Terms and Conditions 

Promotion	Win a Trip to the AO | Nine Upfront 2022 Competition
Promoter	Nine Entertainment Co. Pty Ltd ABN 59 122 205 065 of 1 Denison Street, North Sydney, NSW 2060
Promotion Sponsor	N/A
Promotional Period	Start Date: 15/09/21 at 5pm AEST
	End Date: 16/09/21 at 5pm AEST
Eligible entrants	Permanent residents of Australia aged 18 years or over who are not ineligible to enter the Promotion under clause 2 of the Terms and Conditions and are able to travel to attend the Australian Open 2022 (Entrants)
Entry Method	To enter, individuals must complete the following steps: 1. Attend the Nine Upfront virtual event between 3pm and 5pm AEST on 15/09/21 and watch the event for its entirety (accessible when you register via http://nineupfront.com.au) 2. Visit https://nineupfront2022competition.splashthat.com and follow the prompts to the Promotion entry page; 3. Input the requested details including full name, phone number, email address, job title and employer; 4. Provide an answer in 25 words or less to the promotional question, ‘How many hours of live sporting content will Nine produce in 2022 and what sporting moment are you most excited about in 2022?’; and Submit the fully completed entry form during the Promotional Period.
Maximum Entries	Only one (1) entry is permitted per person.
Winner Determination	Game of skill.  Chance plays no part in determining the Winner.   Judging will take place by the Promoter at 1 Denison Street, North Sydney, NSW 2060 on 17/09/21 at 10am AEST. The Winner will be the Entrant who has most creatively answered the promotional question. The Promoter reserves the right to select additional reserve entries that it determines to be the next best, and record them in order of merit, in case of an invalid entry or ineligible Entrant
Number of Winners	1
Winner Notification	The Winner will be notified by phone and email within two (2) days from the judging date.
Prize	The Winner will win a trip for two (2) adults to the first week of the Australian Open 2022.  Prize includes: • Return economy airfares for two (2) adults from Winner’s nearest capital city to Melbourne, VIC (only provided if winner resides more than 80km outside of Melbourne CBD, VIC); • One (1) night’s twin share minimum 4-star accommodation;• Two (2) first week tickets to the Australian Open 2022 with access to Rod Laver Arena; • Domestic travel insurance for two (2) adults for the trip; and • $500.00 (total) spending money (winner only). Prize Value: AUD$5000
Total Prize Pool	AUD$5000
Prize Supplier/s	Mavel Group
Winner Publication	N/A
Special Conditions	1. Prize must be taken to coincide with the first week of the Australian Open 2022 event and is subject to booking and flight availability. 2. Itinerary to be determined by the Promoter in its absolute discretion. 3. The Winner and their companion will each be required to fully complete a travel insurance application form provided by the Promoter, and may also be required to undergo medical tests as required by the Promoter’s nominated travel insurer, in order to redeem the travel insurance element of the prize. Any person found guilty of insurance fraud or failure to honestly and accurately disclose all relevant insurance information at the time of applying for a travel insurance policy or when making a claim forfeits any rights or entitlements to the travel insurance element of the prize. Travel insurance will be provided by the Promoter’s nominated travel insurer, and subject to approval by the travel insurer. In the event that the Promoter’s nominated travel insurer refuses to issue insurance to the Winner and/or companion, the Winner forfeits that travel insurance element of the prize. Travel insurance is subject to the terms and conditions issued by the Promoter’s nominated travel insurer, including but not limited to any limitations on the covered amount. 4. If the Winner resides within 80km of the Melbourne CBD, VIC, the airfare component of the prize will be forfeited and not redeemable for cash.

Entry into the Promotion

1. The Schedule above and all other entry instructions and prize information published by the Promoter form part of these Terms and Conditions. Each Entrant agrees and acknowledges that they have read these Terms and Conditions (and Schedule) and that entry into the Promotion constitutes acceptance of these Terms and Conditions (and Schedule). All capitalised terms used in these Terms and Conditions have the meaning given in the Schedule, unless stated or as the context otherwise provides.
2. Entry is not open to:
3. directors, management, employees, officers and contractors of:
4. the Promoter,
5. the Promotion Sponsor,
6. the Prize Supplier/s,
7. any related bodies corporate of the Promoter, the Promotion Sponsor and the Prize Supplier/s, and
8. the agencies and companies associated with the Promoter or the Promotion; and
9. a spouse, de facto spouse, partner, guardian, parent, child or sibling (whether natural or by marriage or adoption) of any person set out in clause 2a).
10. Entries must be received by the Promoter during the Promotional Period. All entries are deemed to be received at the time of receipt by the Promoter, not the time of transmission by the Entrant. Records of the Promoter and its agencies are final and conclusive as to the time of receipt.
11. Entrants may submit a maximum of one (1) entry.
12. Entry into the Promotion via promotional website or email is free. However, any costs associated with accessing the relevant Upfront virtual event or promotional website or are the responsibility of each Entrant and dependent on the internet service provider used.
13. All entries to the Promotion may be subject to verification by the Promoter. Entrants must, within seven (7) days of being asked and at the Promoter’s cost, allow the Promoter to inspect and copy any documents that the Promoter may request establishing eligibility to enter the Promotion, including but not limited to receipts, evidence of age, residence and identity. The Promoter may decide in its sole discretion which documents are considered suitable for establishing eligibility to enter or win. If a Winner cannot provide suitable proof of eligibility to the Promoter’s satisfaction, they forfeit their Prize in whole and no substitute or compensation will be offered.
14. The Promoter may, at its absolute discretion, declare any or all entries made by an Entrant to be invalid if the Entrant:  
15. fails to establish their entitlement to win the Promotion to the Promoter’s satisfaction; or
16. fails to produce items as required by these Terms and Conditions or produces items that appear to be illegible, stolen, forged, reconstructed, altered, incomplete or tampered with in any way; or
17. appears, to the Promoter, to have tampered with, or benefited from tampering with, the entry process; or
18. has submitted an entry that is not in accordance with these Terms and Conditions; or
19. has, in the opinion of the Promoter, engaged in conduct in entering the Promotion which is fraudulent, misleading, deceptive or generally damaging to the goodwill or reputation of the Promotion or Promoter.

Entry material

• Entries must be submitted in accordance with the Entry Method and must not be: incomplete; incomprehensible; unlawful or capable of violating any law or giving rise to a civil action; obscene; defamatory or libellous; threatening or harassing; pornographic or contain nudity; hateful; offensive; incite or be capable of encouraging conduct that would be considered a criminal offence; and in violation of the terms and conditions of the relevant social media platform used to enter the Promotion.
• Entrants warrant that their entry is their own original work, it is not copied in any manner from any other work, and it does not infringe the copyright, moral rights, trade mark rights or any other rights of any third party.
• All entries immediately become and remain the property of the Promoter. The Promoter reserves the right to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of and display the entry material (and authorise others to do the same) for the purposes of conducting and promoting the Promotion, awarding the Prize and advertising and marketing the Promoter or the Promotion and/or future promotions on all media now known or later devised, in perpetuity.
• By entering the Promotion, Entrants consent to any use of their entry by the Promoter which may otherwise infringe an Entrant’s moral rights in the entry material, including (without limitation), exercising any of the rights in the entry material without identifying the Entrant, and using the entry material in any way that the Promoter sees fit, even if it results in derogatory treatment of the entry material (as defined in the Copyright Act1968 (Cth)).
• Each Entrant warrants that:
• they have the full power and capacity to grant the rights, warranties and consents set out in these Terms and Conditions;
• they will fully indemnify the Promoter against any loss or damage suffered by the Promoter:
• if any of the warranties given by the Entrant are false;
• as a result of any breach of clauses 8 and 9 of these Terms and Conditions by the Entrant; and
• they have express consent from each person appearing in the entry material (or if a person appearing in the entry material is under the age of 18 from that person’s parent or legal guardian) and the owner of any private property (including any items, objects or real property) appearing in the entry material.

Winners

1. The Winner will be determined from all valid and eligible entries received during the Promotional Period in accordance with the Winner Determination. The Winner will receive the Prize.
2. The Winner will be notified in accordance with the Winner Notification.
3. All reasonable attempts will be made to contact the Winner.  If a Prize is:
4. not claimed by the Winner within 4 weeks from the judging date; or
5. forfeited for any reason,

that Prize will be awarded to the next best entry.

General prize terms

1. All Prize values are correct and based on the recommended retail value at the Start Date of the Promotion.
2. If a Prize or any part of a Prize is unavailable for any reason, the Promoter will, in its absolute discretion, substitute the Prize with another item of no lesser retail value.
3. Unless expressly stated as being included in the Prize, all other costs and expenses associated with taking the Prize become the responsibility of Winner and their companion, including but not limited to:
4. taxes (excluding departure and any other flight-associated taxes, where flights are included in the Prize);
5. costs associated with inoculations, passports and/or visa applications;
6. transfers;
7. additional spending money;
8. meals;
9. transport to/from an airport departure or return point;
10. any extra sightseeing or activities; and
11. all other incidental and ancillary costs incurred by the Winner and/or their companion as a direct or indirect result of taking the Prize.
12. Prizes cannot be refunded or exchanged and, unless otherwise specified, cannot be taken as a monetary payment.
13. Prizes may be transferred at the Promoter’s sole discretion. If the Promoter exercises its discretion to allow a Winner to transfer their Prize, the transfer will be on the condition that the transferee accepts these Terms and Conditions and the Promoter may require such acceptance in writing at its absolute discretion.
14. All aspects of a Prize must be taken together as a package. Prizes including attendance to an event must be taken to coincide with that event. If for any reason a Winner does not (or is unable to) take their Prize or an element of their Prize at the time stipulated by the Promoter, they forfeit their Prize or that element of their Prize and no compensation or substitute will be offered.
15. The Promoter reserves the right to refuse to allow an Entrant/Winner and/or their companion to take part or continue to take part in any aspects of the Promotion or  Prize, for any inappropriate behaviour (including intoxication), if the relevant person does not or is not able to comply with any requirements normally associated with the particular activity or if the Promoter determines, based on the advice of an appropriate and relevant medical professional, that the relevant person is not sufficiently healthy or fit so as to safely participate in the Promotion or  Prize. 
16. Prizes may not, without the prior written consent of the Prize Supplier/s and the Promoter, be resold or offered for resale at a premium (including via online auction sites) or used for advertising, promotion or other commercial purposes (including competitions and trade promotions) or to enhance the demand for other goods or services. If a Prize is sold or used in breach of this condition, the Promoter or the Prize Supplier/s may, at their absolute discretion, withdraw the Prize. Where a Prize has been withdrawn in accordance with this clause, no refund, substitute or compensation will be offered and the Winner and any person who has purchased or otherwise bears that ticket will be refused entry.
17. The Winner should seek independent financial advice at the Winner’s sole expense regarding any tax implications relating to the Prize or acceptance of the Prize.
18. Prizes cannot be used in conjunction with any other discounts or special offers.
19. Each Prize will be awarded to the person named in the winning entry (as judged in accordance with the Winner Determination).
20. Each Prize will be awarded in the Promoter’s sole discretion. The Promoter may invalidate any prize claim where the Winner has breached these Terms and Conditions or otherwise failed to comply with any requirement under these Terms and Conditions.
21. It is a condition of accepting the Prize that the Winner and their companion must sign a legal release or releases in a form determined by the Promoter, Prize Supplier/s and/or the Promotion Sponsor in their absolute discretion.

Holiday prize terms

1. Where a Prize includes domestic travel, the Winner and their companion must ensure that they have valid documentation for travel, including but not limited to valid visas/permits, which meet the requirements government authorities at every destination. Any fines, penalties, payments or expenditures incurred as a result of such documents not meeting the requirements of those authorities will be the sole responsibility of the Winner and their companion. If the Winner or their companion are refused entry to the State of Victoria for any reason or prior to their departure from Australia are not granted required travel documentation, they forfeit the Prize and no compensation or substitute will be offered.
2. Winner and their companion are responsible for any amendment fees issued by airlines or suppliers once booking is confirmed and ticketed.
3. Airline tickets are available on the regular scheduled services of each airline and are subject to seasonal embargoes. Flight itinerary may have to be adjusted depending on the airlines’ departure city and their current flight schedule.
4. Frequent Flyer points are not available for any of the flights included in the Prize.
5. Airline tickets included in the Prize cannot be used as part-payment of another airfare.
6. The Winner and their companion must travel at the same time, including flights and accommodation. The Winner and their companion must depart from and return to the same capital city airport in Australia, being the capital city airport that is closest to the Winner’s place of residence. The Winner and their companion are responsible for transport to and from their residence to the Winner’s nearest capital city airport.
7. A credit card imprint or cash deposit may be required from the Winner and their companion at check-in to a hotel, for all incidental charges.
8. Travel suppliers/airlines to be chosen at the discretion of Mavel Group (the Prizing Agency).
9. All passengers must travel together on the same flights and stay at the same property. 
10. No compensation or alternative travel plans will be arranged should the Prize winner and/ or their guest miss their outbound or return flights or fail to meet any check in requirements for any reason. These costs will be the responsibility and expense of the winner and travel partner. 
11. Once booking is confirmed no changes are allowed, unless otherwise authorised by the Promoter in its absolute discretion and if permitted will incur a fee of $200 including GST plus supplier charges which is payable by the winner.
12. Where the prize is cancelled due to unforeseen travel restrictions relating to COVID-19 (as determined by the applicable Local or Federal Government), the Prizing Agency will use its best endeavours to reschedule the trip to Melbourne to an alternative date (one revision only) and provide an experience that will equate to the current value of the Event tickets. The winner acknowledges that, in this instance, some elements of the trip may be non-refundable and therefore that element of the prize will be forfeited when re-booking.  Any further date changes as a result of Government determined COVID restrictions will be determined by the Promoter’s in its absolute discretion.
13. The Promoter and the Prize Supplier/s make no representation as to the safety conditions or any other conditions that may exist at any destination.

Publicity

• By accepting a Prize, the Winner and their companion agree that:
• if requested by the Promoter, the Winner and their companion will:
• provide comments about the Promotion and/or a photo or audio-visual clip of themselves; and
• participate in any promotional activity in connection with the Promotion or the Prize;
• the Promoter may use their name, image, comments, photographs or audio-visual clips (Materials) for publicity and promotional purposes in any form of media, without reference or compensation to the Winner and their companion or any other person;
• the Promoter may use, reproduce, edit and communicate to the public the Materials at any time in any form of media;
• the Promoter may license, authorise or otherwise transfer the rights in the Materials to others to do the same; and
• the Winner and their companion unconditionally and irrevocably consent to any act or omission that would otherwise infringe any of their moral rights in the Materials and waive all moral rights in the Materials.

Use of social media

• The following terms apply to the extent that the Promotion is conducted on, advertised or promoted on a social media platform owned by a third party (Platform Operator):
• each Entrant acknowledges and agrees that the Promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, any Platform Operator.
• each Entrant releases each Platform Operator and its associated companies from all liabilities arising in respect of the Promotion;
• to the extent relevant to the Promotion, the Promoter agrees and each Entrant must agree to adhere to the prevailing terms and conditions of each Platform Operator;
• Entrants understand that they are providing their information to the Promoter and not to the Platform Operator;
• Entrants are solely responsible and liable for any content or information they transmit to other users of the Platform Operator; and
• any questions, comments or complaints about the Promotion must be directed to the Promoter not the Platform Operator.

Limitation of liability

• Nothing in these Terms and Conditions limits, excludes or modifies or purports to limit, exclude or modify the statutory consumer guarantees as provided under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, as well as any other implied warranties under the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 or similar State and Territory consumer protection laws (Non-Excludable Guarantees). Except for any liability that cannot by law be excluded, including the Non-Excludable Guarantees, the Promoter, its associated agencies and companies and those agencies and companies associated with or involved in the Promotion (including each of their respective directors, officers, employees, servants, contractors and agents past and present) exclude all liability (including negligence), for any personal injury or death; or any loss or damage; whether direct, indirect, special or consequential (including loss of opportunity and loss of profit), arising in any way out of the Promotion or the Prize.
• Except for any liability that cannot by law be excluded, including the Non-Excludable Guarantees, the Promoter, its associated agencies and companies and those agencies and companies associated with or involved in the Promotion (including each of their respective directors, officers, employees, servants, contractors and agents past and present) is not responsible for and excludes all liability (including negligence), for any personal injury or death; or any loss or damage; whether direct, indirect, special or consequential (including loss of opportunity and loss of profit), arising in any way out of:
  • any technical difficulties or equipment malfunction (whether under the Promoter’s control);
  • any incorrect or inaccurate information, caused either by users, by any of the equipment or programming associated with or used in connection with the Promotion, or by any technical error that may occur in the course of the Promotion;
  • any delays or failures in any telecommunications services or equipment;
  • any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, theft, destruction, unauthorised access or third party interference;
  • any entry or prize claim that is late, lost, incomplete, incorrectly submitted, delayed, illegible, corrupted, altered, damaged or misdirected (whether after their receipt by the Promoter) due to any reason beyond the reasonable control of the Promoter;
  • any variation in Prize value to that stated in these Terms and Conditions;
  • any tax liability incurred by a Winner or Entrant;
  • if a Prize or any part of a Prize is unavailable for any reason; or
  • use of the Prize.
• If a Prize is to be delivered directly to a Winner by a third party supplier, the Promoter accepts no responsibility or liability for any delay or failure by the third party to deliver the Prize, any loss or damage to the Prize, any delay or failure relating to the Prize itself or failure by the third party supplier to meet any obligations in these Terms and Conditions or otherwise.

General

• The Promoter reserves the right to take any action necessary in its sole discretion at any time.
• If there is a dispute concerning the conduct of the Promotion, the decision of the Promoter is final and binding on each Entrant and no correspondence will be entered into.
• Prize and participation in this Promotion may be subject to additional terms and conditions imposed by third parties. Entrants and Winners must comply with any such additional terms and conditions. The Promoter does not accept any responsibility and is not liable for any additional conditions imposed on the taking of a Prize or participation in the Promotion. The terms and conditions which apply to a Prize at the time it is issued to a Winner will prevail over these Terms and Conditions, to the extent of any inconsistency.
• If for any reason any aspect of this Promotion is not capable of running as planned, including, without limitation, by reason of computer virus, communications network failure, bugs, tampering, unauthorised intervention, fraud, technical failure, acts of God, civil unrest, strike, war, act of terrorism or any other cause beyond the control of the Promoter, the Promoter reserves the right in its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Promotion and invalidate any affected entries, or suspend or modify a Prize.
• Any attempt to cause damage to any website or the information on any website associated with this Promotion or to otherwise undermine the fair and legitimate operation of this Promotion may be a violation of criminal and civil laws. The Promoter and the Prize Supplier/s reserve the right to seek damages in the fullest extent permitted by law if any such attempt is made, whether that attempt results in any such damage, interference or undermining.
• These Terms and Conditions are governed by the laws of New South Wales and each of the relevant State authorities.
• Failure by the Promoter to enforce any of its rights at any stage does not constitute a waiver of those rights.
• These Terms and Conditions and the Schedule constitute the entire terms and conditions between each Entrant and the Promoter with respect to the Promotion. The Promoter may alter, modify, or amend these Terms and Conditions and the Schedule.

Privacy

• The Promoter is bound by the Australian Privacy Principles in the Privacy Act 1998. The Promoter will collect Entrants’ personal information in connection with this Promotion and will use and handle the personal information in accordance with these Terms and Conditions and the Promoter’s Privacy Policy at https://nine.com.au/privacy. The Promoter’s Privacy Policy contains information regarding:
• how Entrants may access or correct any of their personal information collected by the Promoter; and
• how Entrants may lodge a complaint with the Promoter for a breach of any Australian Privacy Principle (APP) or APP code, and how the Promoter will action such complaint.
• If there is a Promotion Sponsor, the Promotion Sponsor may use the personal information of an Entrant for marketing purposes if the Entrant has given their consent to be contacted by the Promotion Sponsor.