Pride of Australia medal

News Limited is the organiser and promoter of Pride of Australia.
The instructions on the Nomination Form comprise part of these Rules of Entry. Failure to comply with the Rules of Entry may result in a nomination being disqualified.
All nominations must be received no later than 5.00pm on Tuesday 3 July 2012.
Nominees will be judged on actions and contributions made since 3 June 2010.
Nominations must be made on an official Pride of Australia Nomination Form or at prideofaustralia.com.au. Photocopies of official entry forms will be accepted.
All nominations must be the original work of the author and factually accurate, to the best of the nominator’s knowledge.
Nominees must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident.
Nominees are not restricted by age except in the Young Leader category which is open to all Australians 25 years or younger and the Child of Courage category which is open to all Australians 16 years or younger as at 3 June 2012.
Nominations for groups of 2-10 people are only eligible in the Outstanding Bravery, Heroism, Community Spirit, Care and Compassion and Environment categories.
Individual and groups can only be nominated in one category.
News Limited has the right to change a nominee’s category if another is deemed more appropriate.
Medallists can not be nominated in the same category in subsequent years. Finalists and other nominees may be nominated in the same category in subsequent years.
All nominations and supporting materials submitted become the sole property of News Limited and will not be returned.
News Limited is not responsible for illegible, late, lost, damaged or misdirected mail or for postage due.
Only nominees who are chosen as finalists will be contacted and asked for permission to proceed through the judging phase. Those contacted will be required to agree to comply with these rules of entry and agree to participate in all promotional activities.
All award finalists/medallists will be required to sign a statutory declaration, must provide three character referees and is subject to a police check.
Finalists/medallists in the Young Leader, Child of Courage and Fair Go categories will be required to supply a birth certificate.
The final judging of the nominations will be conducted by a panel of judges appointed by News Limited and finalists will be notified by phone.
If the judges are of the opinion that there is no suitable nominee in any category, no medal will be awarded in that category.
Judges decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into.
Medals and finalist certificates will be presented at a ceremony held in the state or territory in which they have been nominated.
The medallists in each category agree to participate if requested in a Pride of Australia national program, the judging of which will be conducted by a panel of judges appointed by News Limited.
Nominees, finalists and medallists may be published by News Limited and its media partners.
Each nominator assigns to the Promoter all copyright and other intellectual property rights in all material (written and photographic) sent in as part of a nomination in the Pride of Australia medal.
Each nominator acknowledges that the Promoter, as owner of the copyright in the material, may reproduce or transmit the material in any media for any purpose throughout the world without permission or payment.
Each nominator waives their moral rights in the material which they submit with their nomination.
Each nominator assures the Promoter that it is the owner of the material which the nominator has submitted as part of the nomination and that if the Promoter uses any of that material as contemplated above it will not breach any person’s rights (including copyright or moral rights).
The Promoter collects information about you and your nominee to include you and your nominee in Pride of Australia, and where appropriate, to award medals and publish articles about the nominees.
The Promoter may also use the information to assist in improving its goods and services.
The Promoter may share your information with its Australian related companies and partners and the Promoter may contact you in relation to the Pride of Australia or similar programs in future years. The Promoter may also share your information with other persons or entities who are assisting in running Pride of Australia.
The Promoter is part of a global media and entertainment company. The Promoter would like to share your information with these overseas related companies, but if you would prefer us not to, please write to the privacy officer in your relevant state or territory. You can also gain access to your personal information by contacting the privacy officer.
By entering this promotion, each nominee agrees in addition to the above uses, that the Promoter may publish or cause to be published their names and suburb in any media, together with publishing more detailed information which it obtains either through this or any other process.