Information on (a) how to enter; and (b) the Prize (as defined below), form part of the terms and conditions as set out herein (“Terms and Conditions”). Participation in this Mastercard ‘Good Cooking Everyday’ promotion (“Promotion”) is deemed acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.
The promoter of the Promotion is Mastercard Asia/Pacific (Australia) Pty Ltd (ABN 95 108 603 345) of 72 Christie Street, St Leonards, Sydney, NSW 2065, Australia, telephone +61 (02) 9466 3700 (“Promoter”).
Promotion Period. The Promotion will begin at 5:00pm (AEST) on 12th August, 2025 and will close at 5:00pm on 19th August 2025 (“Promotion Period”).
Entrant Requirements
Any person who enters the Promotion is an “Entrant”. Valid entry to the Promotion is only open to Australian residents aged 18 years or older (“Eligible Entrant(s)”).
Employees (and their immediate families) of the Promoter and any other agencies associated with this Promotion are ineligible to enter and shall not be deemed Eligible Entrants. Immediate family means any of the following: spouse, ex-spouse, de-facto spouse, child or stepchild (whether natural or by adoption), parent, stepparent, grandparent, step-grandparent, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew, brother, sister, step-brother, step-sister or first cousin.
Any cost associated with accessing the Promotion website is the Entrant’s responsibility and is dependent on the internet service provider used.
The Promoter reserves the right, at any time, to verify the validity of Entries (as defined below) and Entrants (including an Entrant’s identity, age and place of residence) and reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who the Promoter has reason to believe has breached any of these Terms and Conditions, tampered with the Entry process or engaged in any unlawful or other improper misconduct calculated to jeopardise fair and proper conduct of the Promotion. Errors and omissions may be accepted at the Promoter's discretion. Failure by the Promoter to enforce any of its rights at any stage does not constitute a waiver of those rights. The Promoter's legal rights to recover damages or other compensation from such an offender are reserved.
If there is a dispute as to the identity of an Entrant, the Promoter reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to determine the identity of the Entrant.
A condition of entering this Promotion, each Entrant licenses and grants the Promoter, its affiliates and sub-licensees a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, worldwide, irrevocable, and sub-licensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish and display their Entry (which shall include Content as defined below) for any purpose, including but not limited to future promotional, marketing or publicity purposes, in any media, without compensation, restriction on use, attribution or liability.
Entrants consent to the Promoter using their name, likeness, image and/or voice in the event they are a Winner (including photograph, film and/or recording of the same) in any media for an unlimited period without remuneration for the purpose of promoting this Promotion (including any outcome), and promoting any products manufactured, distributed and/or supplied by the Promoter.
Without limiting any other terms herein, the Entrant agrees to indemnify the Promoter for any breach of the terms set out herein.
Entry Requirements
Eligible Entrants must complete the following steps on Instagram during the Promotion Period to complete an entry (“Entry”) into the Promotion:
Like the official competition post published on the @Mastercardau and @JuliaOstro Instagram pages; and
Tag someone in the comments section of the competition post – specifically, someone you love to cook for. The tagged individual does not need to be an Eligible Entrant.
Only one entry is accepted per Eligible Entrant. Multiple entries from the same person will be disqualified.
The use of any automated entry software or any other mechanical or electronic means that allows an Entrant to automatically enter repeatedly is prohibited and will render all Entries submitted by that Entrant invalid.
Entries received after the Promotion Period will not be valid.
Incomplete, indecipherable, or illegible Entries from Eligible Entrants will be deemed invalid.
Entrants agree that they are fully responsible for any materials they submit via the Promotion including but not limited to comments, recordings and images (“Content”). The Promoter shall not be liable in any way for such Content to the full extent permitted by law. The Promoter may remove or decline to publish any Content without notice for any reason whatsoever. Entrants warrant and agree that:
They will not submit any Content that is unlawful or fraudulent, or that the Promoter may deem in breach of any intellectual property, privacy, publicity or other rights, defamatory, obscene, derogatory, pornographic, sexually inappropriate, violent, abusive, harassing, threatening, objectionable with respect to race, religion, origin or gender, not suitable for children aged under 15, or otherwise unsuitable for publication.
Their Content shall not contain viruses or cause injury or harm to any person or entity.
They will obtain prior consent from any person or from the owner(s) of any property that appears in their Content.
The Content is the original artistic/literary work of the Entrant that does not infringe the rights of any third party or they will obtain full prior consent from any person who has jointly created or has any rights in the Content to the uses contemplated by these Terms and Conditions, and the Content does not infringe the rights of any third party.
They consent to any use of the Content which may otherwise infringe the Content creator’s/creators’ moral rights pursuant to the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) and warrant that they have the full authority to grant these rights.
They will comply with all applicable laws and regulations, including without limitation, those governing copyright, content, defamation, privacy, publicity and the access or use of others' computer or communication systems.
Without limiting any other terms herein, the entrant agrees to indemnify the Promoter for any breach of the above terms.
Entrance into and continued participation in the Promotion is dependent on Entrants following and acting in accordance with the Instagram terms of use (https://help.instagram.com/581066165581870/). This Promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Instagram. Entrants understand that they are providing their information to the Promoter and not to Instagram. The information an Entrant provides will only be used for the purposes outlined in these Terms and Conditions. Any questions, comments or complaints about this Promotion must be directed to the Promoter and not to Instagram. Instagram will not be liable for any loss or damage or personal injury which is suffered or sustained by an Entrant, as a result of participating in the Promotion (including taking/use of a Prize), except for any liability which cannot be excluded by law.
As a condition of entering this Promotion, each Entrant licenses and grants the Promoter, its affiliates and sub-licensees, a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, worldwide, irrevocable, and sub-licensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish and display their Entry (which shall include Content) for any purpose, including but not limited to future promotional, marketing or publicity purposes, in any media, without compensation, restriction on use, attribution or liability. The Entrant waives any moral rights to the same, and otherwise agrees to never assert any claim regarding such moral rights.
Prizes and Prize Redemption
This is a game of chance and seven (7) winning Entries will be selected at random.
Winning Entries of Eligible Entrants will be selected at random at 5pm AEST on 20 August 2025 (“Winner(s)”). The judges may select additional reserve Entries and record them in order, in case of an invalid Entry or ineligible Entrant.
Winner(s) will be notified by the Promotor via Instagram Direct Message (DM) to the Instagram account used to submit the winning Entry. The Promoter will make reasonable efforts to contact the Winner(s) within 2 business days of the draw.
If a Winner does not respond to the Promoter’s message within one (1) day of initial contact, the Winner will be deemed to have forfeited the prize, and the Promoter reserves the right to award the prize to another Eligible Entrant in accordance with the Promotion terms.
The “Prize(s)” available to be won during the Promotion Period include, but are not limited to, the following:
Prize Description
Quantity Available
Prize Value (AUD)
One (1) signed copy of “Good Cooking Everyday” by Julia Busuttil Nishimura, awarded to each winner.
7
$45
The total approximate “Prize Value” is AU$315.
The Promoter’s decision is final, and no correspondence will be entered into.
If for any reason a Winner does not take the Prize at the time stipulated by the Promoter, then the Prize will be forfeited, and the Promoter’s decision shall be final.
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, subject to any written directions from a regulatory authority.
Prizes are not transferable or exchangeable and cannot be taken as cash, unless otherwise specified. Sale, transfer or exchange of any part of a Prize is strictly prohibited. Any attempt to sell, transfer or exchange any part of a Prize will result in the Prize being withdrawn by the Promoter and the Prize will be declared null and void.
Publicity. Winners agree to participate in related publicity accompanying or resulting from the Promotion without further recompense. This may include but is not limited to photographs taken which may be used for publicity purposes. By accepting a Prize, Winners grant the Promoter the absolute and irrevocable right and permission to use, publish, publicly display, perform, transmit, exhibit and reproduce their name, statements, video, voice, recordings, interviews, photographs or other visual or audible representations or likeness, in whole or in part, individually or in conjunction with other material, including without limitation, text, photographs or images in any medium (whether now known or hereafter invented) including, but not limited to the internet and other electronic and social media and for any and all purposes, publicity, Promotion, packaging and trade throughout the world without restriction as to manner, frequency or duration of use or any other purpose whatsoever in connection with this Promotion or in connection with the marketing of the products of the Promoter, or otherwise. Winners further agree that all materials produced pursuant to the rights set out above shall and will remain the property of the Promoter.
Force Majeure, Modification, Cancellation
Mastercard will request personal data including name, mailing address and telephone number from the Winner(s) for the purpose of their Prize redemption in the Promotion and the data will only be retained as long as necessary for such purpose. Winner(s) can request access to and/or rectification/correction of their personal data if incorrect. For these purposes the Winner(s) can contact the Promoter at the below address, send an email to privacyanddatausage@mastercard.com or by visiting the following website page https://www.mastercard.com.au/en-au/about-mastercard/what-we-do/privacy.html. By accepting the Prize in the Promotion, Winner(s) consent that their personal data may, for the same purpose as stated above, also may be transferred to Promoter’s third-party contractors and partners as necessary to process the Winners’ participation in the Promotion. Receiving a Prize is conditional on providing the requested personal data.
These Terms and Conditions may be changed, varied, modified and/or deleted by Mastercard in its sole and absolute discretion at any time and from time to time without any prior notice to any person and by participating in the Promotion each Entrant irrevocably and unconditionally accepts any such changes, variations, modifications and deletions.
Any question concerning the legal interpretation of these Terms and Conditions will be based on the laws of New South Wales, Australia and the courts of New South Wales, Australia will have exclusive jurisdiction.
If any of the provisions of these Terms and Conditions becomes or is invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under applicable law, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired and such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions shall be deemed severed from these Terms and Conditions and Mastercard shall be entitled to replace such severed provisions with such other provisions as it may deem fit.
The headings to the clauses of these Terms and Conditions shall not be taken into consideration in the interpretation or construction thereof or of these Terms and Conditions.
These Terms and Conditions prevail in the event of any conflict or inconsistency with any other communications, including advertising or promotional materials. In the event of any inconsistency between the English language version of these Terms and Conditions and any other language version, the English language version shall prevail.