Earlier this month all members were given notice by direct mail to your home addresses of the opening of nominations for the Union’s triennial elections. As has been the case in previous years, this year’s elections for the United Firefighters Union of Australia, NSW Branch Committee of Management are being conducted by the Australian Electoral Commission. Again, these elections will also serve as the elections for NSW Fire Brigade Employees Union (FBEU) State Committee of Management under Section 239 of the NSW Industrial Relations Act 1996. The nominations opened on 31 March, closed on 19 April and were locked in (meaning members who had nominated could no longer withdraw their nomination) at midday yesterday, Thursday 27 April.
The Australian Electoral Commission’s Returning Officer yesterday formally declared 10 of the 14 candidates for positions on the Union’s State Committee of Management elected unopposed, as follows:
FBEU STATE COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT /
UFUA NSW BRANCH COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT,
2000 – 2003
President Darryl Snow
Senior Vice-President Jim Gillen
Junior Vice-President Chris Windsor
State Secretary Chris Read
Newcastle Sub-Branch Secretary Mark Williams
Central Coast Sub-Branch Secretary Paul Brown
Sydney North Sub-Branch Secretary Clive Hook
Sydney South Sub-Branch Secretary Andy Coppin
Illawarra Sub-Branch Secretary Mark Paloff
Retained Sub-Branch Secretary Greg Matthews
The remaining four positions (set out below) each had more than one candidate at midday yesterday and will therefore proceed to a postal ballot by the Australian Electoral Commission of all financial members of our Union on 19 May.
Sydney North West Sub-Branch Secretary: Craig Harris, Alan Hitchell
Sydney South West Sub-Branch Secretary: Clinton Demkin, Bob Kinsela
Country Sub-Branch Secretary: Ron McGeorge, Danny O’Connor, Robert Tranter
Senior Officers’ Sub-Branch Secretary: Michael Hurley, R G Laing, Graham Webb
