Event listing terms & conditions

Terms and conditions:

1. Events or activities must be open and have broad appeal to the general community within the Cairns Regional Council area. We will not list 'members only' events, events for discrete interest groups or specific professions, or activities where participants are required to be affiliated with the organisers. State-wide and nation-wide fundraising, charity and awareness events will not be published.
2. Only "one off" events will be listed. We will not list ongoing activities, event series (eg, a program of workshops or a multi-date training course), sector-specific/professional conferences and seminars, or regular/recurring events such as year-round club meetings, regular sporting fixtures and church  services.
3. Events or activities must be located within the Cairns Regional Council area, or be deemed relevant to our residents and visitors.
4. Events should be free, non-profit or fundraising activities, or be supported / sponsored by Cairns Regional Council.  Business, service or political activities or any type of commercial promotion is not permitted. Events relating to or held by a group which conflicts with Council's corporate  mission/vision will not be listed.
5. You should only submit your listing once you have secured all necessary permits, licences, insurances and other relevant approvals for your event.
6. Requests need to be submitted at least 2 weeks prior to the event date. Submissions will not be accepted more than twelve months in advance.  Allow 5-7 working days from when you submit your event listing for it to be reviewed, moderated and published (if approved - see note 7) by Council's web management team.
7. Inclusion in the event calendar is not guaranteed; you will be advised if your event is not suitable for the calendar. Council is not liable for any loss or damage incurred by an event organiser as a result of failure or delay in listing an event.
8. All listings are subject to editorial discretion. Cairns Regional Council reserves the right to reject any listing request, to edit listing details and to remove any listing.
9. To provide fair exposure to all community events listed on this calendar, organisations are limited to a maximum of 24 event listings per calendar year. Listings for exhibitions (eg, art gallery exhibitions, touring displays etc) will be published for a maximum of seven (7) days only from the opening date of the exhibition.
10. The person submitting the listing must ensure information supplied is accurate and information is kept up to date, and must notify Council as soon as possible of any changes. A nominated contact person and contact number must be supplied for all event listings. Council is not liable for any loss or damage incurred by an event organiser as a result of failure to advise changes to a listed event.
11. Council's events calendar is provided without any warranties or guarantees the service will be error free and without disruption.