Terms of Service
Effective date: 9 April 2026
Your vote matters. Use it honestly.
✓ Be truthful — provide your real details
✓ One account per person — no sharing logins
✓ Vote for yourself only — no bots, no inducements
✓ Use your genuine address for electorate verification
✓ Report suspected account compromise to security@crossbench.io
Crossbench is a civic platform for exploring parliamentary bills, verifying electorate information, and recording how people vote. It is built for public insight, not for entertainment or commercial data use. By creating an account or using Crossbench, you agree to these Terms.
1. Using Crossbench
You may use Crossbench only if you can form a binding agreement under Australian law and you use the service in line with these Terms.
You agree to use the platform honestly, respectfully, and in good faith.
2. Your responsibilities
2.1 Be truthful
Provide accurate, complete information. Don't impersonate anyone or misrepresent your address or electorate.
2.2 One person, one account
Accounts are personal. Don't share your login, let others vote using your account, or create multiple accounts to vote more than once.
2.3 Keep your credentials secure
Protect your password. If you suspect your account is compromised, tell us at security@crossbench.io as soon as practically possible.
2.4 Vote honestly
Votes must be your own genuine view. No voting on behalf of others, no paid voting, no bots or automation.
2.5 Verify your address accurately
Use your genuine current residential address. Don't use a false address to influence electorate data.
2.6 Use the platform respectfully
Don't attempt to manipulate, game, disrupt, or undermine platform integrity or vote data.
2.7 No commercial use
Crossbench is a civic tool. Don't scrape, resell, or commercially exploit our data without written permission.
3. What Crossbench provides
We provide the service in good faith. We may change, improve, suspend, or remove features over time.
We may suspend or remove accounts that violate these Terms or that we reasonably believe pose a risk to platform integrity.
We may share or commercialise aggregated, anonymised vote and electorate data (e.g. how an electorate voted on a bill). We will never sell or share personal information — your name, email address, or address hash will never be sold, shared with third parties, or used for commercial purposes. Crossbench is not affiliated with the Australian Parliament, any political party, or any candidate.
4. Service availability
We aim to keep Crossbench available and reliable, but we cannot guarantee uninterrupted service. The service is provided as-is and as-available.
5. Changes to these Terms
We may update these Terms from time to time. If we make material changes, we may notify you in the service or by other reasonable means.
Continued use of Crossbench after updated Terms take effect means you accept the changes.
6. Ending or suspending access
You may stop using Crossbench at any time. We may suspend or end your access if you breach these Terms, to protect the platform, or if required by law.
7. Governing law and disputes
These Terms are governed by the laws of Australia. If there is a dispute, both parties agree to try to resolve it in good faith first.
8. Contact
Questions about these Terms, or to report suspected account compromise:
security@crossbench.ioYour vote matters. Use it honestly.