Cookie Policy

Last updated: 9 October 2026

1. What cookies are

Cookies are small text files a website asks your browser to store. Similar technologies - local storage, session storage and pixels - do comparable things. They can remember a preference, keep a session working, count a visit or support advertising measurement.

This website uses cookies and similar technologies to operate the site, measure performance and - with your consent - for advertising measurement and personalisation. We handle them in line with Australia's Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles, and in line with Google's requirements for Consent Mode v2.

2. The categories we use

Category	Purpose	Set before consent?	Consent signal controlled
Essential	Page delivery, security, form submission, remembering your cookie choice	Yes - strictly necessary	None
Analytics	Measuring page performance, for example with Google Analytics 4	No	analytics_storage
Marketing / advertising	Google Ads, remarketing, conversion tracking, ads personalisation	No	ad_storage, ad_user_data, ad_personalization

3. Essential cookies and storage

These are strictly necessary and cannot be switched off, because the site cannot function without them. They never enable analytics or advertising storage.

Name	Type	Purpose	Duration
PHPSESSID	Session cookie	Keeps your enquiry form state - for example returning your answers if a field needs correcting	Until the browser is closed
dtn_consent_v1	Local storage entry	Records your cookie choice and the date you made it, so you are not asked again on every page	Until you clear it or change your choice

Our hosting provider also keeps standard server access logs for security and reliability. These are not cookies and are not used for advertising.

4. Analytics cookies

Set only if you grant analytics consent. Where used, Google Analytics 4 helps us see which pages are read, how people move through the site and which devices they use. It is aggregated reporting; we do not use it to identify individuals.

Name	Provider	Purpose	Typical duration
_ga	Google	Distinguishes browsers for measurement	Up to 2 years
_ga_<container>	Google	Maintains the measurement session state	Up to 2 years

If you decline analytics, none of these are set and the site behaves identically.

5. Marketing and advertising cookies

Set only if you grant marketing consent. We advertise our event services in Australia and use these to measure which campaigns produce enquiries and, where relevant, for remarketing and ads personalisation.

Name	Provider	Purpose	Typical duration
_gcl_au	Google	Conversion attribution for Google Ads	Up to 90 days
_gcl_aw	Google	Stores click information for conversion measurement	Up to 90 days
Google Ads remarketing identifiers	Google	Allows our advertising to be shown to previous visitors	Up to 540 days

Advertising personalisation operates only where you have consented to it. If you decline marketing, no advertising or conversion cookie is set and no ads personalisation data is shared from this site.

6. Google Consent Mode v2

Our consent layer is implemented as Google Consent Mode v2. Before you make any choice, the first consent event of your visit sets every signal to denied:

• ad_storage: denied - no advertising cookies or identifiers
• analytics_storage: denied - no analytics cookies
• ad_user_data: denied - no user data sent to Google for advertising
• ad_personalization: denied - no ads personalisation

When you make a choice, a single consent update is sent that matches it exactly. Accepting all grants all four. Declining keeps all four denied. Customising maps your selection: analytics consent controls analytics_storage, and marketing consent controls ad_storage, ad_user_data and ad_personalization. Essential cookies are always active and never enable either.

No Google Analytics, Google Ads remarketing, conversion tracking or personalisation tag is loaded before the matching consent exists.

7. Accept, decline or customise

The first layer of our cookie banner offers three equally prominent, identically styled buttons: Accept all, Decline and Customise. Declining is exactly as easy as accepting.

We do not use pre-ticked analytics or marketing checkboxes, cookie walls, hidden refusal options or any other dark pattern. Consent is never inferred from scrolling, from closing the banner or from navigating the site - only an explicit button press is recorded. The banner does not block the page content.

8. Changing or withdrawing consent

Use Change cookie settings here, or the link of the same name in the footer of every page. The panel opens showing your current selection; change it and save, and a fresh consent update is sent immediately. Withdrawing consent also clears the analytics or advertising cookies previously set from this site.

9. Browser-level controls

You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings, and most browsers let you refuse third-party cookies entirely. Blocking essential cookies may stop the enquiry form working correctly. Clearing your browser storage will also remove our record of your consent choice, so the banner will ask again on your next visit.

10. Data shared with Google

Where Google services are used on this site and you have given the relevant consent, some data may be shared with Google and processed by Google under its own terms. Google explains this here:

• How Google uses data from sites or apps that use Google services
• Google Business Data Responsibility and privacy information

11. More information

Our Privacy Policy explains what personal information we collect, why, how long we keep it and how to access or correct it. For general guidance on privacy rights in Australia, or to make a complaint, see the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner: https://www.oaic.gov.au/.

Questions about cookies on this site: [email protected].