The Queensland Department of Education and the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority (QCAA) have been keen to increase the broaden the range of materials available to teachers relevant to the new senior science syllabuses. The QCAA encourages authors and others who generate material to grant access to their work using Creative Commons attribution. A briefing note and a powerpoint presentation by the QCAA explaining Creative Commons and Open Educational Resources are re-published here, licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0.