These terms govern access to and use of FairDinkum News. By creating an account, purchasing a subscription, or continuing to use the service, you agree to them.
1. Service and eligibility
FairDinkum aggregates headlines, source attribution, links, and short publisher previews and provides source context, coverage comparison, saved reading and civic records. Publisher articles remain on publisher sites.
You must be at least 13 years old. If you are under 18, a parent or guardian should review these terms with you.
2. Accounts
You are responsible for accurate account information, safeguarding access to your account, and notifying support promptly if you suspect unauthorised use. You may not impersonate another person or use the service unlawfully.
3. Free and Supporter
Core reading is available on Free. Supporter is an optional auto-renewing subscription that supports FairDinkum, with additional reading tools as a thank-you. The public launch offers Free and Supporter. Existing rights under other plans are preserved. The applicable checkout shows the local price, billing period, trial eligibility, and renewal terms before purchase.
Apple processes iOS purchases. Web purchases, when enabled, are processed through RevenueCat Billing and its payment provider. RevenueCat reconciles subscription access across supported platforms. We do not receive full payment-card details. You can manage or cancel through the account or billing settings shown for your purchase. Access normally continues through the paid or trial period, subject to provider status, grace periods, refunds, and applicable law. A signed-in FairDinkum account is required for paid access. Restoring an app-store receipt to a different FairDinkum account may transfer access to that account and revoke it from the previous one. A subscription may unlock only one FairDinkum account at a time and must not be shared.
Nothing in these terms excludes rights that cannot be excluded under the Australian Consumer Law.
4. Publisher content and source context
Third-party publisher content remains the property of its respective owner. FairDinkum does not claim ownership of publisher articles and does not guarantee the accuracy, availability, or completeness of third-party reporting.
A publisher baseline describes an outlet's usual coverage. Individual articles can differ. Coverage breadth shows who is reporting a story, not whether a claim is true.
5. Reading and source context
Source labels describe a publisher's usual coverage. They are context, not a verdict on an individual article or professional advice.
Review original sources and the dates and limitations shown before relying on information.
Optional AI-assisted output can be incomplete or wrong. It is assistance rather than verified fact, professional advice, or a substitute for the original publisher report.
6. User content and moderation
Registered users may submit comments, reports, reactions, votes, and profile information. You retain ownership of your content and grant FairDinkum a non-exclusive licence to host, display, moderate, and process it as needed to operate and secure the service.
Do not submit unlawful, defamatory, threatening, harassing, discriminatory, privacy-invasive, infringing, malicious, or deliberately deceptive material. Users can report content and block abusive profiles. Automated safety rules and authorised moderators may restrict content or accounts and retain audit records for safety, appeals, disputes, and legal duties.
7. Acceptable use and intellectual property
You must not attack or disrupt the service, gain unauthorised access, transmit malware, harvest personal information, spam users, manipulate community systems, or scrape the service without permission.
FairDinkum's software, design, original analysis, source-context methodology, graphics, and branding are owned by or licensed to FairDinkum. You receive a limited, personal, non-transferable, revocable licence to use the app in accordance with these terms.
8. Privacy, deletion, and termination
Our Privacy Policy explains how information is handled. You may stop using the app and request account deletion. Deleting your FairDinkum account does not cancel a subscription bought through an app store or on the web; billing may continue until you cancel through the provider's management page. Manage or cancel billing before deletion if you do not want it to renew; immediate FairDinkum account deletion remains available after this warning. Some synchronisation, moderation, abuse-prevention, billing, legal, and backup records may be retained for a limited period where reasonably necessary.
We may suspend or terminate access for a material breach, unlawful activity, fraud, threats to users, or serious service abuse. Store subscription rights and non-excludable consumer rights continue to apply as required by law.
9. Availability and liability
The service is provided on an as-is and as-available basis. We do not guarantee uninterrupted availability or the accuracy of third-party content. To the maximum extent permitted by law, FairDinkum is not liable for indirect or consequential loss arising from use of the service.
Nothing in these terms excludes, restricts, or modifies consumer guarantees or other rights that cannot lawfully be excluded under Australian law.
10. Changes, law, and contact
Material changes will be identified in the app or another reasonable notice. These terms are governed by the laws of New South Wales and Australia, subject to rights that apply in your location.
For support, complaints, corrections, or takedown requests contact support@fairdinkumnews.com.au or legal@fairdinkumnews.com.au. Community matters can be sent to community@fairdinkumnews.com.au and privacy matters to privacy@fairdinkumnews.com.au.