Nominations are called for:

• National Officers (7) per Schedule A
• Governing Councillors (18) per Schedule B
• Section Secretaries (41) per Schedule C
• Section Officers (13) per Schedule D
• Section Councillors (288) per Schedule E

Written nominations which comply with the rules of the organisation, may be made at any time from Wednesday, 3 September 2008. They must reach the Returning Officer no later than 12.00 noon on Wednesday, 24 September 2008. Nominations cannot be withdrawn after this time.

Individual and Team Nomination forms are available below or via the CPSU webpage (www.cpsu.org.au).

Nomination forms are also available from my office upon request.

Candidate Statements

Candidates for offices which constitute the Governing Council may lodge a written statement, of no more than 250 words, in support of their candidature. Statements which comply with the organisation’s Rules will be distributed with the ballot papers.

Please submit your Statement to the Returning Officer as a word document (.doc) or rich text format(.rtf), either by email to nswelections@aec.gov.au or on a CD. The statement must reach me no later than 12:00 noon on Wednesday, 8 October 2008.

How to lodge nominations

By post:

PO Box 496, Haymarket NSW 1239

By hand:

Level 4, 24 Campbell St Sydney 2000

By fax:

(02) 9212 7336

The ballot, if required, will open on 19 November 2008 and close at 10.00 am on 10 December 2008.

Note: A copy of the AEC’s election report can be obtained from the organisation or from me after the completion of the election

Lee Jones
Returning Officer
Telephone: (02) 9375 6375

Nomination forms

• Team nomination form [RTF 973kb]
• Individual nomination form [RTF 64kb]