Independence
Editorial decisions are made by the newsroom. RTO News is owned by Sukh Sandhu Pty Ltd (ACN 679 292 392, ABN 49 679 292 392), and the owner does not direct coverage.
We do not accept payment, sponsorship, gifts or hospitality in exchange for coverage or for keeping something out. If we publish commercial content it is labelled as such, clearly, at the top, in language a reader cannot mistake.
Sourcing
We prefer primary documents to summaries of them, and we point readers to the source so they can check us.
We grant anonymity only where identifying a source would expose them to real risk, and when we do we tell readers what kind of source they are hearing from and why the name is withheld.
Fairness
If we are going to publish criticism of an organisation or a person, we put it to them first and give them a reasonable opportunity to respond. If they decline, we say so.
Separating reporting from opinion
Opinion is labelled as opinion. Analysis is labelled as analysis. A reader should never have to guess which one they are reading.
Privacy
We do not publish personal information about private individuals, including student names, identifiers or any other detail that would identify a learner. We remove identifying detail from documents before we use them.
Artificial intelligence
We do not publish machine-generated text as though a person wrote it. Where we use these tools for research or drafting, a person checks the result against the source before it is published, and remains responsible for it.