Make the record better.

Send a correction

Email contact@openaus.org with:

1. the page address and the exact statement or figure;
2. what you believe should change and why;
3. the strongest available source, including its date and exact location; and
4. whether you are directly affected by the material or are responding for an organisation.

Please do not send passwords, private identifying documents, confidential third-party material or allegations unsupported by evidence.

How reports are handled

We check the source, period, scope, calculation and surrounding explanation. A correction may change the page, add a qualification, replace a source, or record why the existing wording is retained. Material corrections should identify what changed and when; minor spelling and presentation fixes may be made without a separate notice.

Source publishers can also revise their own material. A later source edition is not automatically proof that an earlier dated account was wrong, but the page should make its evidence horizon clear.

Fairness and right of reply

A person or organisation materially affected by a factual statement may provide a response and supporting record. Responses are assessed using the same relevance and evidence standards; they are not accepted or rejected because they agree or disagree with the project’s conclusions.

Existing author-review corrections are recorded in the research correction log. That log is not an allegation that the original publishers were wrong.