19 Mable Content and Intellectual Property

  1. You acknowledge and agree that:
    1. Mable Technology;
    2. all Content (including any branding, trade marks, service marks and logos) that We upload, post, email, publish, contribute to or that is otherwise available or displayed on the Platform or through the Platform Services, excluding Your Content (Mable Content); and
    3. all Intellectual Property Rights in Mable Technology or Mable Content (Mable IP),
    (collectively, Mable Proprietary Material) is owned or licensed to Us, and that all right, title and interest to Mable Proprietary Material at all times vests with Us or the relevant licensor, and nothing in the Terms of Use is intended to transfer or modify those ownership and licence rights.
  2. You must:
    1. not use, copy, modify, reproduce, republish, post, transmit, sell, offer for sale, or redistribute in any way Mable Proprietary Material, without Our prior written permission; and
    2. abide by all copyright notices, information, and restrictions contained in or attached to any of Mable Proprietary Material.

20 Your Content and Intellectual Property

You:
  1. are solely responsible, and We are not liable, for all Content that You post, email, contribute to or otherwise makes available on the Platform or through the Platform Services (Your Content);
  2. maintain any ownership You have in Your Content;
  3. grant Us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully paid, worldwide perpetual license that is capable of being sub-licensed, in respect of all Intellectual Property Rights in Your Content (Your IP);
  4. acknowledges and agrees that, by posting or otherwise making  available Your Content on the Platform:
    1. We may disseminate, distribute, publicly display, reproduce, use, sub-licence, post, publish, or otherwise use or exploit Your Content and Your IP or any derivative works thereof; and
    2. other Members may search, display, print or otherwise use or exploit Your Content and Your IP or any derivative works thereof;
  5. must not post or upload any Prohibited Content; and
  6. warrants that none of Your Content is Prohibited Content or infringes the rights (including Intellectual Property Rights) of any person.

21 Third Party Content

  1. When You access the Platform, You may obtain access to Content posted by other Members or other persons (including third parties) (Third Party Content).
  2. You acknowledge and agree that:
    1. We provide the Platform, which is a forum for the online distribution and publication of Content including Third Party Content;
    2. We do not verify Third Party Content (except to the extent required by Law);
    3. We make no warranties or representations (either express or implied) in relation to any Third Party Content, its accuracy, completeness, quality, currency or otherwise, and We are not responsible for any Third Party Content;
    4. Third Party Content may include Prohibited Content;
  3. We may, but are not obliged to, take any action We consider (in Our sole and absolute discretion) appropriate with respect to Third Party Content that We consider is Prohibited Content, may create liability for Us, harm Our business operations or reputation, or cause Us to lose the services of Our suppliers; and
  4. We reserve the right to reject or modify Content including Third Party Content, in Our discretion.

22 Feedback

  1. Members have the ability to post feedback and reviews on the Platform about the Platform, Platform Services and Care Services (Member Feedback).
  2. If You post Member Feedback, You grant Us an unrestricted, worldwide, royalty-free, sub-licensable license to use, reproduce, publish, communicate to the public, modify, and adapt that Member Feedback for the purpose of publishing that Member Feedback on the Platform.
  3. You may use any Member Feedback that is about You provided that You use it in a way that is not misleading or deceptive and is in accordance with the Mable Policies.

Part 10: How You can terminate Your Account (and the Terms of Use)

23 Your suspension and termination rights

  1. You may cease using the Platform at any time by terminating Your Account, without giving Us notice.
  2. If You terminate Your Account, You will still need to pay Us and Support Workers (if and as applicable) for and in relation to any Care Services received prior to the time of termination.
  3. You acknowledge and agree that:
    1. if You terminate Your Account:
      1. the Terms of Use will automatically terminate;
      2. You will no longer have access to the Platform (unless another Account is created for You under clause 4); and
      3. any Care Services that were booked (but not received) prior to the date of termination, will be terminated at the time of terminating Your Account.

Part 11: How We can suspend or terminate Your Account (and the Terms of Use)

24 Our suspension and termination rights


24.1 Our rights to terminate for convenience
  1. We may terminate the Terms of Use:
    1. at any time prior to Us giving You Approval pursuant to clause 4.1(b)(iv);
    2. for convenience on 12 months written notice to You;
    3. on 30 days written notice to You, if You have not been active on the Platform for a consecutive period of 12 months, unless You respond to Our notice within the 30 day notice period requesting to remain on the Platform because You intend on receiving or providing Care Services (as applicable); or
    4. on 30 days written notice to You, if Mable decides to cease providing the Platform or Platform Services in Australia.
  2. If We terminate the Terms of Use under clause 24.1(a) any restrictions that apply after termination of the Terms of Use as set out in the “Avoidance Conduct” clause in the Member Specific Terms that apply to You will cease to apply as at the date of termination.
24.2 Our rights to terminate or suspend for Your breach
  1. If any of the following breaches occur that breach will be considered a Breach Event:
    1. You are the subject of an Insolvency Event;
    2. You agree to Agreed Rates for labour provided as part of the Care Services at an amount less than the Minimum Rate;
    3. You agree to enter into a Care Services Agreement that does not meet the Platform Minimum Requirements;
    4. You post Prohibited Content on the Platform or through the Platform Services;
    5. You engage in any Prohibited Conduct;
    6. You fail to comply with or no longer meet any of the Eligibility Criteria or Verification Checks;
    7. You fail to provide Mable with updated information immediately where there is any change in relation to any information relevant to any Verification Check in breach of clause 5.1(e);
    8. You fail to pay any fees or charges under or pursuant to the Terms of Use, or the Care Services Agreement, as and when they fall due; or
    9. You breach any other term of the Terms of Use.
  2. If a Breach Event occurs (that is not a “Material Breach Event” within the meaning of clause 24.2(d)), We will give You notice in writing containing a description of the Breach Event and requiring that You remedy such Breach Event within the period of time specified in the notice (as determined by Us, taking into account the type and severity of the Breach Event) being not less than 21 days.
  3. If You fail to remedy the Breach Event as required in Our notice under clause 24.2(b), We may, on written notice to You:
    1. immediately suspend (or partially suspend) Your Account, which may include:
      1. suspending Your access to the Platform and Platform Services, in respect of any Care Services Agreements (or Your engagement with the relevant Managed Clients under those Care Services Agreements, if applicable) which are affected by that Breach Event;
      2. suspending Your ability to book or accept a booking for Care Services; and
      3. prevent You from creating or entering into new Care Services Agreements; or
    2. immediately terminate Your Account.
  4. If We reasonably consider that a Breach Event:
    1. is Avoidance Conduct, or otherwise a failure to comply with the “Avoidance Conduct” clause in the Member Specific Terms that apply to You;
    2. is of a type or severity that poses a material health or safety or material reputational or financial risk to any person (including Us); or
    3. is repeated or systemic in nature, including any repeated failures to pay invoices as and when they fall due, this will be considered a “Material Breach Event“.
  5. We may immediately upon becoming aware of that Material Breach Event:
    1. suspend (or partially suspend) Your Account; and/or
    2. undertake an investigation in relation to that Material Breach Event.
  6. If We are reasonably satisfied through these investigations that:
    1. You have engaged in a Material Breach Event, We may immediately terminate in the case of a Material Breach Event by You, the Terms of Use on written notice, and Your Account will also terminate; or
    2. You have not engaged in a Material Breach Event, We will lift any suspension under clause 24.2(e) on written notice to You.
  7. A finding under clause 24.2(f) does not limit or restrict Our ability to pursue its other rights under the Terms of Use or at Law.
  8. We will keep You informed of the progress of any investigations under clause 24.2(e)(ii).

25 Consequences of suspension or termination

  1. If Your Account is terminated for any reason, the Terms of Use will automatically terminate.
  2. Any suspension or termination by Us under clause 24 is in addition to any other right or remedy that We may have in relation to a Breach Event or Material Breach Event.
  3. If the Terms of Use are terminated, or You are suspended, for any reason, including under clause 23 or 24, You will still need to pay any amounts owing to Us and other Members for and in relation to any Care Services received prior to the date of suspension or termination.
  4. You acknowledge and agree that:
    1. You may have obligations to other Members under the relevant Care Services Agreement that may (amongst other things) require You to give prior written notice of any suspension or cancellation of Care Services; and
    2. We have no control over any such obligations that You may have under the Care Services Agreements, and We are not responsible or liable for any consequences under the Care Services Agreement as a result of any suspension or termination under clause 23 or 24.

Part 12: Disputes and how to report incidents or make a complaint

26 Incidents and complaints

  1. If You want to report an incident or make a complaint to Us, You can find further information at https://mable.com.au/report-an-incident/.
  2. We will manage all incident reports and complaints received by Members (including You) in accordance with Our Incidents and Complaints Management Policy at https://mable.com.au/incidents-complaints-management-policy/.

27 Disputes between You and Mable

  1. Each Party must follow the processes in Our Incidents and Complaints Management Policy at https://mable.com.au/legal/policies/incidents-complaints-management-policy/, if a dispute arises between You and Us under the Terms of Use.
  2. Nothing in this clause 27 prevents a Party from commencing and prosecuting any application for urgent injunctive or other interlocutory relief.

Part 13: General

28 We can amend the Terms of Use

  1. We may amend the Terms of Use at any time by giving You at least 30 days written notice of those changes (unless those changes are required to comply with a change in Laws, in which case We will give You as much written notice of those changes as is reasonably practicable in the circumstances), and:
    1. any Care Services received prior to the end of that notice period will continue to be governed by the Terms of Use without amendment; and
    2. any Care Services received after the end of that notice period will be governed by the amended Terms of Use.
  2. If You do not agree to the terms of the amended Terms of Use, You must cease arranging, providing or receiving (as applicable) Care Services and terminate Your Account at the end of the notice period.

29 General Terms

  1. We will give notices and provide communications to You using the email address connected to Your Account. You must give notice to Us in writing via email to info@mable.com.au, or for notification of incidents or complaints as provided for under clause 26, or via the details as otherwise expressly notified by Us to You.
  2. The Terms of Use are governed by the Laws in New South Wales, Australia. The Parties agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New South Wales, the Federal Court of Australia, and courts entitled to hear appeals from those courts.
  3. Each Party must do all things and complete all actions (including to sign documents) as necessary to give effect to the Terms of Use and each Party’s respective rights and obligations under the Terms of Use.
  4. You must not assign, encumber or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations under the Terms of Use to anyone else and any attempt to do so is void. We may assign or novate the Terms of Use at any time by giving reasonable prior notice to You without obtaining Your consent.
  5. Any delay or failure by either Party in exercising or enforcing any right or provision of the Terms of Use will not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
  6. The Terms of Use constitutes the entire agreement between the parties in respect of the matters dealt with in the Terms of Use and supersedes all prior agreements, understanding and negotiations in respect of the matters dealt with in the Terms of Use.
  7. Each word, phrase, sentence, paragraph and clause of the Terms of Use is severable. Severance of any part of the Terms of Use will not affect any other part of the Terms of Use.
  8. Any termination of the Terms of Use does not affect any accrued right of either Party.
  9. Despite termination of the Terms of Use, this clause 29, clauses 5.2, 9, 10, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27 and those other clauses in these Platform Terms that by their nature remain in force, shall survive.
  10. The Site Terms and not the Terms of Use apply to Your use of the Site (excluding those parts of the Site that can only be accessed with the Account Credentials), except where expressly stated otherwise in the Terms of Use. To the extent of any inconsistency, the terms of the Terms of Use prevail over the Site Terms.
  11. In these Platform Terms, a reference to a clause is a reference to a clause in these Platform Terms, unless otherwise stated.
  12. In the Terms of Use (unless the context requires otherwise):
    1. the Introduction to the Terms of Use is true and correct in every material particular and forms part of the Terms of Use;
    2. headings are used for convenience only and do not affect the interpretation of the Terms of Use;
    3. other grammatical forms of defined words or expressions have corresponding meanings;
    4. “includes”, “including”, “for example”, “such as”, “or” and similar terms are not words of limitation;
    5. a reference to any Law or legislation includes:
      1. all legislation, regulations and other forms of statutory instrument issued under that legislation; and
      2. any modification, consolidation, amendment, re-enactment or substitution of that legislation;
    6. a reference to dollars is to Australian dollars;
    7. an expression importing a natural person includes any company, partnership, joint venture, association, corporation or other body corporate and any government agency;
    8. a reference to a person includes that person’s successors and legal personal representatives; and
    9. all monetary amounts in the Terms of Use are exclusive of all GST (unless otherwise expressly stated) and other applicable taxes.

30 Apple End User Terms

  1. If You access the Platform using an app (App) downloaded from the Apple Inc (Apple) App store or through an iOS device, You acknowledge and agree that the terms of this clause 30 apply.
  2. You acknowledge and agree that:
    1. the Terms of Use is concluded between You and Us, and not Apple;
    2. We, and not Apple, are solely responsible for the App and its contents;
    3. the rights granted to You under the Agreement to access the Platform are subject to Apple’s Usage Rules set out in the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions which You may view on Apple’s website;
    4. Apple has no obligation whatsoever to furnish any maintenance and support services with respect to the App;
    5. in the event of any failure of the App to conform to any applicable warranty, You may notify Apple and Apple will refund the purchase price You paid for the App;
    6. to the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple will have no other warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to the App;
    7. Apple is not responsible for any claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs or expenses that You have arising out of Your use of the App;
    8. We, and not Apple, are responsible for addressing any claims by You or any third party relating to the App or Your use of the App, including, but not limited to:
      1. product liability claims;
      2. any claims that the App fails to conform to any applicable or regulatory requirement; and
      3. claims arising under consumer protection, privacy or similar legislation;
    9. Apple will have no responsibility whatsoever for the investigation, defence, settlement or discharge of any third-party claims that the App, or Your use and possession of the App, infringes that third party’s intellectual property rights; and
    10. Apple and its subsidiaries are third party beneficiaries of the Terms of Use and, upon Your acceptance of the Terms of Use, Apple will have the right (and will be deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce this agreement against You as a third party beneficiary.
  3. You represent and warrant that:
    1. You are not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. Government embargo, or that has been designated by the U.S. Government as a “terrorist supporting” country; and
    2. You are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.

Part 14: Dictionary

31 Dictionary

In the Terms of Use, capitalised terms have specific meanings. The meaning of each of those capitalised terms are either listed in the Member Terms that apply to You, or as follows:

Account means a Member’s account with Mable that enables access to and use of the Platform and Platform Services.

Account Credentials means the selected unique user ID and password chosen by You when setting up Your Account.

ACL means the Australian Consumer Law contained in Schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth).

Affiliates means:

  1. any Related Bodies Corporate of a Party (as defined in the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth));
  2. any employee, consultant, agent, licensor, supplier or representative of a Party or any of its Related Bodies Corporate; and
  3. in the case of Mable, MPS.

Agreed Rate means the reference rate as agreed between a Client Member or Coordinator and the Support Worker attributable to provision of Care Services under a Care Services Agreement, and which is used to determine the amount payable for the Cost of Support, and the Mable Fees.

Appointed Coordinators are Coordinators who are appointed by another Coordinator pursuant to their Member Terms with Mable, to perform all or part of the Coordinating Services for a Managed Client.

Approval means that You have received Our written approval to gain full access to the Platform and Platform Services, pursuant to clause 4.1(b)(ii).

Australian Privacy Principles means the Australian Privacy Principles, or APPs, contained in Schedule 1 of the Privacy Act.

Avoidance Conduct has the meaning given in the “Avoidance Conduct” clause of the Member Terms that apply to You.

Breach Event has the meaning given to that term in clause 24.2(a).

Business Day means a day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, public holiday or bank holiday in Sydney, New South Wales.

Care Services means home care, aged care, disability support, health care or other care or associated services the provision of which are arranged through the Platform, and includes any services incidental to those services (including travel).

Care Services Agreement means an agreement for the provision of Care Services between a Client Member or Coordinator and a Support Worker.

Claim means claims, actions, proceedings or investigations of any nature or kind (including the allegation or threat of a claim).

Client means either a Client Member or a Managed Client (as the context allows).

Client Member means a person who creates an Account on the Platform for the purposes of that person engaging with Support Workers and entering into Care Services Agreements for the receipt of Care Services.

Client Member Terms means the Client Member Terms available here:
https://mable.com.au/legal/terms/client-terms-hub.

Client Platform Fee means the platform fee payable to Mable, which is calculated by applying the relevant percentage amount for that fee, as set out in the Fee Schedule, to the Agreed Rate. This percentage can be amended pursuant to clause 12(b) from time to time.

Client Premises means a Client’s home, or any other private residence, where a Client receives Care Services.

Codes of Conduct means Mable’s Client Code of Conduct, and Mable’s Support Provider Code
of Conduct, both available here: https://mable.com.au/code-of-conduct/mable-coc/.

Confidential Information means:

  1. information that at the time of disclosure by a disclosing party is identified as being
    confidential; and
  2. all other information belonging or relating to a disclosing party, or any Affiliate of that
    disclosing party, that is not available to the public at the time of disclosure other than by
    reason of a breach of the Terms of Use or which the receiving party knows, or ought
    reasonably to be expected to know, is confidential to that disclosing party or any Affiliate
    of that disclosing party.

Content means all information, data, documents, images and other materials contained on the Platform or through the Platform Services that are posted, emailed, contributed to or otherwise made available on the Platform or through the Platform Services.

Consequential Loss means any:

  1. loss of profit or anticipated profit, loss of revenue, loss of savings, loss of data, loss of contract, loss of reputation or goodwill or loss of opportunity; and
  2. any other Loss suffered or incurred by a Party in connection with the Terms of Use that does not arise naturally (that is, according to the usual course of things) from the event giving rise to the Loss.

Consumer Price Index or CPI means the Consumer Price Index for “all groups”, Australia, published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics from time to time.

Coordinating Services includes facilitating, coordinating and managing the engagement of Support Workers to provide Care Services.

Coordinator means a person who creates an Account on the Platform for the purposes of assisting Clients who require Care Services by facilitating, coordinating and managing the engagement of Support Workers to provide those Care Services to them, and includes Appointed Coordinators. Coordinators provide Coordinating Services, Funding Services or both to their Clients.

Coordinator Terms means the Coordinator Terms entered into by Coordinators, the current version of which is available here: https://mable.com.au/legal/terms/coordinator-terms/.

Cost of Support means the fee payable to the Support Worker for the provision of Care Services (which may be an hourly rate, a travel rate, a fixed rate or a combination of them), which is calculated by applying the relevant percentage amount for that fee, as set out in the Fee Schedule, to the Agreed Rate. This percentage can be amended pursuant to clause 12(b) from time to time.

Eligibility Criteria means the eligibility criteria applicable to a Member as set out in the Member Terms that apply to that Member.

Facilitated Insurance Cover has the meaning given to that term in clause 15.1(a).

Facilitated Insurance Provider has the meaning given to that term in clause 15.1(a).

Fee Schedule means the schedule of fees, and method of calculating such fees, as set out on the Site at https://mable.com.au/pricing/.

Force Majeure Event means:

  1. natural disasters, acts of terrorism, riots, civil disturbances, pandemics, epidemics, industrial disputes and strikes;
  2. interruption or breakdown in telecommunications networks or the internet; and
  3. any other event which is outside of a Party’s reasonable control.
    Funding Services includes facilitating, coordinating and managing the payments to Support Workers and Mable in respect of Care Services.

GST means the tax imposed by the GST Act.

GST Act means A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (Cth).

Held Funds has the meaning given to that term in clause 13(e).

Incidents and Complaints Management Policy means the policy available at https://mable.com.au/incidents-complaints-management-policy/.

Interest Rate means Cash Rate Target established by the Reserve Bank of Australia and published on its website from time to time, plus 3%. If the Reserve Bank of Australia should discontinue publishing the Cash Rate Target, the parties must reasonably agree on a replacement statistic similar to the Cash Rate Target.

Intellectual Property Rights means all present and future intellectual and industrial property rights conferred by Law and wherever existing, including:

  1. patents, designs, copyright, rights in circuit layouts, database rights, trade marks, know how, brand names, domain names, inventions, product names, trade secrets and any other rights subsisting in the results of intellectual effort in any field, whether or not registered or capable of registration;
  2. any application or right to apply for registration of any of the rights in paragraph (a);
  3. any registration of any of those rights or any registration of any application referred to in paragraph (b); and
  4. all renewals and extensions of those rights.

Insolvency Event means, in respect of a Party, any one or more of the following events or circumstances:

  1. a winding up, dissolution, liquidation, provisional liquidation, administration or bankruptcy;
  2. that Party having a receiver or receiver and user appointed over any of its property or assets, or an administrator, liquidator or provisional liquidator appointed to that Party;
  3. being unable to pay any of its debts as and when due and payable or being deemed to be insolvent under any provision of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) or any other applicable Law;
  4. seeking protection from its creditors under any applicable Law, entering into a compromise, moratorium, assignment, composition or arrangement with, or for the benefit of, any of its members or creditors; or
  5. any analogous event or circumstance to those described in paragraphs (a) to (d) above under any applicable Law of any jurisdiction,
    unless such event or circumstance occurs as part of a solvent reconstruction, amalgamation, compromise, arrangement, merger or consolidation approved by the other Party.

Law means any applicable statute, regulation, by-law, ordinance, policy or subordinate legislation in force from time to time, and includes the common law and equity as applicable from time to time, and any mandatory standards or industry codes of conduct.

Losses means losses (whether direct, indirect or consequential), damages, liabilities, charges, expenses, outgoings or costs (including all legal and other professional costs on a full indemnity basis) of any nature or kind and Loss has a corresponding meaning.

Mable, We, Us, Our has the meaning given to that term in Introduction A.

Mable Content has the meaning given to that term in clause 19(a)(ii).

Mable Fees means the Support Engagement Fee and the Client Platform Fee.

Mable IP has the meaning given to that term in clause 19(a)(iii).

Mable Policies means:

  1. Codes of Conduct; and
  2. Incidents and Complaints Management Policy.
    Mable Proprietary Material has the meaning given to that term in clause 19(a).

Mable Technology means the software, source code, proprietary methods and systems used to provide the Site, Platform and Platform Services.

Managed Client means a person who is represented by a Coordinator on the Platform, and for whom that Coordinator may provide Coordinating Services and/or Funding Services.

Material Breach Event has the meaning given to that term in clause 24.2(d).

Member means any person or organisation who has created an Account on the Platform, and includes You, Coordinators, Support Workers and Client Members, but excludes Managed Clients.

Member Feedback has the meaning in clause 22(a).

Member Terms means the terms that apply to specific Members on the Platform, including (as the context allows):

  1. in relation to Support Workers, the Support Worker Terms;
  2. in relation to Client Members, the Client Member Terms; and
  3. in relation to Coordinators, the Coordinator Terms.

Minimum Rate means the minimum hourly rate set out in the Fee Schedule, as amended pursuant to clause 12(b) from time to time.

MPS has the meaning given to that term in Introduction B.

Non-Excludable Guarantee has the meaning given to that term in clause 11(a)(i).

Party means either of You or Us, and Parties means both of You and Us.

Payment Processing Services has the meaning given in the applicable Member Terms.

Personal Information has the meaning given in the Privacy Act (or, where context requires, has the meaning given to corresponding terminology under another relevant Privacy Law).

Personnel means a Party’s officers, employees, secondees, agents, consultants, contractors and subcontractors.

Platform has the meaning given to that term in paragraph A of the Introduction.

Platform Services has the meaning given in paragraph C of the Introduction, and excludes the Payment Processing Services.

Platform Minimum Requirements has the meaning in clause 6(b).

Privacy Act means the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).

Privacy Policy means Mable’s Privacy Policy, available here: https://mable.com.au/privacy-policy/.

Privacy Laws means, in relation to a Party:

  1. the Privacy Act, irrespective of whether the Party would otherwise be bound to comply at Law;
  2. all other Laws regulating the handling of Personal Information which that Party is required to comply with from time to time; and
  3. all other Laws regulating the handling of Personal information which apply to the other Party and which the other Party has notified in writing to the first mentioned Party.

Prohibited Conduct has the meaning given to that term in clause 2(a) and includes Avoidance Conduct.

Prohibited Content means Content of any kind that:

  1. is offensive, defamatory, distressing, harmful, insulting, intimidating, menacing, harassing, discriminatory, unlawful, false or misleading;
  2. poses, or may pose, a risk to any person;
  3. threatens, harasses, humiliates or ridicules any person, or is otherwise unlawful, or encourages any such activity;
  4. is posted, uploaded, published or disseminated without the lawful owner’s permission, or breaches any obligation of confidentiality;
  5. contains any false or misleading statements, representations or advertising, (including but not limited to representations about the Member’s identity, qualifications, experience or reputation);
  6. advertises or promotes goods or services other than Care Services;
  7. requests for services other than Care Services, including those that are not approved by the Platform (for example, sex therapy services);
  8. is Personal Information about a person and is posted, uploaded, published or disseminated without that person’s prior consent or in breach of any Privacy Law, or is contrary to Mable’s Privacy Policy;
  9. infringes another person’s copyright, trade mark or any other Intellectual Property Rights;
  10. includes a person’s Account Credentials or is directed to accessing a person’s Account other than in accordance with the Terms of Use or without the Account holder’s consent;
  11. may cause Mable to breach any Law or otherwise expose Mable to liability;
  12. is or includes any virus, worm, trojan, or other malicious or unauthorised code or disabling feature to or via the Platform or the Platform Services, or which may breach the requirements or cause the loss of services of Mable’s internet service providers or other suppliers;
  13. is likely to interfere with or disrupt the proper and intended operation of the Platform or the Services, or is, or contains any means of automatically searching or mining data from the Platform; or
  14. is contrary to any of the Mable Policies.

Related Body Corporate has the meaning given in the Corporations Act.

Service Log means the service log a Support Worker creates after providing each Care Service, which is submitted via the Platform, and which includes the start time, end time and service notes for the relevant Care Service.

Site means the mable.com.au website including without limitation all subpages, and excluding the Platform and the Mable smartphone App.

Site Terms means the Site Terms, available here: mable.com.au/legal/terms/site-terms.

Support Engagement Fee means the support engagement fee payable to Mable, which is calculated by applying the relevant percentage amount for that fee, as set out in the Fee Schedule, to the Agreed Rate. This percentage can be amended pursuant to clause 12(b) from time to time.

Support Worker means a person that creates an Account on the Platform for the purposes of engaging with Clients and Coordinators and entering into Care Services Agreements.

Support Worker Terms means the Support Worker Terms available here:
https://mable.com.au/legal/terms/support-worker-terms-hub/.

Term has the meaning given to that term in clause 3(b).

Terms of Use has the meaning set out in Introduction 3(a).

Third Party Content has the meaning given to that term in clause 21(a).

Verification Checks has the meaning given to that term in clause 5.1(a).

Verification Policies means those verification policies available here:
https://mable.com.au/legal/policies/verification-policy/.

You, Your has the meaning given to that term in the Member Terms that apply to You depending on the type of Member that You are.

Your Content has the meaning given to that term in clause 20(a).

Your IP has the meaning given to that term in clause 20(c).

Version Date: 27 August 2025