travel or accommodation such as airfares, vehicle hire or hotel bookings;
access which may involve specialist facilities such as helicopters or scuba diving services;
translation services;
post-production or online facilities; or
venues and other in-kind community support associated with participation in community outside broadcasts (OBs) or activities.
Is any interest of the supplier canvassed directly or indirectly in the project’s content?
What is the nature of that interest? Is it commercial or non commercial? Is it political, sectional (i.e. that of an interest or lobby group) or personal?
Will the content, scheduling, publication or scale of the project be influenced by the supplier? Or could there be a perception of influence?
How will the product, service or facility be used by the project?
Will it be referenced on air or online and if so, how?
they represent the only reasonable means of covering an editorially significant story. For example, a free place on a Minister’s plane could be accepted in order to travel to the scene of a major disaster when normal transport is not available in a timely fashion, but free travel or accommodation from a company or Government would not be accepted simply to facilitate coverage of a newsworthy event or to reduce costs to the ABC; or
where media conference or similar facilities (including the provision of lighting and audio) have been provided to all media without restriction to allow coverage of a news conference, speech or announcement or to facilitate an interview or general media picture opportunity.