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Terms & conditions of entry to the competition

1. GENERAL
   1. This promotion is conducted, and the prize administered, by the National Portrait Gallery (ABN 54 74 277 1196) (“The Promoter”).
   2. '"An entry" is submitted by completing the newsletter subscription form on the Signed Costa Georgiadis book set competition subsite of the National Portrait Gallery of Australia website. This promotion is a game of chance. It is free to enter, and each eligible entry has an equal chance of winning.
   3. This information and the instructions relating to this promotion on this website forms the Terms and Conditions. By completing an entry, the entrant accepts these Terms and Conditions.
   4. In the event of any inconsistency between these Terms and Conditions and any other reference to this promotion, these Terms and Conditions prevail.
   5. The Promoter reserves the right to amend these Terms and Conditions.
   6. The Promoter may also cancel or suspend this competition and its prize if an event beyond the control of the Promoter corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this competition or its prize. The Promoter will disqualify any individual who has tampered with the entry process or any other aspect of this competition.
2. WHO CAN ENTER?
   1. To enter you must be aged 18 years or over at the time of entry.
   2. The promoter reserves the right to request winners to provide proof of identity. Identification considered suitable for verification is at the discretion of the promoter.
   3. Directors and employees of the Promoter (together with their immediate families) are not eligible for entry.
3. HOW TO ENTER
   1. Entries will open at 9:00am AEST on Friday 24 October 2025 and close at 11:59pm AEST on Friday 7 November 2025.
   2. Entrants must submit their entry by signing up to the email newsletter in accordance with the instructions provided on the National Portrait Gallery website.
   3. Entrants must include their full name, email address and postcode on the subsite entry form.
   4. All details provided by the entrant must be true and accurate.
4. DRAW
   1. Two (2) winners will be randomly drawn by the Promoter at the National Portrait Gallery of Australia, King Edward Terrace, Parkes ACT at 11am AEST on Tuesday 11 November 2025.
   2. The winners will be notified by Monday 17 November 2025 to confirm acceptance of the prize. All reasonable attempts will be made to contact the winners. However, if the prize is not claimed by 11:59pm AEST time on 17 December 2025, the Promoter reserves the right to select another winner or not award the prize. It is the entrant’s responsibility to ensure their contact details are correct when entering the competition.
   3. The winner will be announced to the public by listing the name of the winner on the Promoter’s website.
   4. No responsibility by the Promoter is accepted for late, lost or misdirected entries.
   5. The Promoter’s decision in relation to any aspect of the competition is final and binding on each person who enters. No correspondence will be entered into.
   6. The prizes are not transferable, not refundable and not redeemable for cash. The Promoter reserves the right to redeem all unclaimed prizes and dispose of them at its absolute discretion.
5. PRIZE
   1. Two winners will receive a book set comprising of, ‘Costa's World: Gardening for The Soil, The Soul and The Suburbs’ and ‘Costa’s Garden Flowers’ signed by the author Costa Georgiadis, valued at $AUD100.
   2. The Promoter will post the Prize to the winner within 30 days of receiving confirmation from the winner.
   3. The prize cannot be exchanged or transferred and is not redeemable for cash.
   4. If the prize is unavailable, the Promoter, in its discretion, reserves the right to substitute the prize with a prize to the equal value and/or specification.
6. WEBSITE USE
   1. The Promoter cannot guarantee the continuous integrity of its servers. As a result, you may at times experience disruption or other difficulties in using the Promoter’s website or social media pages. The Promoter has no liability for loss or costs of any kind you suffer as a result of or in connection with any disruption or other difficulties in using the Promoter’s website. The Promoter is not responsible for any failure of equipment or technical error associated with the competition. Or for any incorrect information, commission, interruption or delay in operation.
7. PRIVACY COLLECTION STATEMENT
   1. By submitting an entry into this competition entrants consent to receive promotional and other marketing messages from the Promoter (including messages sent electronically for an unlimited period of time). Entrants will be able to opt-out at any time by following the instructions included in each message sent by the Promoter.
   2. The Promoter and its related entities collect entrants’ personal information for the purpose of conducting and promoting this competition (including but not limited to determining and notifying the winner). The Promoter may disclose personal information collected to an agent who is engaged for prize fulfilment. The Promoter may also disclose personal information collected to Australian regulatory authorities. The Promoter will otherwise handle your personal information in accordance with its Privacy Policy. You may request access or to update your personal information or lodge a complaint by writing to The Privacy Officer, at info@npg.gov.au
8. PRIVACY POLICY
   1. The Promoter’s Privacy Policy is available on the website.
   2. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook, Twitter or any other social network. The entrant is providing information to the Promoter and not to any other party. The information provided will be used in accordance with the Privacy Policy of the National Portrait Gallery.
9. LIABILITY AND GOVERNING LAW
   1. This competition is governed by the laws of the Australian Capital Territory.
   2. Nothing in these Terms and Conditions limit, exclude or modify or purports to limit, exclude or modify the statutory consumer guarantees as provided under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), or any other implied warranties under the Australian Securities and Investment Commission Act 2001 (Cth) or consumer protection laws in the State and Territories of Australia (‘Non-Excludable Guarantees’).
   3. In respect to this competition, except for any liability that cannot by law be excluded, including the Non-Excludable Guarantees, the Promoter (including its respective officers, employees and agents) is not responsible for and excludes all liability (including negligence), for any personal injury; or any loss or damage (including loss of opportunity); whether direct, indirect, special or consequential, arising in any way out of: (a) any technical difficulties or equipment malfunction (whether or not under the Promoter’s control); (b) any theft, unauthorised access or third party interference; (c) any entry or prize claim that is late, lost, altered, damaged or misdirected (whether or not after their receipt by the Promoter) due to any reason beyond the reasonable control of the Promoter; or (d) any tax liability incurred by the winner or Entrant.

Privacy policy

 

The National Portrait Gallery is committed to protecting your privacy, including as a result of your interaction/s with our website. The Gallery is required to meet the mandatory requirements set out in the Privacy Act 1988 (the Privacy Act).

Email newsletters

The Gallery offers a number of regular email bulletins including the monthly Portrait News, Circle of Friends updates and the Education mailing list for updates and special announcements. In sending email newsletters the Gallery complies with the Australian Government's Spam Act 2003. All bulk emails have an opt-out feature in their footer which, if utilised, completely removes the email address from the Gallery’s secure email service. Email addresses attached to one list are never merged or added into other Gallery lists.

Automatic logging of information

IP (Internet Protocol) addresses (an IP is the address of a computer) of visitors are automatically logged by our servers. The server makes a record of your visit and logs limited information for statistical purposes – your IP address, top-level domain name (.com, .gov, .edu, .com.au etc), the date and time of your visit to our site, pages accessed and documents downloaded, previous site visited and the type of browser used. These logs are used to administer the website and to diagnose problems in order to be able to rectify them. This data is also used for audience research to help us to improve the site.

IP addresses do not ordinarily contain any personally identifiable information and are aggregated for analysis. Such aggregate data may be used by the Gallery. Recording usage patterns helps us to identify popular areas of our site, and helps us to improve the site. Reports generated on aggregate data are periodically reported on as part of the Gallery’s internal governance.

Collection of personal information

The Gallery collects personal information through its website such as name, phone/fax number, email address/postal address when you provide it in order to receive specific Gallery services such as email newsletters, prize entries or memberships. This information is stored in secure Gallery databases. The information you provide will be used solely by the relevant Gallery staff for its intended purpose, as stated on those pages. Your name, contact details and other information will not be provided to any other person or third-party organisation without your consent.

Your provision of personal details is optional, however some services may not be available to you if you do not provide these details.

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If you prefer not to receive cookies, you can adjust your internet browser to refuse cookies or to warn you when cookies are being used. Refusal may make some parts of our websites inaccessible, unusable, or not function correctly.

The Gallery also uses the following companies and technologies:

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Facebook to provide online advertisement delivery and tracking. Information on Facebook's

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Disclosure

The Gallery will not disclose your personal information to any third party except when required by law and/or in accordance with the Privacy Act.

The Gallery may be required to disclose your personal information to third parties to provide the service you requested. For example, in purchasing products from our website, the Gallery will need to disclose personal information to third parties in order to bill and deliver your products. This disclosure, however, will only be made to fulfill the purpose for which you disclosed your personal information. We will not disclose your personal information for any other purpose unless you have authorised us to do so.

External links and social networking sites

This site contains links to other sites. The Gallery is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such web sites. The Gallery is also active in several social networking spaces such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Please be aware that the Gallery is not responsible for the privacy practices on these external platforms and users should familiarise themselves with each platform's conditions prior to contributing in these spaces.

Security

This site uses secure credit card facilities provided by a third party provider. All online sales are handled securely by the National Australia Bank’s e-commerce gateway. Further information on the privacy and security policies for this organisation is available on its website. The National Portrait Gallery does not collect or store any cardholder account data.

This site has security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of information under our control.