(c) persons employed in the insurance industry who are eligible for membership of The Australian Insurance Employees' Union; (d) persons employed in or in connection with the business of wool selling brokers who are eligible for membership of Wool Brokers Staffs Association; (e) persons engaged in or in connection with the transport industry whether by land, water (except sea) or air who are eligible for membership of Australasian Transport Officers Federation; (f) persons eligible for membership of the Public Service Association of New South Wales; (g) persons eligible for membership of CPSU, the Community and Public Sector Union: (i) pursuant to Rule 2, Part II of the CPSU rules; or (ii) pursuant to Rule 2, Part I, sub-rule A.1 (i)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and/or sub rule A1(iv) of the CPSU rules, with the exception of employees of the ACTEW/AGL Customer Service Call Centre; or (iii) pursuant to Rule 2, Part 1, sub-rule O of the CPSU or (iv) who are employed or engaged by the contract call centre providers Teletech or Stellar or any company related to Teletech or Stellar within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001. (ha) persons employed wholly or substantially in a clerical and/or administrative capacity, excluding persons employed in classifications appearing in the Market Research Industry - Consolidated - 2003 [AW827717] and/or the Market and Business Consultancy Services - Roy Morgan Research - Award 2002 [AW809520] as varied from time to time. (hb) persons at the employer’s place of business, employed to solicit donations and or sponsorship and or membership, and or engaged in other fundraising other than the sale of goods or services for commercial profit, excluding persons employed in telemarketing activities by the Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Incorporated in the State of Victoria. (i) persons employed in the printing industry who are engaged wholly or substantially in soliciting orders for articles, goods, wares, services, merchandise, materials or advertising of any kind from the place of business of the employer where such persons hold a qualification specifically related to the printing industry and/or where such persons who perform duties in soliciting orders as described above as part of a career path related to or as part of a career path in the printing industry;
(ii) a Branch Secretary also holds the office of General President or General Vice President he shall not have a vote as Branch Secretary but shall have one vote only as General President or General Vice President as the case may be. (c) The person presiding at any National Council meeting shall have one vote only, namely a deliberative vote and all questions where the voting is equal shall be decided in the negative. (d) Should any delegate at a meeting refuse or fail to exercise a vote his vote be recorded in the affirmative. 13 - ELECTIONS AND APPOINTMENT AND DUTIES OF GENERAL RETURNING OFFICER General Returning Officer (a) The National Council shall appoint a person not necessarily a member of the Union to be General Returning Officer for the Union. The General Returning Officer shall not be the holder of any office within or an employee of the Union. (b) Subject to section 210 of the Industrial Relations Act 1988, the duties of the General Returning Officer shall be to conduct in accordance with the Rules including the acceptance or the rejection of nominations any election, ballot or plebiscite of members required under the Rules or which he has been directed by National Council of the Union to conduct. (c) The General Returning Officer in the discharge of his duties must conform to the requirements of the Industrial Relations Act 1988 and the Regulations thereunder and shall conduct every election, ballot or plebiscite under a system of voting which provides for the secrecy of the ballot and makes adequate provision for absent voting. (d) The election shall be conducted under the "First past the post" voting system. The position of all candidates' names on the ballot paper shall be drawn for. (e) The following provisions shall also apply to the General Returning Officer and his duties: (1) The General Returning Officer have full control of the ballot and may appoint Deputy General Returning Officers in each Branch to assist him each of whom shall not be the holder of any office within, or an employee of, the Union. (2) (a) The Branch Secretary of each Branch shall forward to the General Returning Officer a roll or rolls of the Branch containing the names and addresses of each financial member of the as at seven days prior to the date determined for the opening of nominations and entitled to vote in accordance with the Rules of the Union. The General Returning Officer shall take such steps as he deems necessary to check the accuracy of such rolls.
Watts Junior Vice President Committee of Management Member Nick Thredgold Secretary - Committee of Management Member Bronte Allen Committee of Management Member Committee of Management Member John Beenham Committee of Management Member Committee of Management Member Walter Matthews Committee of Management Member Committee of Management Member Edward Sloneic Committee of Management Member Committee of Management Member Alison Street Committee of Management Member Committee of Management Member Andrew Bridges Committee of Management Member Committee of Management Member Timothy Palmer Committee of Management Member Committee of Management Member Mark Whenan Committee of Management Member Committee of Management Member Robert Nelson Committee of Management Member Committee of Management Member Richard O’Connell Committee of Management Member Committee of Management Member SCHEDULE 2 – GENERAL BRANCH – NATIONAL COUNCIL DELEGATES On the Commencement Day, the Delegates of General Branch to National Council shall be as follows: Name Office in Central Branch or in Disbanded Branch Office in General Branch Edward Milczareck Reserve National Council Delegate (Central Branch) National Council Delegate (General Branch) John Cosgrove National Council Delegate (Queensland Branch) National Council Delegate (General Branch) Geoffrey Alan Singh National Council Delegate (Queensland Branch) National Council Delegate (General Branch) Russell Vieritz Alternate National Council Delegate (Queensland Branch) Alternate National Council Delegate (General Branch) Martin Pritchard National Council Delegate (Western Australian Branch) National Council Delegate (General Branch) Joseph Bullock Reserve National Council Delegate (Western Australian Branch) Reserve National Council Delegate (General Branch)