University of Western Australia Student Guild

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UWA Student Guild
111th Guild Council
Type
Type
History
Founded1913;111 years ago (1913)
New session started
1 December 2023
Leadership
President
Indi Creed,Spark
since 1 December 2023
Vice-President
James Hodgman,Spark
since 1 December 2023
General Secretary
Nikhita Talluri,Spark
since 1 December 2023
Chair of Guild Council
Jelena Kovacevic,Spark
since 1 December 2023
Structure
Political groups
  •   Left Action
  •   STAR
  •   SPARK
  •   GLOBAL
Length of term
1 year
Voting Members
21
Elections
Next election
Begins 16th September 2024
Website
UWA Student Guild
Constitution
Constitution approved on 4 March 2021
Rules
Standing Orders approved in 2023

The UWA Student Guild is the official student representative body at the University of Western Australia, representing the interests of students to the university, government and the wider community, as well as providing services to students. As of 2021, the Guild is affiliated with the National Union of Students, the peak representative body for Australian tertiary students. [1] In 2021, 96% of the 21,265 UWA students were members of the Guild. [1]

Contents

Guild Council is the overall governing body of the Guild and consists of voting and non-voting members democratically elected at the annual Guild elections or at department annual general meetings. [2]

Governance

Annual Elections

Student representatives are elected to their positions by students in annual elections held in September. Elections are conducted by the Western Australian Electoral Commission. Elected office bearers take office as of 1 December in the year they are elected. [2]

Guild Executive

The Guild Executive consists of the Guild President, the Guild Vice-president, the Guild General Secretary, and the Chair of Guild Council. [2] Both the Guild Vice-president and the Chair of Guild Council are elected by and from Guild Council at the first meeting for the Guild Year. [2]

Guild Council

The Guild is administered by a council of student representatives elected for one-year terms, beginning on December 1 and ending on the 30th of November in the following year. [2] There are twenty-one voting members of council, and several more non-voting members. [2] Members may hold a voting and a non-voting role concurrently. [2] Unlike some other student unions, there is no financial compensation for student representatives, with the exception of the President and Postgraduate Representative who work at the Guild full-time and part-time respectively during their term. [2]

Members of Guild Council are:

Standing Invitees are not members of Guild Council but have the same rights and privileges. [2] Standing invitees are:

Services provided

The Guild runs a number of activities including Orientation Day (O-Day), the Weekly Tav Quiz and welfare events. [1] Guild Departments and Subsidiary Councils run other events, such as Club Carnival run by the Societies Council. [12]

The Guild supports and assists a network of more than 140 affiliated clubs and societies on campus through the Societies Council, catering to a very wide range of interests (religious, theatrical, cultural etc.). [12] The Guild runs the majority of catering outlets on campus, including the Tavern, and a volunteering centre.

The Guild's Student Assist provides one-on-one academic advocacy, financial counselling, a food pantry, and interest-free loans. [27]

Student media

The Publications Committee oversees print publications from student departments. [1] This includes publications such as Pelican, Damsel Magazine (Women's Department), and Lighthouse Magazine (International Students' Department). [1]

Pelican was established in 1930, making it one of the oldest student publications in Australia. [28]

PROSH is a Guild initiative that began in 1931 and is the oldest and most successful single-day charity event in the country run entirely by students. [29] [30] The tradition sees UWA students dress up in costumes and sell the satirical newspaper to raise money for charity. [30]

History

Foundation

The first meeting of Guild Council was held on Friday the 11th of April in 1913 with Sir John Winthrop Hackett serving as the first Guild President. [31] Due to tuition being free at UWA at the time, there were limited resources for social and sporting activities, this resulted in the Guild taking these activities on and charging a membership fee of a half-crown, two shillings and a sixpence. [31]

Cruickshank-Routley Memorial Prize

In 1955, following the deaths of two final year law students - Ian Cruickshank and George Routley - the Cruickshank-Routley Memorial Prize was established by the Guild. [32] In July 1983, an inaugural Cruickshank-Routley Memorial Prize Dinner was held which has now become the annual Guild Ball, held in October. [32] The Cruickshank-Routley Memorial Prize is awarded to the student who has made the greatest contribution to student life at UWA. [32] [33] In 2023, the prize was $500. [33]

'New' Guild Building

In 2021, the UWA Student Guild held a Guild Alumni event to celebrate fifty years since the opening of the New Guild Building. [1] The event was attended by former Guild President, Kim Beazley as well as former Guild Councillor the Hon. Robert French AC. [1]

Controversies

Racism controversy

The 2013 edition of annual charity newspaper Prosh caused significant controversy when a racist article, "dream-time horoscopes" lead to a public relations disaster for the Guild, with the Indigenous Communities Education & Awareness Foundation (ICEA) withdrawing support from the paper. [34] [35] [36] SBS News reported that the horoscopes read "don't get stuck in a rut, shake up your daily routine and grab yourself a block of V-B instead of export". [34] The Guild President at the time, Cameron Barnes, apologised for the article and committing to conducting an independent review of the newspaper's editorial processes. [34]

Missing money

In May 2014, the Guild hired audit and tax firm BDO to investigate financial irregularities in the Guild's 2013 accounts which identified between $800,000 and $900,000 in financial irregularities. [37] [38] Following the investigation, a staff member was dismissed as confirmed by the then Guild President, Tom Henderson. [39] In 2018, a former financial officer of the Guild confessed to stealing more than $500,000 from the organisation. [39] [38] [40] The financial officer was ordered to pay back $560,000 to the Guild's insurer as well as sentenced to four years in jail. [40]

Past Guild Presidents

YearNameRef.
1913 Sir John Winthrop Hackett [31]
1914Mr JJ Fitzgerald [31]
1915Mr JG Robertson [31]
1916Mr HS Thompson [31]
1917Mr J Shearer [31]
1918Mr HT Stables [31]
1919Mr AF Backhouse [31]
1920Mr E Grace [31]
1921 Mr EW Gillett [31]
1922Mr HPD Lyon [31]
1923Mr F Maw [31]
1923+Mr TA Hartrey [31]
1924Mr SG Demasson [31]
1925Mr W Southern [31]
1926Mr GL Throssell [31]
1927Mr KL Cooper [31]
1928Mr RG Wright [31]
1929Mr AM Stewart [31]
1930Mr RV Nevile [31]
1931 Mr HC Coombs [31]
1932Mr C Sanders [31]
1933Mr TG Wilsmore [31]
1934Mr TH Roberts [31]
1935 Mr PWE Curtin [31]
1936Mr GP Paterson [31]
1937Mr NG Traylen [31]
1938Mr H Giese [31]
1939Mr S Johnson [31]
1940Mr AJ Williams [31]
1941Mr GB Hill [31]
1942Mr FM Bennett [31]
1943Mr JM Thomson [31]
1944Mr AL Arcus [31]
1945Mr FH Hibberd [31]
1946Mr GE Ross [31]
1947Mr DD Dunn [31]
1948 Mr PD Durack [31]
1949Mr SB Rosier [31]
1950Mr DE Hutchison [31]
1951Mr JO Stone [31]
1952 Mr RJ Hawke [31]
1953Mr BH Lochtenberg [31]
1953+Mr LG Wilson [31]
1954Mr JH McConnell [31]
1955Mr JFM Gillett [31]
1956Mr EN Maslen [31]
1957Mr JK Walsh [31]
1958Mr KB Paterson [31]
1959Mr RD Nicholson [31]
1960Mr EM Palandri [31]
1961Mr GG Harvey [31]
1962Mr RSW Lugg [31]
1963 Mr AH Fels [31]
1964Mr DR Williams [31]
1965Mr SG Errington [31]
1966Mr RB Alexander [31]
1967Mr PG Edwards [31]
1968Mr D MacKinlay [31]
1969Ms SJD Boyd [31]
1970 Mr KC Beazley [31]
1971Mr RJ Perry [31]
1972 Mr JA McGinty [31]
1973Mr RB Porter [31]
1974Mr PM Alexander [31]
1975 Mr DC Parker [31]
1976Mr NG Roberts [31]
1977Mr AD Fitzgerald [31]
1978Mr WR Grace [31]
1979Mr KW Strahan [31]
1980Mr DN Anderson [31]
1981Mr ERJ Dermer [31]
1982Mr MW Rennie [31]
1983Mr MJ Huston [31]
1984 Miss DE Willmont [31]
1985Mr DJ Kelly [31]
1986Mr MT Schaper [31]
1987Miss JA Quinlivan [31]
1988Mr AC Tomlinson [31]
1989Mr MZ Sumich [31]
1990Mr TL Smith [31]
1991Bruce Baskerville [31]
1992Justin Kennedy [31]
1993Luke Forsyth [31]
1994Sarah Haynes [31]
1995Natalie Curling [31]
1996Simon Freitag [31]
1997James Fogarty [31]
1998Rosie Dawkins [31]
1999Emmanuel Hondros [31]
2000Tim Huggins [31]
2001Kristy Duckham [31]
2002Ryan Batchelor [31]
2003Myra Robinson [31]
2004Susie Byers [31]
2005Natalie Hepburn [31]
2006Mathew Chuk [31]
2007Dave de Hoog [31]
2008Nik Barron [31]
2009Dominic Rose [31]
2010Emma Greeney [31]
2011Tom Antoniazzi [31]
2012Matthew Mckenzie [31]
2013Cameron Barnes [31]
2014Thomas Henderson [31]
2015Lizzy O’Shea [31]
2016Maddie Mulholland [31]
2017Nevin Jayawardena [31]
2018Megan Lee [31]
2019Conrad Hogg [31]
2020Bre Shanahan [41]
2021Emma Mezger [42]
2022Amitabh Jeganathan [43]
2023Geemal Jayawickrama [44]
2024Indi Creed [4]

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