Finley, AU
July 11, 2025
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12°CMcPherson Newspapers Pty Ltd
ABN: 89004522794
(a) McPherson Media Group through its related corporate entities listed in Appendix A (“the Company”, “MMG”, “we” or “us”) is the owner of this website and associated mobile apps (“Website” and “App”). It is an independently owned publishing group comprising: Digital and print publishing for specialist rural and agricultural brands servicing the Australian national market and 12 community newspapers across the Goulburn Valley and Southern Riverina; Magazine and custom content production, serving business, health and agricultural sectors; Event management; Commercial printing; and Marketing and media strategy, planning and buying services.
(b) Your use of MMG publications and services and your relationship with us are governed by these Terms of Use (“Terms of Use”).
(c) Please carefully read these Terms of Use before you use the Website and App or any other MMG publication or service. In using the Website, App or service, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use and any related company policies.
(d) If you do not accept these Terms of Use and agree to comply with the MMG Privacy Policy and all other policies, you must immediately discontinue your use of the Website, App or digital service.
(e) These Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy and all other policies apply whenever you access the Website and App, regardless of how you access the Website and App, including, for example, access by way of the internet, tablets, smart phones, newsletters, notifications or social media.
(f) We may revise these Terms of Use from time to time to take account of changing laws, technologies or operations by updating this document without any liability and prior notice to you. Any revised Terms of Use will take effect when they are posted.
(g) We may change or discontinue part or all of the Website and App or a related digital product at any time without liability or requirement to notify users.
(h) We make reasonable efforts to ensure our Website and Apps are available continuously, but we do not make any representations that your access will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free. We undertake upgrades and maintenance from time to time, which will affect access, and you may be required to upgrade your software to continue to access the Website and Apps. Our Website and Apps may also be affected by outages of services provided by other parties, which are outside our control.
(a) You are required to register with the Website and App to create an account to gain access to certain features of the Website and App or related digital products, including to access the products or to contribute comments, content, or interact with the Website and App or product. We manage your personal data within strict compliance with our Privacy Policy.
(b) Registration is free but involves you providing the information requested about you. You agree and acknowledge that you:
(c) We may use this information to create a personalised digital experience for you. We may use your age, gender and general location to offer you content and advertising that we believe will be more relevant to you.
(d) We reserve the right to discontinue or cancel your registration, at our sole discretion and without notice, for any reason including, but not limited to, the following:
(e) We retain the right to contact you at the email address you provide at our discretion. We will never provide your email to third parties without your consent, except as required by law.
(f) To access certain features of the Website and App, you may be required to hold an existing and valid Facebook account (or other “Social Media Account”). By logging into the Website and App using a Social Media Account, you confirm that:
(a) As part of the Website and App, we may provide interactive communication services such as message boards, chat rooms, blogs, upload facilities, profile pages and other message and communication facilities that provide you with the ability to submit, display and exchange information, messages and other content with us and with other users of the Website and App.
(b) Any content, comment, opinion, view or other material contributed by you, or another user of the Website and App, is “User Content” and “Your Contributions” may also include comments, opinions, articles, images and other media.
(c) In exchange for allowing you to post and upload User Content, you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, worldwide licence to reproduce, publish, host, store, copy modify, adapt, edit, translate, sub-license and otherwise deal with User Content you submit to us by any means whatsoever (including, without limitation, in print and electronic format).
(d) You will not post, communicate, transmit or download any User Content on, to and from the Website and App that:
(e) By submitting User Content to the Website and App, you hereby grant to the Company, its assigned and authorised agents, a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, worldwide licence to reproduce, publish, host, store, copy modify, adapt, edit, translate, sub-license and otherwise deal with the User Content you submit to us by any means and through any media.
(f) You represent and warrant that you are the creator of all User Content that you submit to the Website and App, and such User Content is true, accurate and not confidential to or is not a trade secret or owned by any other person.
(g) You represent and warrant that you have (and will continue to have during your use of the Website and App) all necessary licences, rights, consents, and permissions which are required to enable us to use the User Content uploaded by you.
(h) To the fullest extent of the law, you waive any moral rights in the User Content that you post or attempt to post to the Website and App for the purposes of its submission to and publication on the Website and App.
(i) You acknowledge that all communications are public and not private communications, and you are solely responsible for any User Content posted by you
(j) We normally display your name with Your Contributions, but you agree it is not always possible for us to attribute your authorship to those contributions. Your Contributions may be pre-screened before publication, causing a delay before they appear on the Website and App. We are not obliged to publish any of Your Contributions or any other User Content for any minimum period on the Company Website and Apps.
(a) You must not and you must not permit another person to, without our prior written permission, exploit the Website and App or content created by the Company and posted on the Website and App (“Website and App Content”) for any other purpose or by any other means including, without limitation:
(b) You agree that you will not and you will not permit another person to:
(c) Monitoring and Removal of User and User Content
We reserve the right and discretion, but not the obligation, to monitor, edit, delete, reject or remove any User Content which you post or seek to post on the Website and App that we consider infringes these Terms. If, in its absolute discretion, we determine that you have breached this Clause 3, your access to all or part of the Website and App may be suspended or terminated with or without notice to you, and you may be refused any future use of or access to the Website and App. Furthermore, any breach that involves illegal activity may be referred to the appropriate law enforcement agency.
(d) Sharing Website and App Content
We may invite you, by providing a share button on a relevant page, section or part of the Website and App, to share selected content from the Website and App through one or more avenues, including, but not limited to, email and social media. If you elect to share Website and App content through one or more of those avenues, you must do so by making use of the share button provided by us. You agree and acknowledge that you share any content at your own risk.
(e) Linking to the Website and App
You may only link to the Website and App, other than by making use of the sharing features on the Website and App, with the prior written consent of the Company. Any links, if allowed, must link directly to the Website home page unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Company. To request permission to link to this site, please email: privacy@mmg.com.au. You may also link at any time to the relevant App in different app stores for download.
(f) You are responsible for all costs associated with your access to the Company Website and Apps, including internet or data service charges and the cost of devices to access our Content.
(a) You acknowledge that the material included in the Website and App is the subject of copyright and that it is the subject of other intellectual property and legal rights.
(b) Unless expressly stated otherwise, all intellectual property other than User Content in relation to the Website and App and the content on the Website and App (including the software, design, text, data, icons, logos, copyrights, designs, trade marks, concepts, sound recordings and graphics comprised in the Website and App) (“Intellectual Property”) belongs to The Company or its licensors, advertisers, associated or related entities or affiliates.
(c) The Company retains all right, title and interest in and to the Website and App and all related content developed for the Website and App. Nothing you do on or in relation to the Website and App, or any of the related content, will transfer intellectual property rights to you, or license to you any intellectual property rights in and to the Website and App, unless expressly stated.
(d) Except where otherwise stated, all registered trademarks used on this Website and App have been used with the permission of the relevant trade mark owner. You must not use any trademarks without the prior, specific, written permission of their owner.
(e) You agree not to do anything that interferes with or breaches the intellectual property rights in the content. You agree not to copy, modify, create a derivative work, reverse engineer, reverse assemble, attempt to discover the source code, sell, assign, sub-license, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer any content on the Website and App.
(f) The Company reserves the right to take all steps to prevent the unauthorised use of our content.
(g) You may download and view content or print a copy of material on the Website and App for personal, non-commercial use, provided that you do not modify the content in any way (including any copyright notice).
(h) You must not use any Website and App Content, in whole or in part, as input for machine learning systems or generative AI technologies, including but not limited to the training, fine-tuning, or evaluation of large language models or similar AI tools, whether manually or through automated means such as scraping, crawling or bulk downloading.
(i) You may reprint or electronically reproduce Website and App Content for personal non-commercial use, provided that you do not modify the Website and App Content in any way (including any copyright notice).
(j) Except as permitted by these Terms of Use, permission to reprint or electronically reproduce content from the Website and App, or any related content in whole or in part for any other purpose is expressly prohibited, unless prior written consent is obtained from us. You may contact us via the communication methods available on the Website and App if you wish to obtain such consent.
(k) We respect the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that content appearing on the Website and App violates your rights, or you have not been properly credited or there has been an oversight by us, please contact privacy@mmg.com.au.
(a) This Website and App may contain links to third-party websites, including Facebook and other social media platforms. These third-party websites are not under the control of the Company, and we are not responsible or liable for the contents, accuracy, legality, suitability or reliability of that third-party website or any hyperlink contained in that third-party website.
(b) When you access a third-party website, you do so at your own risk and acknowledge that your use of the third-party websites may be governed by separate terms and conditions and privacy policies.
(c) The Company accepts no liability for any loss incurred by you directly or indirectly as a result of your reliance on information on a third-party website and accepts no liability and disclaims all warranties, express or implied, regarding the use of goods or services provided through any third-party website.
(a) The Company, its affiliates or any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy, legality, suitability or reliability of the information contained as part of the Website and App Content and none of them accept any responsibility arising in any way (including negligently) for errors in, or omissions from, the information contained as part of the Website and App Content or your reliance on such information.
(b) You acknowledge that the content on the Company Website and Apps is provided for your general information only and is not intended as any form of professional advice.
(c) You acknowledge that opinions expressed on this site are those of the relevant contributors and may not necessarily represent those views of the Company or those of our employees or representatives.
(d) You acknowledge the Company is not responsible for any interpretation, opinion or conclusion you form from the information provided on the Website and App. Any reliance upon any content, opinion, representation or statement contained as part of the Website and App Content is at your sole risk.
(e) The Company is not associated or affiliated in any way with any sporting body, club or organisation. All trademarks, logos, and images are the property of their respective and rightful owners.
(a) Your use of the Company Website and Apps is at your sole risk, and you release us from any liability arising as a result of your reliance on any content contributed by another user on the Website and App.
(b) In no event will the Company, its related bodies corporate and any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents be liable in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise, for any direct, indirect, special, consequential or punitive loss, personal injury or damages or any loss or damages whatsoever, arising out of or in connection with:
(c) The Company is not liable to you or anyone else if interference with or damage to your computer systems occurs in connection with use of the Website and App or any third-party website. You must take your own precautions to ensure that whatever you select for your use from the Website and App or any third-party website is free of viruses or any other thing that may interfere with or damage the operations of your computer system.
(a) The Company does not warrant that the Website and App, or functions contained on the Website and App, will be uninterrupted or error-free, or that defects will be corrected or that the Website and App or the hosting server are free of viruses or bugs.
(b) The Company is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunctions of any telephone network, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, technical problems or traffic congestion on the internet or at any website or any combination thereof.
(c) You acknowledge that use of the Website and App is at your sole risk.
(a) You agree to fully indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its related entities, including its officers, directors, employees, agents, subcontractors, and licensors from and against any and all claims, actions, demands, liabilities, payments, settlements, costs, loss (including consequential loss) or damage including legal and accounting fees arising in connection with:
(a) These Terms of Use shall be construed and applied in accordance with the laws of Victoria, Australia. You consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Victorian Courts to determine any matter or dispute which arises under these terms and conditions in accordance with the laws of Victoria, Australia.
(b) These Terms of Use and the policies referred to herein constitute the entire agreement between us and you in relation to the Website and App and your use of the Website and App supersedes all other (prior or contemporaneous) communications or displays whether electronic, oral, or written, between us and you in relation to the Website and App.
(c) The provisions of these Terms of Use that by their nature survive termination or expiry of these Terms of Use will survive cancellation of your registration on the Website and App.
(d) If any of these Terms of Use are invalid, unenforceable or illegal, that term will be struck out and the remaining terms will remain in force.
(e) If we do not take any steps in relation to a particular breach by you of these Terms of Use, this will not be treated as a waiver by us of our right to act with respect to that breach, and in respect of subsequent or similar breaches.
Updated: June 2025
McPherson Media Group (MMG) and the following entities: