Last updated: 19 Jul 2016

In these terms and conditions News Limited will be referred to as News.

News and any of its related companies may require that users of our digital services become a registered user and ‘Create an Account’ to be entitled to engage with us in certain ways. These terms and conditions govern your Registered Access with News and your related use of that registration to access this website and any other digital media (whether existing now or in the future) owned or operated by News or any of its related companies for which you can use your Registered Access (News Digital Media). News Digital Media may include News Sites (as defined below in the governance of News Digital Media section and as amended from time to time), m-sites and applications and, where relevant, any media which you can access using one of our newspaper masthead’s membership or subscription, or any membership or subscription to our digital services.

Acceptance

Your Registered Access and/or your registered use of any News Digital Media indicates your acceptance of these terms. If you also subscribe to any particular offers or services, you will also be bound by terms and conditions which are specific to those offers or services, including those set out at the end of these terms and conditions.

Governance of News Digital Media

The websites that are included in your Registered Access (News Sites) are owned by News or its subsidiaries. The News Sites have terms and conditions which, together with these terms and conditions, govern usage of the News Sites.

Links to specific News Sites' terms and conditions are contained here:

DailyTelegraph.com.au/subscriptionterms

HeraldSun.com.au/subscriptionterms

CourierMail.com.au/subscriptionterms

Advertiser.com.au/subscriptionterms

perthnow.com.au/subscriptionterms

TheAustralian.com.au/subscriptionterms

Foxsports.com.au/subscriptionterms

geelongadvertiser.com.au/subscriptionterms

themercury.com.au/subscriptionterms

goldcoastbulletin.com.au/subscriptionterms

cairnspost.com.au/subscriptionterms

townsvillebulletin.com.au/subscriptionterms

ntnews.com.au/subscriptionterms

theweeklytimes.com.au/subscriptionterms

Other News Digital Media (such as applications and m-sites) may also have their own specific terms of use and you should check those as your use of those News Digital Media indicates your agreement with their terms of use.

News or its relevant related companies may change any applicable terms and conditions from time to time, whether in relation to specific News Digital Media, Registered Access or any membership or subscription offered by News or any of its related companies. If this happens, amendments will be posted on the affected News Sites or other News Digital Media and will also be accessible through your News Account login within My Account or we will otherwise take reasonable steps to advise you of the change. If you object to changes to any terms or conditions you may cancel your Registered Access or affected membership or subscription up to 28 days after changes come into effect without accepting the new terms and conditions. If you do not cancel or you use or access any News Sites or News Digital Media (other than to review the new terms and conditions) using your Registered Access or relevant membership or subscription within that period you will be deemed to have accepted the new terms. You may call Customer Support on 1300 MY NEWS (1300 69 63 97) or email Customer Support at customersupport@news.com.au (who will consider your position acting reasonably) if you have reasonable grounds for not having cancelled within the 28 day time limit and still wish to cancel.

Creating and using your Registered Access

Your Registered Access will be valid on receipt by News of your completed and valid application. Confirmation of acceptance will be provided to you via your nominated email address. In some circumstances you may automatically obtain Registered Access through a previous registration for another of our digital services.

Each username and password is assigned to a single user. You must ensure that your username and password remain secure and are only shared with the residents of your household i.e. family and friends that live at the same residential address. However you agree that your Digital Subscription cannot be used with more than four devices concurrently. You are responsible for all use, activities and charges associated with your username and password. Your username and password are not otherwise transferable.

Your Digital Subscription may be used for non-commercial purposes only.

You must contact News if you become aware that unauthorised use of your username and password has occurred. News may take appropriate action, such as terminating registration if you are deemed to have shared your password outside your household or have allowed unauthorised use of your username and password.

Your Registered Access may be used for non-commercial purposes only.

Registered Access

Registered Access requires no payment or payment details.

Registered Access provides you with the ability to access all unmetered content of News Sites and msites and, when logged in with your Registered Access, if there is metered content, you will also have access to a fixed number of pieces of metered content from the following News Sites and msites, within a set recurring time period:

DailyTelegraph.com.au

HeraldSun.com.au

CourierMail.com,au

Advertiser.com.au

foxsports.com.au

Theaustralian.com.au

Perthnow.com.au

Geelongadvertiser.com.au

themercury.com.au

goldcoastbulletin.com.au

cairnspost.com.au

townsvillebulletin.com.au

ntnews.com.au

theweeklytimes.com.au

The precise number of pieces of metered content you will have access to with your Registered Access on these sites and msites and the recurring time period may vary from time to time at our discretion. You will be advised when you have reached the limit and offered a digital membership.

Access from outside of Australia and other access issues

You acknowledge and agree that some of our content may not be viewable or accessible from outside of Australia and that there may be other technology or infrastructure related reasons which limit your ability to access our content at any time.

Cancellation and Termination

Your Registered Access will continue until cancelled by either one of us. If you are not the purchaser of this membership or subscription, News may cancel your membership or subscription at any time at your Provider’s request. Your Registered Access may be cancelled at any time by calling Customer Support on 1300 MY NEWS (1300 69 63 97) or by emailing Customer Support at customersupport@news.com.au.

News reserves the right to cancel a Registered Access without notice or liability for any reason, although in most circumstances you will be given notice as to the reason for cancellation.

Cancellation of a Registered Access will automatically cancel any related membership or subscription.

Data downloads

You are responsible for downloads and any costs associated with downloading, including unauthorised access to your account and associated downloads. You acknowledge that anyone that knows your username and password will be able to download and any associated costs or liability are your responsibility.

Data Security

News strives to ensure the security, integrity and privacy of personally identifiable information of our customers. We use a variety of physical and electronic security measures including restricting physical access to our offices and firewalls and secure databases to keep personal information secure from misuse, loss or unauthorised use or disclosure. No data transmission over the Internet or storage can be guaranteed to be totally secure.

* In following sections marked with the asterisk, a reference to “you” is a reference to you and those members of your household whom you have authorized to use your username and password in accordance with these terms and conditions.

Licences*

For the purpose of accessing and using any News Digital Media, News grants to you a non-exclusive, non-transferable personal licence in relation to the software, including the ability to access and view content and other features within our News Digital Media. News does not transfer title to nor grant any interest in software to you.

Intellectual Property*

All intellectual property in relation to content on the News Digital Media belongs to News or its licensors, advertisers or affiliates. You obtain no interest in that intellectual property. All content on the News Digital Media is protected by Australian and international copyright and other intellectual property laws. You may not do anything which interferes with or breaches those laws or the intellectual property rights in the content.

You may download and view content or print a copy of material on the News Digital Media for personal, non-commercial use provided you do not modify the content in any way (including any copyright notice). All rights not expressly granted under these terms of use are reserved by News. Unless expressly stated otherwise, you are not permitted to copy, or republish anything you find on any News Digital Media without the copyright or trademark owners’ permission.

The logos of the News Sites, the newspaper mastheads on the News Sites and the logos of all our other News Digital Media are registered trademarks of News or its related bodies corporate. Other trademarks may be displayed on the News Digital Media from time to time. These may belong to third parties. Nothing displayed on the News Digital Media should be construed as granting any licence or right of use of any logo, trademark or masthead displayed on or within those media, without the express written permission of the relevant owner.

Liability & Indemnity*

News does not exclude any rights and remedies in respect of goods or services under the Australian Consumer Law in the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (ACL) which cannot be excluded, restricted or modified. However, News excludes all other rights, remedies, guarantees, conditions and warranties in respect of your Registered Access, any membership or subscription, this Site or any of the News Digital Media whether based in statute, common law or otherwise to the extent permitted by law. To the fullest extent possible and subject to News’ liabilities and obligations under the ACL:

News and its related entities do not warrant the accuracy of the content on the News Digital Media. The content is provided to you “as is” and on an “as available” basis and on the condition that you undertake all responsibility for assessing the accuracy of the content and rely on it at your own risk. All content on this Site or any News Digital Media may be changed at the sole discretion of News and its related entities without notice except that if News materially changes the content which you access through your Registered Access so that the breadth or nature of the service you receive is materially altered, News will take the steps as described in these terms to notify you of those changes, where practicable.

News and its related entities will have no responsibility or liability in relation to any loss or damage that you incur, including damage to your software or hardware, arising from your Registered Access, any membership or subscription, any membership to our digital services or your use of or access to this Site or any News Digital Media.

News and its related entities do not warrant that functions contained in this Site or any News Digital Media, such as hyperlinks, will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected or that News or the server that makes it available, are free of viruses or bugs.

You indemnify News, its related companies, and each of their directors, officers, employees and agents against any action, claim, loss or expense which it incurs which arises from or in connection with your Registered Access, any membership or subscription, any membership to our digital services or your use of this Site or any News Digital Media.

In these terms and conditions News Limited will be referred to as News .

These Terms and Conditions apply to the following types of subscriptions:The Australian Digital Subscription and Newspaper Home Delivery, The Australian Digital Subscription and The Australian Newspaper Home Delivery . Each of these is a Subscription under these Terms and Conditions

If you have selected a digital and print bundle your terms and conditions will consist of both Digital Membership and Newspaper Delivery Subscription Terms and Conditions. If you have selected only a Digital only or Print only product then only the Terms and Conditions relevant to that product will apply.

These terms and conditions include the Registered Access Terms and Conditions. Defined terms there will be used in these terms also. You must have a valid and current Registered Access to have a valid subscription.

News or its relevant related companies may change any applicable terms and conditions from time to time. If this happens, amendments will be posted on the affected News Sites or other News Digital Media and will also be accessible through your login to My Account. If you object to changes to any terms or conditions you may cancel your Subscription up to 28 days after changes come into effect without accepting the new terms and conditions. If you do not cancel or you use or access any News sites or News Digital Media (other than to review the new terms and conditions) using your Subscription within that period you will be deemed to have accepted the new terms. You may call Customer Support on 1300 MY NEWS (1300 69 63 97) , who will consider your position acting reasonably, if you have reasonable grounds for not having cancelled within the 28 day time limit and still wish to cancel.

Digital Membership Terms and Conditions

Digital Membership provides you access via a secure login to view unlimited content on the following News Sites and msites ( Included Media):

The Australian

as well as the following applications only:

The Australian (available for iPad and Android Tablets)
KGB (available for iPhones)

The above lists may change from time to time, at our discretion. News will endeavour to contact you at least 14 days prior to effecting the removal of any media from these lists.

Your Digital Membership will commence immediately on receipt by us of completed subscription details, including payment details. Confirmation of acceptance will be provided to you via your nominated email address.

Each username and password is assigned to a single user. You must ensure that your username and password remain secure and are only shared with the residents of your household i.e. family and friends that live at the same residential address. However you agree that your Digital Membership cannot be used with more than four devices concurrently. You are responsible for all use, activities and charges associated with your username and password. Your username and password are not otherwise transferable.

Your Digital Membership may be used for non-commercial purposes only.

Access from outside of Australia

You acknowledge that some of our content may not be viewable or accessible from outside of Australia.

Newspaper Delivery Subscription Terms and Conditions

A Newspaper Delivery subscription is for delivery of the newspapers specified in the print offer you have selected to a residential address. Delivery is only available where delivery exists in your state and promotional offers are only available where no additional freight is charged. This service is not available to post office boxes. Delivery to addresses within security apartments is subject to delivery capability. Our home delivery obligations to you are subject to home delivery remaining commercially feasible in our reasonable opinion. Where we cease to supply home delivery to you, we will discuss with you the way forward.

The Newspaper Delivery subscription is for a period of time and not a specified number of newspapers. You will receive newspapers that are published between the beginning and end of this subscription.

Delivery may take up to 5 business days to commence. If your subscription terminates, you will also receive any newspapers that are published between the termination date and the lead time required to cease delivery, which may take up to 5 business days.

If you require redirection, please notify us at least 5 business days prior. Redirection will only be possible to areas where a delivery service exists for your subscription.

Pricing

The price of the subscription, including where applicable any introductory pricing for a specified period will be displayed at the time of purchase. All prices include GST unless otherwise specified.

News may amend the pricing schedule by giving 28 days prior notice to you. Once new pricing takes effect News may alter your automatic payment arrangements accordingly.

Where your Subscription is for a fixed term with regular, periodic payments (with or without a further term on the same or different terms) then the total price that you will pay is the total sum of all regular periodic payments throughout the fixed term (plus the relevant price for any relevant further terms prior to cancellation being effected). News will not change the pricing for a fixed term subscription during that fixed term.

Information about your current Subscription, including its price is available in My Account under Manage My Subscriptions or you can call Customer Support on 1300 MY NEWS (1300 69 63 97).

Payment, Fees and Taxes

Subsequent to any non-refundable introductory period, payment is to be made by automatic recurring 4 weekly payments via PayPal or debit/credit cards. Payments are made in advance. American Express, Visa, MasterCard and Diners Club credit cards are accepted. The recurring payment for the amount of the offer you have requested will be automatically charged by News every 4 weeks in advance, subject to the terms set out below, until such time as we are advised to stop.

Changes to PayPal or debit/credit card details can be made online via My Account or by contacting Customer Support on 1300 MY NEWS (1300 69 63 97).

For the purpose of auto-renewing your Subscription, your PayPal or credit card details are stored in a tokenised, encrypted format. They are therefore available should you elect to purchase another subscription.

Auto-renewing subscriptions require payment up to 7 days prior to the commencement of each billing period. If payment fails, we will attempt to notify you and request that you update your payment details. We will re-attempt payment several times. During this period we may grace your subscription for up to 7 days after which time we will commence the cancellation process.

If you are under the age of 18 you require consent from your parent or guardian and the card holder to authorise charges to be made.

Through this sales platform you can only sign up for yourself. You cannot sign up as a gift for another person.

Suspension

You cannot suspend your Digital Membership.

Newspaper Delivery can be suspended online via My Account or by contacting Customer Support on 1300 MY NEWS (1300 69 63 97). A subscriber may only suspend delivery of the newspaper for a maximum of 84 days in a single suspension and up to a total of 100 days during a 12 month period. Please notify us a minimum of 5 business days prior to a suspension. Your suspension must specify a return date no later than 84 days from commencement. Once the suspension commences, your subscription will be extended by a period of time at least equal to the length of the suspension. You will not be charged for the period of the suspension. You may also at our discretion be able to access the digital/online content during the period of suspension.

Cancellation, Termination and Refunds Policy

Your Subscription will continue until cancelled by either one of us. You may cancel your Subscription calling Customer Support on 1300 MY NEWS (1300 69 63 97).

You must provide a minimum of 7 business days’ notice, if you want to cancel your subscription. Cancellations will take effect at the end of the subscription period, which is current at the end of the 7 business day notice period.

If your subscription consists of both a Digital Membership and Newspaper Delivery subscription, you may not cancel just one component. Please contact Customer Support on 1300 MY NEWS (1300 69 63 97) to discuss other subscription alternatives that may suit your needs.

The following applies regarding refunds.

1. If your Subscription requires you to pay:

Subscription fees in advance every 4-weeks; or
An initial payment which is stated to be non-refundable in the offer terms, for your Subscription,

then those prepaid fees are not refundable, in whole or in part, unless:

News cancels your subscription, other than due to a breach of our terms and conditions;
You or News cancel your Newspaper Delivery because News no longer provides home delivery to your delivery address; or
Required by law

2. If your subscription payments are other than described in 1 (a) or (b) above, if you cancel your subscription before the end of a prepaid subscription period, you will be entitled to a prorated refund for any unused and prepaid days.

3. If your subscription is for a fixed term with regular periodic payments throughout the term then you may not cancel your subscription prior to the expiry of the specified fixed term (so for example, where your subscription requires a payment every 4 weeks for 52 weeks then you may not cancel your subscription to take effect before the expiry of the first 52 weeks).

News may cancel your subscription at any time on reasonable notice. Where cancellation by us is due to your breach of our terms and conditions including for any included Media, we are under no obligation to provide any refund or notice.

Cancellation of your Subscription does not affect your Registered Access (unless that is also cancelled).