Election Reports
Elections are held every September to determine the elected representatives for the following year.
Below are the Returning Officers Reports from previous years’ elections.
For details on upcoming elections, please head to our elections page.
2019
2019 UMSU Election Report | Council General Reps | NUS Countsheets
2018
2017
2016
2015
2015 UMSU Returning Officers’ Report
2014
2014 UMSU Returning Officer’s Report
2013
UMSU Final Election Report 2013
2012
2012 UMSU Returning Officers Report
2011
2011 UMSU Returning Officers Report
2010
2010 UMSU Returning Officer’s Report – By-election
2009
2009 UMSU Returning Officers Report
2008
2008 UMSU Returning Officers Report
![UMSU will be closed today, but we won't be celebrating anything.
Statement from @umsuindigenous:
TW/CW: mentions of Indigenous Death, Stolen Generations, Racism and Australia Day
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"Leading up to January 26, we see the stores start to fill with all sorts of unnecessarily branded Australian merchandise. Thongs, bikinis, plastic flags, cups, BBQ accessories are all things we frantically try to avert our eyes from, while in our local shopping centres.
It’s a cruel reminder that the day is almost here.
Invasion Day marks a pain that will never really leave us, it is a reminder of the slaughters that have been deliberately left out of the pages of history books. It is a reminder to the people that will never know where they came from because their grandparents and ancestors were stolen from the arms of their parents. It is a reminder that the nation that we are now citizens of refuses to acknowledge or repent for the racialised actions of its past and present.
In a nation that insists it is built upon ideals of mateship and diversity, it becomes increasingly clear that those notions are only bestowed upon the ‘good Australian’. The one that believes in the stories of the underdog and plight of the convict. Those that celebrate their ancestors coming to a strange new land in search of wealth and opportunity.
I am not a ‘good Australian’, nor do I strive to be one. In order to fulfil this stereotype, you must turn a blind eye to violence and injustice and hold an unquestionable belief in the goodwill of the government. You are an active participant in ‘fun-loving Aussie racism’..."
Read the full statement on our Facebook page.
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