Governance & public notices
The ASU is an employee organisation (union) registered under the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009. The ASU is governed by this Act and the ASU Rules which set out the way the ASU is run and is responsible to its members.
This webpage collects together the information relating to governance of the Union and public notices that are available.
ASU election year 2023
ASU quadrennial elections for 2023 [E2023/35] conducted by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) have been completed.
The Stage 2 collegiate elections for the Queensland Together, New South Wales and ACT (Services) and South Australian and Northern Territory Branches have all been declared.
AEC Post Election Report 19 April 2024 can be viewed here.
ASU response to AEC Report can be viewed here.
The following four (4) National Offices were elected by, and from, the Branch representatives on the National Executive.
National offices:
National President
National Vice-President
National Secretary
Assistant National Secretary
The AEC Declaration of Results for the National Collegiate Election - Stage 2 can be viewed here AEC Declaration of Results.
The elections are conducted under the rules of the Union and the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009.
The following are the AEC Declarations of Results of Stage 1 direct elections and Stage 2 collegiate elections of ASU Branch offices and positions:
Queensland Together Branch
AEC Declaration of Results – E2023/35 – Stage 1
AEC Declaration of Results - E2023/35 - Stage 1
AEC Declaration of Results - E2023/35 - Stage 1
AEC Declaration of Results - E2023/35 - Stage 1
AEC Declaration of Results - E2023/35 - Stage 1
AEC Declaration of Results - E2023/35 - Stage 2
AEC Declaration of Results - E2023/35 - Stage 2
AEC Declaration of Results - E2023/35 - Stage 2
AEC Declaration of Results - E2023/35 - Stage 2
AEC Declaration of Results - E2023/35 - Stage 2
AEC Declaration of Results - E2023/35 - Stage 2
Queensland (Services and Northern Administrative) Branch
AEC Declaration of Results – E2023/35 – Stage 1
AEC Declaration of Results - E2023/35 - Stage 2
Western Australian Branch
AEC Declaration of Results – E2023/35 – Stage 1
Taxation Officers' Branch
AEC Declaration of Results – E2023/35 – Stage 1
New South Wales and ACT (Services) Branch
AEC Declaration of Results – E2023/35 – Stage 1
AEC Declaration of Results - E2023/35 - Stage 2
New South Wales Local Government, Clerical, Administrative, Energy, Airlines and Utilities Branch
AEC Declaration of Results – E2023/35 – Stage 1
Victorian and Tasmanian Authorities and Services Branch
AEC Declaration of Results – E2023/35 – Stage 1
South Australian and Northern Territory Branch
AEC Declaration of Results – E2023/35 – Stage 1
AEC Declaration of Results - E2023/35 - Stage 2
AEC Declaration of Results - E2023/35 - Stage 2
Victorian Private Sector Branch
AEC Declaration of Results – E2023/35 – Stage 1
AEC Declaration of Results - E2023/35 - Stage 1
To view the ASU election year 2023 article click here.
The Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act requires that financial statements, operating reports and other disclosures are made available to members. All disclosures will be included and made available to the membership at the end of the financial year via the Operating Report from 2014/15 onwards. Material personal interests disclosed within the first six months of the current financial year 2014/15 are listed below.
From 2017/18 onwards an Officer and Related Parties Statement is also required to be made available to members.
2023-2024 Financial Statements & Operating Report
2022-2023 Financial Statements & Operating Report
2021-2022 Financial Statements & Operating Report
2020-2021 Financial Statements & Operating Report
2019-2020 Financial Statements & Operating Report
2018-2019 Financial Statements & Operating Report
2017-2018 Financial Statements & Operating Report
2016-2017 Financial Statements & Operating Report
2015-2016 Financial Statements & Operating Report
2014-2015 Financial Statements & Operating Report
2013-2014 Financial Statements & Operating Report
2012-2013 Financial Statements & Operating Report
2011-2012 Financial Statements & Operating Report
Officer and related party disclosures
2023-2024 Officer and Related Party Disclosure
2022-2023 Officer and Related Party Disclosure
2021-2022 Officer and Related Party Disclosure
2020-2021 Officer and Related Party Disclosure
2019-2020 Officer and Related Party Disclosure
2018-2019 Officer and Related Party Disclosure
2017-2018 Officer and Related Party Disclosure
Under the reporting obligations of the WGE Act 2012, the 2012-13 Public Report Form for the Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union, trading as the Australian Services Union (ASU) can be viewed here:
ASU WGE Act Public Report 2023-2024
ASU WGEA Reporting Explanatory Statement 2024
ASU WGE Act Public Report 2022-2023
ASU WGE Act Public Report 2021-2022
ASU WGE Act Public Report 2020-2021
ASU WGE Act Public Report 2019-2020
ASU WGE Act Public Report 2018-2019
ASU WGE Act Public Report 2017-2018
ASU WGE Act Public Report 2016-2017
ASU WGE Act Public Report 2015-2016
The ASU is an employee organisation (union) registered under the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009. The ASU is governed by this Act and the ASU Rules which set out the way the ASU is run and is responsible to its members.
The Act and the ASU Rules, particularly Rule 57, require that financial statements, operating reports and other disclosures are made available to members. All disclosures will be included and made available to the membership at the end of the financial year via the Operating Report from 2013/14 onwards. Material personal interests disclosed within the first six months of the current financial year 2013/14 are listed below.
Transitional Report: National Officers and National Executive members of the ASU have provided declarations advising of no material personal interests for the period 1 July 2013 to 31 December 2013, ie. a nil return for the period.
2012-2013 Financial Statements & Operating Report
2011-2012 Financial Statements & Operating Report
Under the reporting obligations of the WGE Act 2012, the 2012-13 Public Report Form for the Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union, trading as the Australian Services Union (ASU) can be viewed here:
ASU WGE Act Public Report 2012-2013