Elections
Election Information
The ANUSA elections happen each year in Semester 2. All positions are held for a period of one year, beginning December 1st and ending November 30th the following year.
The electoral regulations can be found from page 57 onwards of the Constitution.
2024 Election
Timeline
Monday 5 August 2024 – Notice for Call for Nominations
Wednesday 21 August 2024 – Call for nominations
Wednesday 11 September 2024 – Ticket registrations close
Friday 13 September 2024 – Candidate nominations close
Monday 30 September – 3 October 2024 – Voting period
Election Results
Full 2024 Results (Signed by RO)
President – Will Burfoot
Vice President – Sree Vaishnavi Gangarapu
General Secretary – Sam Gorrie
Treasurer – Hayden O’Brien
Education Officer – Rosie Paton
Welfare Officer – Kiera Rosenberg
Clubs Officer – Harrison Oates
Undergraduate University Council Member – Will Burfoot
Postgraduate University Council Member – Brenna Barker-Lamb
Undergraduate Coursework Officer – Charley Ellwood
Postgraduate Coursework Officer – Luxue Wang
HDR Officer – Gio Dalla Libera M.
Environment Officer – Sarah Strange
Parents and Carers’ Officer – Ankith Arun Aswath (elected unopposed)
General Representatives – Aemonn Hassan, Ell Lappin, Kiana Levy, Jessica Gunawan, Isabella Lily Coombs, Will Roche, Josh Shaw, Leila Clarke, Kuba Meikle, Blair Doran, Sharif Mustajib, Eloisa Belmar Osborn, Dylan Adams, Lucy Williams
NUS Delegates – Will Burfoot, Skye Predavec, Ell Lappin, Rosie Paton, Sam Gorrie, Yerin Park
College of Science Representatives (Undergraduate) – Oscar Greenfield, Ananya Malani
College of Science Representative (HDR) – Jewel Joanna Cabardo (elected unopposed)
College of Business and Economics Representative (Undergraduate) – Anjani Garg, Bhumika Khanna
College of Business and Economics Representative (Postgraduate) – Elaine Lin
College of Engineering, Computing and Cybernetics Representatives (Undergraduate) – Lea Fallen, Riley Swinson
College of Engineering, Computing and Cybernetics Representative (Postgraduate) – Mason (Xinpeng) Wei (elected unopposed)
College of Law Representatives (Undergraduate) – Penelope Robson, William H. Chen
College of Law Representative (Postgraduate) – Nathan Akroyd (elected unopposed)
College of Law Representatives (HDR) – Aman Kumar (elected unopposed)
College of Arts and Social Sciences Representatives (Undergraduate) – Aurora Neumann, Chith Weliamuna
College of Arts and Social Sciences Representative (Postgraduate) – Jeremy Fox (elected unopposed)
College of Asia Pacific Representatives (Undergraduate) – Darcy Oates, Mirielle Augustin
College of Asia Pacific Representative (Postgraduate) – David Martinez
College of Asia Pacific Representatives (HDR) – Isabelle Zhu-Maguire
College of Health and Medicine Representatives (Undergraduate) – Lilly Bradbery, Saskia Hughes (elected unopposed)
College of Health and Medicine Representative (Postgraduate) – Aidan Hickey (elected unopposed)
Divestment Referendum
Do you think ANU should withdraw all current investments in the weapons industry and make no further investments into the weapons industry
The referendum returned a Yes vote.
2023
2023 Election
Timeline
- Notice of the Call of Nominations – Wed 2 August
- Call of Nominations – Wed 16 August
- Close of Ticket Registrations – Wed 6 September
- Close of Individual Nominations – Fri 8 September at 5pm
- Order of Candidates – Wed 13 September
- Election – 9am Mon 25 September to 12pm Thu 28 September
If candidates would like to send a scrutineer (who may be a student, but who must not be a candidate) to the opening of the ballot box, please email sa.admin@anu.edu.au by 5pm Thursday 7 September.
President – Phoenix O’Neill
Vice President – Charlotte Carnes
General Secretary – Milli McDonald
Treasurer – Will Burfoot
Education Officer – Luke Harrison
Welfare Officer – Skye Predavec
Clubs Officer – Seungbin Kang
Undergraduate University Council Member – Phoenix O’Neill
Postgraduate University Council Member – Edan Habel (Elected Unopposed)
Environment Officer – Wren Somerville
Parents’ & Carers’ Officer – Fariba Aurin
Undergraduate Coursework Officer – Harrison Oates
Postgraduate Coursework Officer – Rishik Reddy Maram
HDR Officer – Diana Tung (Elected Unopposed)
General Representatives – Sam Gorrie; Elise Chua; Allegra H A C; Jade Poulton; Nadeeka Karunasekara; Hayden O’Brien; Kiera Rosenberg; Charley Ellwood; Harriet Ryder; Raffy Edis; and Luc Campbell.
NUS Delegates – Phoenix O’Neill; Neve Lawson; Nick Reich; Skye Predavec; James Donnelly; and Lara Johnson.
College of Business and Economics (Undergraduate) Representatives – Sree Vaishnavi Gangarapu; and Khubaib Qureshi.
College of Business and Economics (Postgraduate) Representatives – THE ELECTION OF CBE (PG) REPS HAS BEEN DELAYED DUE TO ISSUES WITH CBE MEMBERSHIP REGISTRATION
College of Engineering, Computing and Cybernetics (Undergraduate) Representatives – Jaz Brandson; and Anneysha Sarkar.
College of Law (Undergraduate) Representatives – Mitha Mall; and Alex Bako.
College of Arts and Social Sciences (Undergraduate) Representatives – Jem Rule; and Hyunbin Ryu (Elected Unopposed).
College of Asia and the Pacific (Undergraduate) Representatives – Georgia Siorokos; and Eloise Field (Elected Unopposed).
College of Health and Medicine (Undergraduate) Representatives – Disha Taneja; and Sarah Twyman.
College of Health and Medicine (Postgraduate) Representatives – Abirami Manikandan (Elected Unopposed).
Joint College of Sciences (Undergraduate) Representatives – Reese Chen; and Harry Wu.
Full 2023 Results (Signed by RO)
Call for Nominations
EOI Form
ANUSA Election Guide
2023 ANUSA Election Information Booklet
Ticket Registration Form
Nomination Form
Spending Caps
Exclusion Zones Map
Returning Officer advice on preferred names for ticket registration and candidate nomination forms
2023 Probity Officers
Thomas Burnett: Maths Society committee (2021 – present), ANUSA Probity Officer 2021/2022.
Suzy Wang: no conflicts declared.
Nicholas von Guttner: Member, ANU Democracy Society and ANU Literature Society
2023 International Students Department Election
2023 ISD By-Election Vice-President Results
2022
Timeline
- Notice of the Call of Nominations – 2 August
- Call of Nominations – 16 August
- Close of Ticket Registrations – 5 September
- Close of Individual Nominations – 7 September
- Election – 9am Monday 26 September to 12pm Thursday 29 September
- Vote count – Thursday 29 September
President – Ben Yates
Vice President – Grace King
General Secretary – Phoenix O’Neill
Treasurer – Katrina Ha
Education Officer – Beatrice Tucker
Welfare Officer – Kai Dreyfus-Ballesi
Clubs Officer – Charlotte Carnes
University Council Member – Ben Yates
General Representatives – Oscar Moysey, Skye Predavec, Chris Morris, Abirami Manikandan, Yerin Park, Myka Davis, Kelsie Suter, Anton Vassallo, Noor Shah, Brandon Lee, Aidan Harris, Ollie O’Kane, Adhyan Dhull, Max Marland
NUS Delegates – Ben Yates, Azraa Hussain, Beatrice Tucker, Samuel Macrae, Skye Predavec
College of Law Representatives – Suzie Ma, William Carey
College of Business and Economics Representatives – Tanya Babbar, William George Burfoot (elected unopposed)
College of Arts and Social Sciences Representatives – Lara Johnson, Mickey Throssell
College of Engineering and Computer Science Representatives – Harrison Oates, Hayden Mendoza
Joint College of Sciences Representatives – Yasmin Osborne, Isha Singhal (elected unopposed)
College of Asia and the Pacific Representatives – Ioan Isaac Hastie (elected unopposed)
Environment Officer – Rex Michelson
Full 2022 Election Results (signed by RO)
Nomination Form
Ticket Registration Form
EOI Form
2022 ANUSA Election Information Booklet
2022 Guide to Running in the ANUSA Election
2022 Expenditure Limits
Call for Nominations
2022 Candidate List
2022 Order of Candidates
2022 International Students Department Election
2022 ISD By-Election President Results
2022 ISD By-Election Vice-President Results
2022 Probity Officers
Isabella Gockel – I’m part of the Executive for 2 societies. I’m the Marketing Director for the ANU Society for the United Nations, and the Marketing Officer for the ANU Chess Society. I’m also a member of the ANU Slavic Society.
Maximus Sandler – Secretary of Peppercorn Magazine (LSS), Member of Australian Union of Jewish Students
Ned Strange – Probity Officer 2020, Clubs Council Faith and Religion Officer Jan – Apr 2021 (Resigned position)
Thomas Burnett – Woroni News Reporter, President Mathematics Society, Treasurer Debating Society, Wright Hall Senior Resident, ANUSA Probity Officer 2021
2021
2021-Probity-Repor
Force Majeure Notice – 23 August 2021
The terms of elected office bearers will commence on 1 December, 2021 and continue into 2022.
President – Christian Flynn
Vice President – Chido Nyakuengama
General Secretary – Ben Yates
Treasurer – Jaya Ryan
Education Officer – Beatrice Tucker
Welfare Officer – Grace King
Clubs Officer – Phoenix O’Neill
University Council Member – Christian Flynn
General Representatives – Michael Matheson-Deng, Blake Iafeta, Luca Corby, Ben Harms, Samuel MacRae, Katrina Ha, Ben Naiju, Luke Harrison, Oscar Pearce, Kai Dreyfus-Ballesi, Azraa Hussain, Paria Najafzadeh, Hebe Ren, Samantha Shaw.
NUS Delegates – Blake Iafeta, Phoenix O’Neill, Sinead Winn, Luca Corby, Christian Flynn
College of Law Representatives – Neha Kalele, Katie Byrnes
College of Business and Economics Representatives – Isha Singhal, Rania Teguh
College of Arts and Social Sciences Representatives – Phillip Kim (elected unopposed)
College of Engineering and Computer Science Representatives – Kayla (Xinyi) Li, Phoebe Denham (elected unopposed)
Joint College of Sciences Representatives – Oliver Hervir, Shriya Vaka
College of Asia and the Pacific Representatives – Nathanael Kwon, Nik Clementi
Ethnocultural Officer –
Disabilities Officer – Thomas O’Donnell
Queer* Officer – Vincent Li
Womens Officer –
Indigenous Officer –
International Officer –
Environment Officer – Elise Chua
Full 2021 Election Results (signed by RO)
Do you think ANU should withdraw all current investments in the fossil fuel industry and commit to make no further investments in the fossil fuel industry?
Yes – 1316
No – 157
2021 Probity Officers
Thomas Burnett – President of ANU Mathematics Society, and Committee Member of ANU CSSA, Woroni News Team for Semester 1
Derrick Appell – Senior Resident (B&G), Treasurer for the PPE Society in 2020, Competitions Director for the International Law Society in 2020
Felix Friedlander – no conflicts to declare
Bec Donald-Wilson – Previous Probity Officer (2018 – 2020); Woroni Radio Tech Officer (2018 – Present)
Adeer Siddiqi – no conflicts to declare
Chamika Fonseka – Education Director and Acting Vice President of the ANU International Students’ Department, ANUISD Executive since December 2020, was previously a Representative from March 2020 to November 2020, currently a resident at Lena Karmel Lodge, and have been since 2020, currently the President of the ANU Sri Lankan Students’ Association, currently on the Executive Committee of the ANU Positive Peace Society, active member of the ANU PPE Society.
2021 International Students Department Election
2021 Clubs Council Election
2020
Election Regulations COVID-19 Updates
President – Madhumitha Janagaraja
Vice President – Christian Flynn
General Secretary – Meghan Malone
Treasurer – Siang Jin Law
Education Officer – Madeleine Chia
Social Officer – Sophie Jaggar
University Council Member – Madhumitha Janagaraja
General Representatives – Avan Daruwalla, Claire Noack, Max Cleversley, Niam Foxcroft, Phoenix O’Neil, Jaya Ryan, Catherine Yeong, Rania Teguh, Coby Howell, Grace King, Isha Singhal, Noa Amiry, Max Evans, Marlow Meares
NUS Delegates – Christian Flynn, Madhumitha Janagaraja, Zoe Ranganathan, Luca Corby, Sophie Macdonald
College of Law Representatives – Elisabeth Henke, Isabel Marsh
College of Business and Economics Representatives – Tran Thai Son Pham, Riley Smithers
College of Arts and Social Sciences Representatives – Aryanne Caminschi, Yasmin Kirk
College of Engineering and Computer Science Representatives – Sandy Ma (elected unopposed), Swatantra Roy (elected unopposed)
College of Science, Health and Medicine Representatives – Sai Campbell (elected unopposed), Su-En Hia (elected unopposed)
College of Asia and the Pacific Representatives – Andre Kwok (elected unopposed), Meg Billson (elected unopposed)
Ethnocultural Officer – Zenia Vasaiwalla (elected unopposed)
Disabilities Officer – Zoe Adam (elected unopposed)
Queer* Officer – Aisling Arnould (elected unopposed)
Womens Officer – Miriam Wicks-Wilson (elected unopposed)
Indigenous Officer – Maddison Crowe (elected unopposed)
International Officer – Markus Ching (elected unopposed)
Environment Officer – Luca Corby (elected unopposed)
2020 Probity Team
- Felix Friedlander
- Declared conflicts of interest:
- Current President of the ANU CSSA and ANU XSA
- Declared conflicts of interest:
- Bec Donald-Wilson
- Declared conflicts of interest:
- Probity Officer (2018 – 2019)
- Woroni Radio Tech Officer (2018 – current)
- Declared conflicts of interest:
- Ned Strange
- Declared conflicts of interest:
- None
- Declared conflicts of interest:
- Callum Davis
- Declared conflicts of interest:
- Housemate of Skanda Panditharatne (current Education Officer)
- Former member of the ANU Liberal Club
- Declared conflicts of interest:
2019
ANUSA 2019 Election Nominations List
2019 Election Results
President – Lachlan Day
Undergraduate Member on ANU Council – Lachlan Day
Vice-President – Madhumitha Janagaraja
General Secretary – Taylor Heslington (elected unopposed)
Treasurer – Maddy Wang
Education Officer – Skanda Panditharatne
Social Officer – Sophie Jaggar
General Representatives – Cahill Di Donato, Nick Carlton, Aryanne Caminschi, Will Fletcher, Ben Yates, Nick Crowley, Jacob Ellis, Kate Evans, Louis Gordon, Ben Theakston, Lachie Ballard, Ben Wicks, Tom Garratt, Vincent Lee
NUS Delegates – Lachy Day, Grace Carter, Henri Vickers, Nick Pagonis, Skanda Panditharatne
College of Arts and Social Sciences Representatives – Samuel Lee, James Eveille
Joint College of Science Representatives – Yasmin Potts, Sai Campbell
College of Law Representatives – Georgina Price, Max Claessens
College of Asia & the Pacific Representatives – Millie Wang, Spencer Cornish (elected unopposed)
College of Engineering & Computer Sciences Representatives – Sophie Burgess (elected unopposed)
College of Business & Economics Representatives – David Harvey, Jye Beardow (elected unopposed)
Queer* Officer – Shivali Trivedi
Ethnocultural Officer – Aisha Setipa
Indigenous Officer – Maddison Crowe
Women’s Officer – Siang Jin Law
Environment Officer – Grace Hill
2019 Probity Team
Brandon Tan: On ANUSA as a Gen Rep. Was on Clubs Council in 2017 as a General Officer.
Bec Donald-Wilson: Was on probity in 2018
Noah Yim: Former Editor-in-Chief of Woroni and News Editor.
Felix Friedlander: Contesting the Computer Science Students’ Association Election in 2019.
2018
The successful candidates will serve for one year from 1 December 2018.
Nomination Form
Full Call for Nominations
Election Information Booklet
Ticket Registration Form
Results
This year, there were 22 contested positions:
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Education Officer
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2 College of Asia and Pacific Representatives
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14 General Representatives
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5 NUS Delegates
The other positions were elected unopposed.
President and Undergraduate Member on Council – Eden Lim
Vice-President – Campbell Clapp
General Secretary – Lachy Day
Treasurer – Dash Jose
Education Officer – Tanika Sibal
Social Officer – Matthew Mottola
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College of Law Representatives – Kunal Vankadara & Stella Ajani
College of Business and Economics Representatives – Croft Sun & Jordan Nicholaeff
College of Engineering and Computer Science Representatives – Matilda Dowse & Tyrus Caldeira
College of Arts and Social Sciences Representatives – Tian Xiao Shi & Zinnia Bath
College of Asia Pacific Representatives – Alison Wong & Kai Clark
Joint College of Sciences Representatives – Ruth Amy Purcell & Jacob McMullen
General Representatives – Brandon Tan, Christopher Atkins, Taylor Heslington, Henri Vickers, Jade Lin, Harsh Thakkar, Isabella Keith, Annabelle Nshuti, David Harvey, Jocelyn Abbott, Ailsa Schreurs, Peter Sun, Yasmin Poole, Madeleine Lezon
Delegates to the NUS – Ashish Nagesh, Tanika Sibal, Lachy Day, Croft Sun, Niall Cummins
2017
Nominations for the ANUSA elections are now closed! The successful candidates will serve for one year from 1 December 2017.
Nomination Form
Full Call for Nominations
Election Nominations Booklet
Ticket Registration Form
Probity officer call for nominations
Conflict of interest probity
2017 Reports
2017 Results
President and Undergraduate Member on Council – Eleanor Kay
Vice-President – Tess Masters
General Secretary – Eden Lim
Treasurer – Mariah Chang
Education Officer – Harry Needham
Social Officer – Anya Bonan
Queer* Officer – Matthew Mottola
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College of Law Representatives – Angela Chen & Campbell Clapp
College of Business and Economics Representatives – Palak Bhatia & Kezia Kartika
College of Engineering and Computer Science Representatives – Jess Kennedy & Yaya Lu
College of Arts and Social Sciences Representatives – Julia Beard & Amel Saeed
College of Asia Pacific Representatives – Mali Walker & Evie Sharman
Joint College of Sciences Representatives – Janet Zhong & Shoshana Rapley
General Representatives – Petal Wang, Gaia Ewing, Ashish Nagesh, Sam Cass, Nick Douros, Isabelle Lee, Lachy Day, Annabella Nshuti, Kathryn Lee, Georgie Sheridan, Edan Habel, Antonia Wayne-Boyle, Chloe Wong & Lily Pang
Delegates to the NUS – Cameron Allan, Freya Willis, Harry Needham, Tess Masters & Howard Maclean
2016
Probity Officer- Conflict of Interest Declaration
2016 Results
2016 Reports
2015
2015 Probity Report
The PDF below records actual and anticipated expenditure by candidates and tickets during the 2015 ANUSA Annual Elections. According to section 2.11.6 of the Election Regulations (2015), Probity Officers must prepare a report after each Annual Election of the Association attaching candidates’ statements of spending and detailing a summary of the difference between anticipated and actual expenditure for each candidate and ticket. In lieu of this report, the 2015 Probity Officers present the raw data alone. Any questions should be directed to the General Secretary.