Are Media is one of the largest digital and print publishers across Australia and New Zealand, with leading titles such as Australian Women’s Weekly, Better Homes and Gardens, Gourmet Traveller, TV Week, Who, Marie Claire, ELLE, Woman’s Day, New Idea and Home Beautiful. You can find out more about each of our brands here.

We aim to create inspiring, entertaining and informative content Australians can enjoy and be informed about across food, fashion, beauty, homes, entertainment and lifestyle. We are passionate about our brands, and we want our audience to share that passion.

 

Accuracy and fact-checking

We strive for accuracy in our content. Our editorial teams thoroughly fact-check our articles before publication. We aim to use reputable sources and expert opinions so that the information we present is current and correct. Some of our titles are known and loved for their gossip, entertainment and escapism, and approach their content with a greater allowance for creativity and speculation.

 

Impartiality of news content

While we generally focus on women’s interests, when reporting on news or current affairs matters, we aim to present balanced viewpoints on complex issues. We respect diverse opinions and experiences, and we are committed to representing a range of perspectives in our content. We are not afraid to take an editorial stance on issues that matter.

 

Diversity & inclusivity

We have a commitment to ensuring our content reflects the diversity of the audience we serve. To that end, we aim to use inclusive language in our content and to reflect a diversity of views. We acknowledge that this is an ongoing process and we take a continuous improvement approach to this space.

 

Shopping content, sponsored content and affiliate links on our websites

At Are Media, we believe our team of editors are the original influencers, and as such we love bringing you the best recommendations in fashion, beauty, homewares, food, lifestyle and more. In bringing this online content to you, we may earn money from commercial partners in various ways:

• Affiliate links: these are links to retailers or products which you’ll find in our online shopping articles. Depending on the commercial arrangement, some links will pay us a commission based on your click-through, others will pay us a commission if you purchase from that link. Our policy is to disclose affiliate links.
• Commercial content: sometimes, a commercial partner will pay us to create online advertorial content, or ‘native content’ (paid-for editorial content), or else to include their product as a mention in existing online editorial content. Our policy is to ensure this online content is clearly marked as such, eg ‘Sponsored’, ‘sponsored inclusions’, ‘Brought to you by’, ‘In partnership with’ or similar.

Our dedicated team of experienced shopping editors and writers aim to be your trusted source of shopping inspiration. While these online links & content may be monetised, we never lose sight of our editorial focus on bringing you the very best deals, views and recommendations while at the same time disclosing affiliate links and commercial content.

 

Corrections

We aim to correct any material errors brought to our attention as promptly as possible. If you do spot an error, please let us know here.

 

Complaints

We take audience feedback seriously. If you have a complaint about our content, please contact our editorial team here. We will investigate all valid complaints thoroughly and respond in a timely manner.

 

Privacy

When it comes to handling personal information as part of our journalistic activities, we commit to the Australian Press Council’s Statement of Privacy Principles. For more information, please visit our privacy policy here.

 

Generative AI

Like many publishers, Are Media adopts a cautious yet optimistic approach to the use of generative AI.  That said, we believe that all generative AI must start and end with a human, and that human editing and transformation of generative AI output is essential to editorial integrity. As content creators ourselves, we maintain the copyright in our content, and we respect the copyright of others. We believe generative AI is useful for brainstorming, preliminary research, and to provoke ideas, but it should be used as a tool, and like any other editing tool, it has its limitations. Our journalists and content producers separately verify their content using their own judgment and expertise.  Accordingly, whilst our editorial teams may have generated draft text or preliminary images partially using generative AI, they then review, edit, and revise the output to their own requirements, using their editorial judgment. We take ultimate responsibility for the content of our publications.

 

Review

This editorial policy is subject to regular review and may be updated to reflect changing industry standards and audience expectations.

Last updated: 11 December 2024