Terms & Conditions

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Effective: 01/01/2026
Last updated: 19/05/2026

These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) govern your use of websites operated by Blunt Australia Holdings Pty Ltd (ACN 691 613 831), including bluntmag.com.au, blunt.us, and any other websites we own and operate (together, the “Blunt sites”).

By accessing or using any Blunt site, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Blunt sites.

1. About us

The Blunt sites are owned and operated by Blunt Australia Holdings Pty Ltd (ACN 691 613 831), a company incorporated in New South Wales, Australia.

Registered address: Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia.

In these Terms, “Blunt,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Blunt Australia Holdings Pty Ltd. “You” refers to the user of any Blunt site.

2. Acceptance and changes

By using a Blunt site, you accept these Terms. You also accept our Privacy Policy and Editorial Standards, which form part of these Terms.

We may update these Terms from time to time. The current version is always available at bluntmag.com.au/terms/. Material changes will be flagged at the top of this page for at least 30 days. Continued use of a Blunt site after changes take effect means you accept the updated Terms.

3. Use of the Blunt sites

The Blunt sites are provided for personal, non-commercial use unless we agree otherwise in writing.

You agree not to:

Use the Blunt sites for any unlawful purpose
Attempt to gain unauthorised access to systems, accounts, or non-public areas
Interfere with site security, performance, or availability
Scrape, harvest, or collect data from the sites in ways that breach our robots.txt or that place unreasonable load on our infrastructure
Use automated systems to generate excessive traffic or interactions
Impersonate Blunt, our staff, or any third party
Use any Blunt site to harass, threaten, or defame any person
Reproduce, redistribute, or commercially exploit Blunt content except as expressly permitted in section 6

We may suspend or terminate your access to the Blunt sites at any time if you breach these Terms or use the sites in a way we reasonably consider harmful.

4. Editorial content

The content published on Blunt sites — including articles, reviews, interviews, opinion pieces, photography, video, and commentary — represents the editorial views of Blunt and its contributors.

Opinion pieces, reviews, and commentary reflect the views of the individual author and not necessarily those of Blunt or Blunt Australia Holdings.

Editorial content is provided for information and entertainment purposes only. It is not professional advice. Specifically:

Music, film, gaming, and culture coverage is editorial commentary and review, not consumer advice
Industry analysis reflects our reporting and is not financial, investment, or career advice
Health, fitness, or lifestyle content (where published) is general information, not medical advice — consult qualified professionals for personal advice

We make reasonable efforts to ensure factual accuracy. Our approach to fact-checking, corrections, and editorial process is set out in our Editorial Standards. If you believe content contains an error, please contact [email protected] and we will follow our published corrections process.

5. User submissions

We welcome tips, story ideas, and other submissions sent to our editorial inboxes ([email protected], [email protected], [email protected]).

By submitting material to us, you:

Confirm you have the right to submit the material and that it does not breach anyone else’s rights
Grant Blunt a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide licence to use, reproduce, edit, and publish the material in connection with our editorial coverage
Acknowledge that we are under no obligation to publish, attribute, or pay for submitted material unless we specifically agree otherwise in writing

If you are a confidential source, you should review our Editorial Standards for our source protection commitments. We do not guarantee confidentiality unless an editor specifically agrees to it.

6. Intellectual property

Our content

All editorial content published on Blunt sites — text, photographs, videos, illustrations, layouts, branding, and code — is owned by Blunt Australia Holdings Pty Ltd or used under licence, and is protected by Australian and international copyright law.

You may:

View, share, and link to Blunt content for personal, non-commercial use
Quote brief excerpts of editorial content with attribution to Blunt Magazine (or the relevant Blunt publication) and a link back to the original article

You may not, without our written permission:

Republish substantial portions of Blunt content on other websites or platforms
Use Blunt content in commercial products, advertising, or sponsored content
Remove or alter copyright notices or attribution
Use Blunt’s branding, logos, or marks in a way that suggests endorsement or affiliation we have not granted

For licensing, syndication, or reprint enquiries: [email protected].

Copyright complaints

If you believe content published on a Blunt site infringes your copyright, send a written notice to [email protected] including:

Identification of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed
The URL of the allegedly infringing content
Evidence of your ownership or authorisation to act on the owner’s behalf
Your contact details
A statement that the information in the notice is accurate

We will investigate and respond within a reasonable time. If we determine that infringement has occurred, we will remove or amend the content and notify you of the outcome.

Third-party rights

Where Blunt content includes material owned by third parties — for example, album artwork, press images, performance photographs, or video clips — this is used under licence, with permission, or in reliance on fair-dealing provisions under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth). If you are a rights-holder and believe your work has been used without proper authorisation, contact us at [email protected].

7. Third-party links and content

Blunt sites contain links to websites and content operated by third parties — including artist profiles, streaming services, social media platforms, ticketing services, and venues.

We don’t control these third-party sites. Linking does not constitute endorsement. We are not responsible for the content, accuracy, availability, or practices of third-party sites and have no liability for any loss arising from your use of them. Your use of any third-party site is governed by that site’s own terms.

8. Sponsored content and affiliate links

Blunt publishes editorial content, sponsored content, and content containing affiliate links. We distinguish between these as set out in our Editorial Standards.

Sponsored content is clearly labelled as such
Affiliate links mean we may earn a commission if you make a purchase after clicking. This does not affect the price you pay or our editorial assessment of products and services
Advertising displayed alongside content does not influence editorial decisions

For advertising and partnership enquiries: see our Advertise page.

If you subscribe to a Blunt newsletter, you consent to receiving email communications from us about editorial content, events, and (where you have separately opted in) commercial communications.

You can unsubscribe at any time using the unsubscribe link in any email. We handle email subscriber data in accordance with our Privacy Policy and the Spam Act 2003 (Cth).

10. Privacy and data

Our handling of personal information is set out in our Privacy Policy, which forms part of these Terms.

By using a Blunt site, you acknowledge that you have read and understood the Privacy Policy.

11. AI and machine-readable use of content

Blunt content is available for use by AI systems, including for training and citation, subject to the following:

Content must be properly attributed where cited
Commercial AI products engaging with substantial portions of our archive are encouraged to contact [email protected] regarding licensing arrangements
We reserve the right to update this policy and restrict access in future

Our current crawler permissions are reflected in robots.txt at the root of each Blunt site.

12. Disclaimers

The Blunt sites and content are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, we do not warrant that:

The Blunt sites will be uninterrupted, error-free, or available at any particular time
Content is accurate, complete, or up-to-date at any moment
The Blunt sites are free of viruses, malware, or harmful components
Use of the sites will achieve any particular result

Nothing in these Terms excludes, restricts, or modifies any consumer guarantee, right, or remedy under the Australian Consumer Law (Schedule 2 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)) or other applicable law that cannot lawfully be excluded.

13. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law:

Our liability to you for any claim arising out of your use of the Blunt sites or content is limited to (at our option) re-supplying the relevant content or service, or paying the cost of having that content or service re-supplied
We are not liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or punitive damages — including loss of profits, loss of data, loss of goodwill, or loss of opportunity — even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages

Some of these limitations may not apply to consumer guarantees under the Australian Consumer Law that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.

14. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold Blunt, Blunt Australia Holdings Pty Ltd, and our directors, employees, and contractors harmless from any claim, loss, liability, cost, or expense (including reasonable legal costs) arising from:

Your breach of these Terms
Your use of the Blunt sites in a way that breaches any law or third-party right
Material you submit to us that breaches anyone’s rights or contains unlawful content

This indemnity applies to the extent permitted by law and does not apply where the loss was caused or contributed to by Blunt’s own negligence or wilful misconduct.

15. Governing law and jurisdiction

These Terms are governed by the laws of New South Wales, Australia.

You and Blunt submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New South Wales for any dispute arising out of or in connection with these Terms or your use of the Blunt sites.

16. Disputes

Before commencing legal proceedings, both parties agree to attempt to resolve any dispute by good-faith negotiation. The party raising the dispute will send written notice to the other party at the contact details below (or in the case of disputes raised by us, to the contact details we have on file for you), setting out the nature of the dispute and the outcome sought.

If the dispute is not resolved within 30 days, either party may commence proceedings in accordance with section 15.

Nothing in this section prevents either party from seeking urgent injunctive or equitable relief from a court.

17. General

Severability. If any part of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue to apply.

No waiver. Our failure to enforce any right under these Terms is not a waiver of that right.

Assignment. You may not assign your rights under these Terms. We may assign our rights and obligations under these Terms to any related body corporate or to a purchaser of our business.

Entire agreement. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and Editorial Standards, constitute the entire agreement between you and Blunt regarding the Blunt sites.

18. Contact

For matters relating to these Terms:

Legal: [email protected]
Copyright complaints: [email protected]
Privacy:[email protected]
Editorial: [email protected]
General: [email protected]