Membership terms

1. Who can be a member

Membership is personal to you. It is offered to owners, founders and chief executives of businesses that turn over more than $3 million a year or employ 20 or more people. You may hold membership in your own name or through your business; either way, you are the member and the person who attends.

Admission is by application and interview, and is at our discretion. We aim to keep the room balanced across industries, so we may decline an application, or place you on a waitlist, where your industry is already well represented. Membership is capped at 72. When the cap is reached, new applicants join the waitlist in the order their interviews were held.

The information you give us in your application must be true and complete. If it is not, we may end your membership under section 9.

2. The membership year and what is included

A membership year runs from the first monthly event of the calendar year to the last event of that year, including the Annual Swing. The 2027 membership year begins in March 2027 and includes nine monthly events and the Annual Swing.

• Each monthly event: a guest speaker session, members' questions, networking, lunch, 18 holes with a shared cart, drinks and the 19th hole. Groups of four are drawn afresh each month.
• The Annual Swing: three nights' accommodation in your own room, two rounds of golf, food and drinks as set out in the itinerary, and the closing dinner. Flights, transfers to the departure point, travel insurance, personal purchases and anything not listed in the itinerary are not included and are your responsibility.
• One personalised Fairway Forum polo, presented at your first event.
• Member pricing on golf equipment from our hardware partner, on the terms that partner sets.
• Up to two guests a year and up to two substitutes a year, under section 5.

Green fees, cart hire and the speaker program are included. Pro shop purchases, extra drinks ordered outside the program, caddies and anything you choose to add on the day are not.

3. Fees and GST

Standard membership is $850 a month plus GST for each of ten months of the membership year. Foundation membership, offered to the first 24 members admitted for the 2027 membership year, is $680 a month plus GST for each of the ten months. All fees are stated exclusive of GST. GST is added at the rate applying under A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (Cth), and we issue a tax invoice for each payment.

A Foundation member keeps the Foundation rate for every later membership year they renew without a break. If a Foundation membership ends for any reason, the Foundation rate ends with it and cannot be reinstated.

We will not increase the standard monthly fee during a membership year. We may set a different standard fee for a later membership year, and we will tell you the renewal fee at least 60 days before the current year ends.

4. Payment

When your application is accepted we will send you an acceptance notice, a tax invoice for the initial payment, and a direct debit request from our payment provider. The initial payment is the first two months' fees. Your place is held for 7 days from the acceptance notice and is confirmed when the initial payment is received and the direct debit request is signed.

The remaining eight monthly fees are debited from your nominated account on or about the same day each month, starting the month after the first event of the membership year. The direct debit service agreement provided by our payment provider also applies to those payments.

If a payment fails, we will tell you and try again within 7 days. If a fee remains unpaid 14 days after we notify you, we may suspend your attendance until it is paid, and may charge you any dishonour fee our payment provider charges us. If a fee remains unpaid 30 days after we notify you, we may end your membership under section 9.

Fees are for the membership year, not for individual events. Missing an event, for any reason, does not reduce the fees or entitle you to a refund or credit, except as set out in sections 7 and 8.

5. Guests and substitutes

You may bring a guest to up to two events in each membership year. A guest is a client, prospect or colleague you choose to introduce to the room. Tell us at least 7 days before the event so we can arrange catering and the draw. Guests may not be brought to the Annual Swing.

If you cannot attend an event, you may send a substitute from your business on up to two occasions in each membership year. A substitute must hold a senior role in your business and be approved by us before the day. Substitutes do not acquire membership rights.

You are responsible for your guests and substitutes while they are at an event, including their conduct and any costs they incur beyond what is included. Guests and substitutes must comply with sections 6 and 10, and you must make them aware of our privacy policy.

6. Conduct at events

Events are held at private golf clubs and venues, and their rules on dress, etiquette, pace of play and behaviour apply to everyone we bring. Please treat members, guests, speakers, staff and the course with respect.

What is said in the room stays in the room. You may use what you learn, but you must not attribute a statement to a member or speaker, or record a speaker session, without their consent.

Alcohol is served under the venue's liquor licence and the Liquor Act 1992 (Qld). Staff may refuse service, and you are responsible for arranging safe transport home. Do not drive a cart or a car if you have had too much to drink.

If we reasonably consider that your conduct, or that of your guest or substitute, is unsafe, unlawful, or damaging to the venue, to other members or to Fairway Forum's reputation, we may ask you or them to leave an event and may end your membership under section 9.

7. Changes to the program

We will publish the dates and venues for each membership year before it begins. We may change a date, venue, speaker, format or the Annual Swing itinerary where we need to, for example because of weather, course availability or a speaker's circumstances. We will give you as much notice as we reasonably can, and at least 14 days where the change is within our control.

If an event cannot go ahead on its scheduled day, we will reschedule it within the membership year where we can. If we cannot reschedule an event, we will credit the event's share of the annual fee against your next payment or, if there is none, refund it. The event's share is one tenth of the annual fee for a monthly event and three tenths for the Annual Swing.

Speaker content is the speaker's own general commentary. It is not financial, legal, tax or investment advice to you, and neither Fairway Forum nor any partner is responsible for decisions you make in reliance on it. Any business you do with another member is between you and that member.

8. Cancelling your membership

Cooling-off. You may cancel within 7 days after paying the initial payment, provided you have not attended an event. We will refund the initial payment in full within 10 business days. Your polo is not ordered until the cooling-off period has ended.

After cooling-off. You may cancel at any time by giving us 30 days' written notice. Fees remain payable to the end of the notice period, and no further monthly fees are payable after that. Fees already paid are not refundable, and no refund is given for the events remaining in the membership year, because your place has been held and the program costs committed on the basis of the full year. A Foundation member who cancels loses the Foundation rate.

Renewal. Membership does not renew automatically. We will invite you to renew at least 60 days before the membership year ends. Your place is held until 30 days before the year ends; after that it may be offered to the waitlist.

9. When we may end your membership

We may end your membership immediately by written notice if you have not paid a fee within 30 days after we notified you that it was overdue, if information in your application was materially untrue, or if you, your guest or your substitute seriously or repeatedly breach section 6. In that case fees already paid are not refunded, fees due up to the date of termination remain payable, and no further fees are payable.

We may also end your membership for any other reason on 30 days' written notice, for example if the program is discontinued. In that case we will refund the share of the fees you have paid for events that will not be delivered, calculated under section 7, within 10 business days.

10. Your safety and our liability

Golf, carts, travel and social events carry risks, including the risk of injury. You take part at your own risk and are responsible for your own fitness, equipment and belongings, and for following the venue's safety directions. You should hold your own travel insurance for the Annual Swing.

The Australian Consumer Law gives you guarantees that our services will be provided with due care and skill, be fit for their purpose and be supplied within a reasonable time. Those guarantees cannot be excluded. To the extent permitted by section 139A of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), which applies to recreational services such as golf, we exclude liability for death, physical or mental injury, or disease resulting from a failure to comply with those guarantees, except where caused by our reckless conduct.

For any other loss, and to the extent section 64A of the Australian Consumer Law permits, our liability for a failure to comply with a consumer guarantee is limited, at our option, to supplying the services again or paying the cost of having them supplied again. To the fullest extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect or consequential loss, including loss of profit or business opportunity, and our total liability to you under or in connection with these terms in any membership year is limited to the fees you have paid for that year. We hold public liability insurance for our events.

11. Privacy, photography and communications

We handle your personal information in accordance with our privacy policy and the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). We photograph and film events and may use the images to promote Fairway Forum; tell us if you would prefer not to appear and we will take reasonable steps to comply. We may send you service messages about your membership by email and SMS, and marketing messages in accordance with the Spam Act 2003 (Cth), which you can opt out of at any time.

You may describe yourself as a member of Fairway Forum while you are one. The Fairway Forum name and logo belong to us, and you may not use them in your own branding or marketing without our written consent.

12. General

Variation. We may change these terms by giving you at least 30 days' written notice. If a change materially reduces what is included or materially increases your obligations, you may cancel by written notice before the change takes effect, without the 30-day notice period in section 8, and we will refund the share of the fees you have paid for events that will not be delivered.

Transfer. Your membership cannot be transferred to another person. We may transfer our rights and obligations under these terms to a purchaser of the Fairway Forum business, provided the purchaser agrees to honour them, and we will tell you if that happens.

Events beyond our control. Neither of us is liable for a delay or failure caused by events beyond our reasonable control, such as severe weather, natural disaster, public health orders or industrial action, other than an obligation to pay money. Section 7 sets out what happens to affected events.

Disputes. If there is a dispute, each of us will first raise it in writing and meet, in person or by video, within 14 days to try to resolve it. If that does not resolve it within 30 days, either of us may refer it to mediation administered by the Resolution Institute before starting court proceedings, except for urgent relief. Nothing in this clause limits your right to complain to the Queensland Office of Fair Trading or the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

Law. These terms are governed by the laws of Queensland and the Commonwealth of Australia. Each of us submits to the courts of Queensland and the courts entitled to hear appeals from them. Electronic acceptance and notices are effective under the Electronic Transactions Act 1999 (Cth) and the Electronic Transactions (Queensland) Act 2001 (Qld). If any part of these terms is unenforceable, the rest continues to apply.

Whole agreement. These terms, your acceptance notice, the direct debit service agreement and our privacy policy are the entire agreement between us about your membership. They replace anything said or written during your application, including the information memorandum, which is a description of the program and not part of the contract.

13. Contact us

Notices, cancellations and questions about these terms should be sent to: