HerCanberra is committed to providing relevant, compelling and honest female-forward lifestyle content about living and playing in Canberra.

A word on sponsored content

Because we need to pay the bills, we also bring you sponsored content. But we will always declare this at the start and scrupulously adhere to the requirements of the Code of Ethics set out by the Australian Association of National Advertisers (AANA).

Please understand that sponsored content is different to the editorial content we produce. You can see more on our Legal page.

We are professionals

We have a core content creation team of Emma Macdonald, Beatrice Smith, Erin Cross and Georgina Smith and headed by our unflappable founder and leader and former ACT Woman of the Year Amanda Whitley.

We want to publish your voices too

We care about our city and we care about our community and if it is of interest to you, then we strive to provide you with accurate information. We also love giving you a platform upon which to speak. This is part of the reason we publish a diverse range of views from contributors across the community, arts, fashion, food, wellbeing and cultural sectors. We respect that these views are entirely the authors’ own and we seek to provide clear bylines and backgrounds for all our contributors so you know who you are reading.

Editorial independence

We ask that you respect the editorial independence of all the voices on HerCanberra, even if they do not always reflect your own views.

We edit all content before it appears on our website in order that it meets our community’s standards and that there are no undisclosed conflicts of interest.

Where we draw the line

We do not tolerate sexism, racism, bigotry or small-mindedness in any form and always reserve the right to refuse material that seeks to undermine the rights or dignity of others

This is the same for public comments on any of our social media posts. We monitor, block and delete anything that does not meet the fair expectations of our community.

If you think we’ve made a mistake

HerCanberra seeks to present the most accurate and up-to-date information across our website and social media platforms as is humanly possible. But we will be the first to admit that a small team doing a huge workload can, and sometimes does, make mistakes. If you have a complaint, please see our complaints handling policy here: Complaints-handling policy

Thank you and drop us a line if you want

Most of all, we strive to be honest and fair—and we hope that all interactions with our community are kind!

If you have questions about any of this, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us at editor@hercanberra.com.au