TERMS AND CONDITIONS

NRMA FUTURE OF TRANSPORT CHALLENGE COMPETITION PROMOTION

  1. Information on how to enter the NRMA Future of Transport Challenge Promotion (“Promotion”) and prizes form part of these terms and conditions (“Terms and Conditions”)
  2. By participating in the Promotion a Participating Primary or Secondary School (defined below) will be deemed to have: (a) accepted these terms and conditions; and (b) expressly consented to our use of a School’s and Student’s (defined below) personal information under the Privacy Act, Spam Act and other related communication and legislation for marketing and other NRMA business purposes.
  3. The promoter is National Roads and Motorists’ Association Limited ABN 77 000 010 506 of 9 Murray Rose Avenue, Sydney Olympic Park, 2127 (“Promoter” or “NRMA”).
  4. The Promotion commences at 9:00 am (AEST) on Monday 5 February 2024 and entries close at 5:00 pm (AEST) on Friday 1 May 2024 (“Promotional Period”) with the Project due to NRMA by no later than Friday 26 July 2024.
  5. The Promotion is a game of skill (and chance plays no part) for the Prize that may be won by Students who submit, as part of a School, a winning Eligible Entry (defined below) in accordance with these Terms and Conditions.

Definitions

  1. For the purposes of these Terms and Conditions:
    1. “Criteria” means the learning outcomes outlined in the executive summary and pitch marking rubrics that are available on the Website;
    2. “Final Project” means a final version of the pitch deck and executive summary, and presentation video using the templates available on the Website which has been submitted as part of the Project, with finalist teams being critiqued by the Promoter, refined by the School and resubmitted to the Promoter  by 5:00pm (AEST) on Monday 21 October, 2024, and forms the basis of the finalists’ Project Pitch;
    3. “Finals Event” means the NRMA Future of Transport Challenge finals held in Sydney in October 2024;
    4. “immediate family member” means any of the following: spouse, ex-spouse, de-facto spouse, child or step-child (whether natural or by adoption), parent, step-parent, grandparent, step-grandparent, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew, brother, sister, step-brother, step-sister or first cousin;
    5. “NRMA Future of Transport Challenge” means the educational program run by the Promoter for teams of year 5,6,7,8,9 and 10 students from Participating Primary and Secondary Schools to explore problems, design solutions and learn entrepreneurial skills that begins on Monday 5 February 2024;
    6. “Participant” means any person or organisation that enters or otherwise participates in the Promotion;
    7. “Participating Primary or Secondary School” means schools located in New South Wales or the Australian Capital Territory which have signed up for the NRMA Future of Transport Challenge;
    8. “Prize” means: $1,000 to be made up of one (1) $100 gift card for each Finalist Group Member of a Winning Group (“Winning Group Member”) with the balance of the $,1,000 to the school of the winning team to spend on STEM education programs at that school. The payment to the school will be made via gift card.
    9. “Project” means a pitch deck, executive summary and an “unlisted” link to the pitch recording using the templates available on the Website which has been submitted to the Promoter via the Website by 5:00pm (AEST) on Friday 26 July, 2024 and forms the basis of the finalists’ Project Pitch;
    10. “Project Pitch” means the (7) minute pitch presented by the Groups based on their Project and Finalists’ Final Project to be presented at the Finals Event;
    11. “Website” means ‘nrmafuturetransport.com.au’;
    12. “$” is a reference to Australian dollars and all amounts include GST;  and
    13. “including” and similar words are not words of limitation.

Eligibility and entries

  1. To be eligible to enter this Promotion, a representative of a Participating Primary or Secondary School must, during the Promotional Period:
    1. select a group of two (2) to five (5) people, each of whom:
      1. is a person in year 5, 6 ,7, 8, 9 or 10;
      2. is a natural person (and not a company, business, trust or organisation of any description);
      3. is not an employee of the Promoter and its Related Bodies Corporate (as this term is defined in the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)), an immediate family member of the same, or any person involved in the management of the Promotor and their immediately family members;
      4. is a student of the relevant Participating Primary or Secondary School; (each group, a “School” and each individual member of the group, a “Student”);
    2. visit the Website and follow the links to submit the School’s Project and submit the Project by:
      1. submitting all requested details of the School, including the Participating Primary or Secondary School with which it is associated, and its contact details;
      2. submitting information about the personal information of the Students, as required by the Promoter; and
      3. agreeing, on behalf of each Participating Primary or Secondary School, each School and each Student, to these Terms and Conditions;
    3. if a School is selected as a Finalist Group (defined below) to attend the Finals Event in accordance with clause 12:
      1. submit the Finalists Group’s Final Project to the Promoter as directed by the Promoter; and
      2. procure that the Finalist Group attend the Finals Event and present their Project Pitch which may be live-streamed and will be recorded; and
    4. follow any other reasonable direction provided by the Promoter and/or its representatives in relation to the Promotion, (each eligible entry, an “Eligible Entry”).
  2. A Participating Primary or Secondary School may submit more than one (1) Project in either or all in a Stage 3 or Stage 4 or Stage 5 category (“Stage Group”). A School, if chosen to attend the Finals Event by the Promoter as a Finalist Group, may only present one (1) Project Pitch.
  3. To protect the integrity of this Promotion, the Promoter reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to verify, at any time (including after the closing of the Promotion) the validity of all entries (including a Student’s identity and age) and to disqualify any School or Student who submits invalid, incomplete, indecipherable, or illegible entries or tampers with the entry process or uses any automated entry software or any other mechanical or electronic means to submit repeated entries.
  4. The Promoter acknowledges that the Promoter obtains no right, title or interest in any Project produced by a School and its Students participating in this Promotion.
  5. If a School desires to assign a right, title or interest in any Project produced by the School and its Students, the School acknowledges and agrees that they must first offer the Promoter the right to obtain a right, title or interest in any such Project produced by a School and its Students.

Judging and Prizes

  1. All Project entries made by the Schools will be compiled by the Promoter and will be reviewed within 30 days after Friday 26 July 2024 by an assessment panel comprising of employees of the Promoter and/or employees of an agent of the Promoter.
  2. The Promoter will review and judge all Project entries and select, in its sole discretion nine (9) Schools based on their Project’s satisfaction of the Criteria (the “Finalist Groups” and “Finalist Group Members”).
  3. The Finalist Groups will attend the Finals Event and present their Project Pitches to both:
    1. a panel of experts nominated by the Promoter or its agent (“Panel of Experts”); and
    2. the audience present at the Finals Event (“Audience”).
  4. Immediately following each Project Pitch:
    1. the Panel of Experts will be asked to review, challenge and critique the Project Pitch using the Criteria and select a Project Pitch in each Stage Group as the winner (the “Winning Group”).
  5. Each Winning Group Member will share in the Prize.
  6. Within a reasonable period of time following the appointment of the Winning Group, a representative of the Promoter will contact the representative of the Winning Group via email or phone to the email address or phone numbers provided in the course of their Eligible Entry. The Winning Group representative will be informed of the way in which the Prize will be claimed.
  1. If the representative of the Winning Group cannot be contacted, is not able to satisfy these Terms and Conditions or forfeits or fails to accept the Prize in accordance with clause 17, they will be deemed to have forfeited their entitlement to the Prize. If the Winning Group forfeits the Prize, the Promoter will award the prize to another Stage finalist at its discretion (“Alternative Winning Group”). These Terms and Conditions apply to the Alternative Winning Group and each member of that Alternative Winning Group as if they were the Winning Group and a Winning Group Member, respectively.
  2. The total value of the Prize is $3,000 awarded as three (3) separate amounts of $1,000 for each Stage Group.
  3. The Prize value is correct at the time of printing and the Promoter accepts no responsibility for any subsequent variation in the Prize value.
  4. The Prize is not transferable or exchangeable and is not redeemable for cash.
  5. If the Prize (or part of the Prize) is unavailable, the Promoter reserves the right to substitute the Prize (or part of the Prize) with a prize of equal value or specification. No responsibility or liability is accepted for any variation in the value of the Prize.

Personal Information and Privacy

  1. The details contained in a School’s entry are protected by security safeguards as detailed in the Promoter's Privacy Policy, which is available at www.mynrma.com.au. Personal information will only be used in accordance with the Promoter’s Privacy Policy.
  2. An individual can contact the Promoter’s Privacy Officer if they would like details of the personal information about them held by the Promoter, or to exercise any of their rights under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) by contacting the Privacy Officer:
    9 Murray Rose Avenue
    Sydney Olympic Park
    NSW 2127
    or via email at [email protected]

  3. The Promoter may, for a reasonable period, unless otherwise advised, use a School’s or a Student’s personal information (such as name, age and image/video) and any other information provided to the Promoter pursuant to this Promotion without remuneration or compensation to a School or a Student for promotional, marketing, publicity, research and profiling purposes.

Limitation of Liability

  1. Subject to any applicable guarantee, warranty, right or condition which cannot by law be excluded or limited, or the exclusion of which would invalidate some or all of these Conditions of Entry, including under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) and the Australian Consumer Law (Non-excludable Condition), the Promoter is not responsible for and excludes all liability (including negligence) for and in relation to any loss or damage (including loss of opportunity, loss of profit, and any indirect, special or consequential loss) arising in any way suffered or incurred (including death or injury) by reason of any act or omission, including negligence, by the Promoter in connection with the Promotion. Without limitation, this applies to:
    1. any technical errors or equipment malfunction including any interruption, defect, or delay in operation or transmission or a carriage service, communications line or network (whether or not under the Promoter’s control);
    2. any unauthorised access to or third party interference with the Promoter’s CAD;
    3. any entry that is late, lost, altered, deleted or misdirected (whether before or after receipt by the Promoter) due to any reason beyond the reasonable control of the Promoter;
    4. the Winning Group or a Winning Group Member and, where applicable, to any persons accompanying the Winning Group or a Winning Group Member; and
    5. any tax or other regulatory liability incurred by a Participant in relation to a Participant’s participation in the Promotion.
  2. Subject to any Non-excludable Condition, all guarantees, representations, conditions and warranties of any nature are expressly excluded.
  3. Subject to any Non-excludable Condition, the Promotor may:
    1. modify or suspend the Promotion if all Participants participating until that point are notified of the changes to these Terms and Conditions, upon notification of any such changes, the affected Participants may terminate their participation without any liability to the Participant; or
    2. suspend, terminate, or cancel the Promotion, and the Promotor will not be liable to any person for any such modification, suspension, termination, or cancellation.
  4. The Promotor has no liability to any person for any dispute between a Participant or its officers, employees, agents, contractors, or consultants in relation to the Promotion.
  5. Failure by the Promotor to enforce any of its rights at any stage does not constitute a waiver of those rights.
  6. The Promotor does not guarantee or otherwise make any representation that a Participant will receive any, or a specific, prize under the Promotion.
  7. These Terms and Conditions are governed by the laws of New South Wales, Australia.