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Help Shape the Future of La Trobe. Terms and Conditions

Competition

  1. Nature Pty Ltd atf Nature Unit Trust (ABN 74 360 915 718) of L3 3 Newton Street, Cremorne VIC 3121 (“the Promoter”) is conducting a survey on behalf of La Trobe University (ABN 64 804 735 113) (“La Trobe”). The Promoter is conducting a competition in connection with the survey to encourage responses, called the “2025 Help Shape the Future of La Trobe Competition” (“Competition”).
  2. These terms and conditions apply to the Competition and by submitting your entry you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions. Any entry that does not comply with these terms and conditions may be deemed invalid and ineligible to win a prize.
  3. The Competition is open from 10AM 19 November 2025 to Midnight 8 December 2025 (“Competition Period”). Any entry received after the expiry of the Competition Period will be deemed invalid. No responsibility is accepted for late, lost, delayed or misdirected entries. The Promoter reserves the right to extend the Competition Period in its sole discretion.

Entry

  1. The Competition is open to residents of Victoria and New South Wales who receive an electronic direct mail (eDM) message, personally addressed to them, inviting them to take part in the Competition.
  2. Entrants less than 18 years old must obtain the consent of a parent or guardian to enter. The Promoter or La Trobe may request photographic ID as proof of an entrant’s age and request written evidence of parental or guardian consent (if applicable). Any entrant that is unable or unwilling to provide the requested information will not be eligible to win a prize.
  3. To enter the Competition, Entrants ;must:
    1. Complete the mandatory fields of the survey provided to them through the eDM, and submit the survey.
  4. Incomplete entries that do not satisfy the above requirements will be ineligible to win a prize.
  5. Entry into the Competition is free.
  6. Entrants may enter the Competition only once.
  7. The competition is not open to staff members (including their immediate family members) of La Trobe or the Promoter.
  8. Any entries deemed by the Promoter to be inappropriate or offensive will be ineligible to win a prize and excluded from the Competition.
  9. By submitting an entry, each entrant warrants to La Trobe and the Promoter that:
    1. if below 18 years of age, they have the permission of their parent or guardian to enter the Competition;
    2. all details provided with their entry are true and accurate;
    3. the entrant owns or has the right to submit their entry for this Competition;
    4. The entrant will comply with these Terms and Conditions;
    5. their entry, and the Promoter and/or La Trobe’s use of their entry, will not:
      • infringe any person’s copyright or other intellectual property rights;
      • infringe any person’s privacy rights or any applicable privacy laws; or
      • breach any other laws.
  10. Each entrant grants to La Trobe a perpetual, royalty-free licence to use, reproduce, publish and communicate their entry, including a right to sublicense it to other parties (including posting on La Trobe’s social media accounts), in any format for the purpose of the Competition, and for La Trobe’s internal business purposes (such as, but not limited to, business or service improvement), and for La Trobe’s marketing and promotional purposes. Each Entrant acknowledges that La Trobe may sublicence such entries to the Promoter.

Judging and Prizes

  1. Following conclusion of the Competition Period, on the date of 10 December, the Promoter will hold a prize draw at its office at L3 3 Newton Street, Cremorne VIC 3121 (“the Draw”), where 4 entrants will be randomly selected to win 1 Prize each (“Prize Winners”) (total of 4 Prize Winners).
  2. Each prize will consist of: 1 x $250 GiftPay e-gift voucher.

    (“the Prize”)

  3. The Prizes cannot be redeemed for cash.
  4. For the avoidance of doubt, each Prize Winner is only entitled to one prize.
  5. The Prize Winners will be notified within 14 days of date of the Draw by email and may be contacted additionally by phone in the discretion of La Trobe or the Promoter. Prize Winners may also be published on La Trobe or the Promoter’s website and social media accounts. Prize Winners will be sent their Prize via email to the address associated with their entry to the Competition.
  6. La Trobe and the Promoter take no responsibility for a Prize Winner not using the Prize before its expiry date.
  7. The decisions of the Promoter regarding entrant eligibility and Prize Winners are final and will be binding on each entrant. No correspondence or communications will be entered into. If after reasonable efforts a Prize Winner cannot be contacted, cannot accept a prize or is deemed to be ineligible to enter the Competition, the Promoter reserves the right to select a different Prize Winner and will publish the details of any different Prize Winner on La Trobe or the Promoter’s website.
  8. If any event prevents or hinders the Competition or La Trobe or the Promoter’s ability to deliver a prize, the Promoter may in its absolute discretion cancel the Competition, select another Prize Winner or provide a similar prize of equivalent value.
  9. The Promoter may refuse to award a prize, or seek its recovery, in the event of the relevant entrant’s fraud, dishonesty, or non-entitlement under, or breach of, these terms and conditions. In the event of a dispute concerning the identity of the person who submits an entry, the entry will be deemed to have been submitted by the owner of the email account with which the entry is associated.

Personal information

  1. Each entrant consents to La Trobe and the Promoter using any personal information supplied or connected with their entry for the purposes of the Competition, research, and for La Trobe’s marketing and promotional purposes.
  2. La Trobe handles personal information in accordance with its Privacy Policy and Procedure which is available at: https://policies.latrobe.edu.au/document/view.php?id=1
  3. The Promoter handles personal information in accordance with the Promoter’s Privacy Policy (available at https://nature.com.au/privacy-policy/) and applicable privacy laws.

Disclaimer and liability

  1. La Trobe and the Promoter accept no responsibility for invalid, misdirected, lost or delayed entries, any incorrect or inaccurate information, any equipment or technical error, or for any defect in, theft, destruction, unauthorised access to or alteration of any entry.
  2. To the extent permitted by law, La Trobe and the Promoter will not be liable for any injury, damages, expenses, or loss whatsoever (whether direct or indirect) to persons or property as a result of any person entering the Competition or accepting or using any prize, including without limitation non-receipt of any prize.
  3. To the extent permitted by law, all warranties in respect of the prize, whether express, implied, statutory or otherwise, are excluded. To the extent such warranties cannot be excluded by law but liability can lawfully be limited, liability is limited at La Trobe or the Promoter’s option to replacing the prize or the cost of replacing the prize or acquiring an equivalent item.
  4. This competition is conducted under, and must be construed by, the laws of the state of Victoria and the laws of Victoria govern the terms and conditions of this Competition.
  5. To the extent of any inconsistency between these Terms and Conditions and any other information, documents communications or representations relating to the Competition, these Terms and Conditions shall prevail.