Bearing in mind the various attitudes and viewpoints on dogma reflected in the religious press, and recognising that divine love will affect the way in which news and articles are gathered and presented by the religious press, the members of the Australasian Religious Press Association pledge themselves to seek to observe the following code:

1. To report and interpret the news with scrupulous honesty.
2. Not to suppress essential fact, and not to distort the truth by omission or wrongful emphasis.
   
3. To respect confidences in all circumstances.
   
4. To observe at all times the fellowship of their profession and never to take unfair advantage of an ARPA colleague.
   
5. Never to accept any form of bribe, nor to permit personal interest to influence their sense of justice.
   
6. To use only honest methods to obtain news, pictures and documents. To report articles, photographs and other material only with permission and to respect copyright at all times.
   
7. To reveal their identity as members of the press before using any personal interview or picture for publication.
   
8. Always to maintain, through their conduct, full public confidence in the integrity and dignity of their calling.