2026 Futures Day MacBook Air Competition Terms and Conditions

Competition

1. La Trobe University (ABN 64 804 735 113) (“La Trobe”) is conducting a competition called the “2026 Futures Day MacBook Air 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 9am (AEDT) 7 March 2026 to 2pm (AEDT) 28 March 2026 (“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. La Trobe reserves the right to extend the Competition Period in its sole discretion.

Entry

4. The Competition is open to residents of Victoria or New South Wales.
5. Entrants less than 18 years old must obtain the consent of a parent or guardian to enter. 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.
6. Entrants must:
   1. Register for the 2026 Futures Day event (“Event”) via the website linked here;
   2. Complete any mandatory fields provided in the link above;
   3. Attend the Event; and
   4. Check in at the Event through the official check-in process.
7. For the avoidance of doubt, failure to complete optional fields provided in the link will not disqualify the entrant.
8. Incomplete entries that do not satisfy the above requirements will be ineligible to win a prize.
9. Entry into the Competition is free.
10. Only one entry per person is permitted.
11. The competition is not open to:
    1. La Trobe staff members (including their immediate family members); and
    2. La Trobe students who are currently enrolled.
12. Any entries deemed by La Trobe to be inappropriate or offensive will be ineligible to win a prize and excluded from the Competition.
13. By submitting an entry, each entrant warrants to La Trobe 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 will comply with these Terms and Conditions;
    4. their entry, and 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.

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 marketing and promotional purposes.

Judging and Prizes

15. Following conclusion of the Competition Period, on 30 March 2026 (“Draw Date”), La Trobe will hold a prize draw at its Mildura campus, where 1 (one) entrant will be randomly selected to win a prize (“Prize Winner”).
16. The prize will consist of 1 x MacBook Air 13 inch with M4 chip 256GB/16GB (“Prize”).
17. The Prize cannot be redeemed for cash.
18. For the avoidance of doubt, there will only be one Prize Winner who will be entitled to one prize only.
19. The Prize Winner will be notified within 14 days after the end of Draw Date by email to the address provided with their entry. In La Trobe’s absolute discretion, the Prize Winner may also receive notification via phone call. The Prize Winner may also be published on La Trobe’s website and social media accounts. The Prize Winner will be required to pick up their Prize from the Mildura campus. If pickup from the Mildura campus is deemed impracticable in the view of La Trobe, La Trobe will send the Prize via mail to the campus closest to the Prize Winner or, if needed, to an address confirmed between La Trobe and the Prize Winner following communication between both parties.
    
    At pick up, the Prize Winner may be asked to participate in a photo of them collecting the Prize. Should the Prize Winner consent to such a photo, La Trobe may use the photo for promotional purposes via publication on its website and social media platforms. The Prize Winner may subsequently request the photo to be removed and La Trobe will, so far as possible, remove the photo.
20. The decision of La Trobe regarding entrant eligibility and Prize Winner is final and will be binding on each entrant. No correspondence or communications will be entered into. If after reasonable efforts the Prize Winner cannot be contacted, cannot accept a prize or is deemed to be ineligible to enter the Competition, La Trobe reserves the right to select a different Prize Winner and will publish the details of any different Prize Winner on La Trobe’s website.
21. If any event prevents or hinders the Competition or La Trobe’s ability to deliver a prize, La Trobe may in its absolute discretion cancel the Competition, select another Prize Winner or provide a similar prize of equivalent value.
22. La Trobe 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 associated with the entry, or in La Trobe’s absolute discretion the owner of the phone number associated with the entry.

Personal information

23. Each entrant consents to La Trobe using any personal information supplied or connected with their entry for the purposes of the Competition and for La Trobe’s marketing and promotional purposes, including adding the collected details to La Trobe’s mailing list and communicating to the entrant information about La Trobe courses and events.
24. 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

Disclaimer and liability

25. La Trobe accepts 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.
26. To the extent permitted by law, La Trobe 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.
27. 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’s option to replacing the Prize or the cost of replacing the Prize or acquiring an equivalent item.
28. The Competition is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, La Trobe’s social media channels, including Facebook and Instagram, and any questions, comments or complaints regarding the Competition should be directed to La Trobe.
29. 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.
30. 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.