STATEMENT REGARDING TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Welcome to our Site. These are our Terms & Conditions for use of the Site which you may access in several ways, including but not limited to the web, PDAs, mobile phones and RSS feeds. These Terms & Conditions apply whenever you access the Site, regardless of how you access the Site.

Use of this site

1. The Herald & Weekly Times Pty Ltd (HWT) is the owner and operator of this Site.

2. Users of this Site (Users) agree to be bound by these Terms & Conditions, which are subject to change at HWT’s sole discretion. Your use of and access to this Site indicates your acceptance of these Terms & Conditions, as they exist at that time.

Intellectual Property

3. All intellectual property in relation to content on this Site belongs to HWT or its licensors, advertisers or affiliates. You obtain no interest in that intellectual property. All content on this Site 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.

4. You may download and view content or print a copy of material on this Site 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 HWT. Unless expressly stated otherwise, you are not permitted to copy, or republish anything you find on the Site without the copyright or trademark owners’ permission.

5. The weeklytimesnow.com.au logo, the logos of HWT, the logos of the News Digital Media Pty Limited (News) sites and the newspaper mastheads on the HWT and News sites are registered trademarks of HWT, News or its related bodies corporate. Other trademarks may be displayed on the Site from time to time. These may belong to third parties. Nothing displayed on the Site should be construed as granting any license or right of use of any logo, trademark or masthead displayed on the Site, without the express written permission of the relevant owner.

Liability & Indemnity

6. HWT does not warrant the accuracy of the content on the Site. 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 the Site may be changed at HWT’s sole discretion and without notice.

7. HWT 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 use of or access to this Site.

8. HWT does not warrant that functions contained in the Site content, such as hyperlinks, will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected or that HWT or the server that makes it available, are free of viruses or bugs.

9. To the extent permitted by law, all other representations, conditions or warranties, whether based in statute, common law or otherwise are excluded. Liability of HWT, for any breach of a term or condition implied by law is limited at HWT’s discretion, to the supply of any service again or the payment for the cost of having any service supplied again.

10. You indemnify HWT and its affiliated companies, and each of their directors, officers, employees and agents against any action, claim, loss or expense which it incurs which arises from your use of the Site.

Third Party Content & Links

11. This site may include third party content which is subject to that third party's terms and conditions of use. Nothing on this Site should be construed as granting any license or right for you to use that content.

12. This site may include links to third party sites which are not related to HWT and in relation to which HWT has no control or interest. The appearance of those links on this site does not indicate any relationship between HWT and that third party or any endorsement by HWT of that third party, its site or the products or services which it is advertising on this Site.

Contributing Content

13. When you submit content to HWT in any format, including any text, photographs, graphics, video or audio, you grant HWT and News a non-exclusive, royalty –free, perpetual license to publish that content.

14. You agree that HWT can use that content in any way, now and in the future. HWT also reserves the right not to use the content you submit.

15. You warrant that you have all of the necessary rights, including copyright, in the content you contribute, that your content is not defamatory and that it does not infringe any law.

16. You indemnify HWT against any and all legal fees, damages and other expenses that may be incurred by HWT as a result of a breach of the above warranty.

17. You waive any moral rights in your contribution for the purposes of its submission to and publication on the Site.

General

18. These Terms & Conditions shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of Victoria.

19. Responsibility for all election comment is taken by the Editor, 40 City Road, Southbank, VIC, 3006.

20. Users will not use this site for any purpose or in any way which is unlawful.