Acceptance of Terms
Welcome to Australia Local News (“the Website”). By accessing or using this Website, you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree with these Terms, please do not use the Website.
Use of the Website
The Website is provided for general news and information about local communities across Australia. You may read, share and link to our content for personal, non-commercial use. We may change, suspend or discontinue any part of the Website at any time without notice.
Intellectual Property and Copyright
Unless otherwise stated, all text, graphics, logos, images and other content on the Website are owned by or licensed to Australia Local News and are protected by Australian and international copyright laws. You must not reproduce, distribute, modify or commercially exploit any content without our prior written permission, except as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth). When sharing excerpts, please provide proper attribution and a link back to the original article.
User Conduct
When using the Website, you agree not to:
- post or transmit material that is unlawful, defamatory, abusive, harassing or misleading;
- attempt to gain unauthorised access to any part of the Website, its servers or related systems;
- use automated tools to scrape, copy or overload the Website; or
- interfere with the security or normal operation of the Website.
Comments and Submissions
Where comments or other submissions are invited, you are responsible for the content you provide. We reserve the right to moderate, edit or remove any submission that breaches these Terms or that we consider inappropriate.
Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Australia Local News is not liable for any loss or damage arising from your use of, or reliance on, the Website or its content. Nothing in these Terms excludes, restricts or modifies any right or remedy you may have under the Australian Consumer Law (Schedule 2 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)) that cannot lawfully be excluded. Where the law permits us to limit liability for a service, our liability is limited to supplying the service again or paying the cost of having it supplied again.
Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms from time to time. The date of the most recent revision is shown below, and your continued use of the Website after any changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.
Governing Law
These Terms are governed by the laws of Australia and the laws of the State or Territory in which Australia Local News is based. You submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of that State or Territory.
Contact Us
If you have questions about these Terms, please contact us via our Contact page.
Last updated: October 2026.