The Australian National University Union Inc. is the university union of the Australian National University

Australian National University

The Australian National University is a teaching and research university located in the Australian capital, Canberra.As of 2009, the ANU employs 3,945 administrative staff who teach approximately 10,000 undergraduates, and 7,500 postgraduate students...

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Australian National University Student Association

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About the ANU Union

The ANU Union Inc. is an incorporated non-profit association established in 1965 to be run for the benefit of students and staff at the Australian National University. Membership of ANU Union comes from the student population and all ANU staff and graduates are entitled to become members.

The objects of the Union are:

(a) to provide a recognised meeting place and social centre for its members;

(b) to promote the intellectual, social and general welfare of the University community; and

(c) actively to encourage and support all ANU clubs and societies which include members of the Union.

Union Business Operations

The ANU Union's catering and retail operations are managed by its General Manager Rod Thomas. Union run businesses include:

• The ANU Bar
• Subway
• Pajenka's
• Caterina's
• Rosie's
• Cucina De Pasta
• Organix
• The Union Shop (newsagency, supermarket and Post-Office)
• Union Functions
• Academic Dress Hire

The ANU Union also runs the Resources Centre.

The Current Board of Directors

• Mr Michael Hiscox (Chair), Elected 2011
• Mr Sam Stapleton, (Deputy Chair), Elected 2010
• Mr Xinyu Ru, Elected 2009
• Ms Claire Daly, Elected 2010
• Mr Joel Dennerley, Elected 2010
• Adam DaCruz, Elected 2011
• Mr Peter Shipp, Appointed
• Mr Steve O'Connor, Appointed

Past Chairs and Deputy Chairs of the Union Board

• 1964/1965: Chair: Mr Eric Thorn
• 1965/1966: Chair: Mr Eric Thorn
• 1966/1967: Chair: Mr A.G. Hartnell
• 1967/1968: Chair: Mr C.L. Lamb
• 1968/1969: Chair: Mr D.H. Solomon
• 1969/1970: Chair: Mr R. Ahuja, Deputy Chair Mr R. Refshauge
• 1970/1971: Chair: Mr R. Ahuja, Deputy Chair Mr R. Refshauge
• 1971/1972: Chair: Mr R. Ahuja, Deputy Chair Mr R. Refshauge
• 1972/1973: Chair: Mr P. Power, Deputy Chair Mr R. Refshauge
• 1973/1974: Chair: Mr C. Macphillamy, Deputy Chair Mr R. Refshauge
• 1974/1975: Chair: Mr A. Murray-Jones, Deputy Chair, Mr C. Macphillamy
• 1975/1976: Chair: Mr A. Murray-Jones, Deputy Chair, Mr L. Miller
• 1976/1977: Chair: Mr R. McKinnon, Deputy Chair, Mr R. Arden
• 1977/1978: Chair: Mr Peter Hackett, Deputy Chair, Mr Lachlan McGregor
• 1978/1979: Chair: Mr G. Gherashe, Deputy Chair, Mr P. Robillard
• 1979/1980: Chair: Mr I. Nolan, Deputy Chair, Mr P. Robillard
• 1980/1981: Chair: Mr M. Jackson, Deputy Chair, Mr. A Keogh
• 1981/1982: Chair: Ms K. Edwards, Deputy Chair, Mr C. Munn
• 1982/1983: Chair: Mr Mattew Storey, Deputy Chair, Mr Rob Leacock
• 1983/1984: Chair: Mr Marcus Kelson, Deputy Chair: Ms S. Skyring
• 1984/1985: Chair: Ms K. James, Deputy Chair: Ms S. Carcary
• 1985/1986: Chair: Mr B. Hunter, Deputy Chair: Mr T. Ng
• 1986/1987: Chair: Mr Bob Wheeldon, Deputy Chair: Mr Peter Phelps
• 1987/1988: Chair: Mr Peter Phelps, Deputy Chair: Mr Stephen Christie
• 1988/1989: Chair: Mr Peter Johnson, Deputy Chair: Mr Mark Phelps
• 1989/1990: Chair: Mr Mark Phelps, Deputy Chair: Mr George Tremopoulos
• 1990/1991: Chair Mr George Tremopoulos, Deputy Chair, Mr David Tonuri
• 1991/1992: Chair: Mr David Tonuri, Deputy Chair, Mr Kevin Pringle
• 1992/1993: Chair: Ms Amanda Fajak, Deputy Chair, Mr Malcolm Baalman
• 1993/1994: Chair: Mr Cameron Bray, Deputy Chair, Ms Michelle Oates
• 1994/1995: Chair: Ms Michelle Oates, Deputy Chair, Mr Michael Zorbas
• 1995/1996: Chair: Mr Michael Zorbas, Deputy Chair Mr Andrew Greinke
• 1996/1997: Chair: Mr Andrew Greinke, Deputy Chair: Mr William Mackerras
• 1997/1998: Chair: Mr Craig Simonetto, Deputy Chair: Ms Fay Liu
• 1998/1999: Chair: Ms Mellissa McEwen (resigned, replaced by Mr Jason Wood), Deputy Chair: Ms Briony Van Akker
• 1999/2000: Chair: Mr Jason Wood, Deputy Chair: Mr James Potter
• 2000/2001: Chair: Mr Bernard Philbrick, Deputy Chair: Mr Daniel Casey
• 2001/2002: Chair: Mr Llewellyn Reynders, Deputy Chair: Mr Simon Barber
• 2002/2003: Chair: Ms Erika Belmar, Deputy Chair: Mr Joseph Crichton
• 2003/2004: Chair: Mr Nicholas Oettinger, Deputy Chair: Ms Anila Shaikh
• 2004/2005: Chair: Mr Peter Graham, Deputy Chair Mr David Skyes
• 2005/2006: Chair: Mr David Sykes, Deputy Chair: Mr Tim Slattery
• 2006/2007: Chair: Mr Shobaz Kandola, Deputy Chair, Mr Josh Gordon-Carr
• 2007/2008: Chair: Mr Chris Steel, Deputy Chair: Ms Emma Smith
• 2008/2009: Chair: Mr Byron Fay, Deputy Chair Mr Hamish Leslie
• 2009/2010: Chair: Mr Nicky Vreugdenhil, Deputy Chair Ms Jessica Hinchy
• 2010/2011: Chair: Mr Ben Duggan, Deputy Chair: Ms Vrinda Tiwari
• 2010/2011: Chair: Mr Michael Hiscox, Deputy Chair: Mr Samuel Stapelton

This information comes from the Union Archives, held at the ANU Union Office.

Former Members of the Board

Prominent former members of the ANU Union's Board of Directors include:

• Andrew Barr
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   Member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
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  , Deputy Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory
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• Terence John Higgins, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory
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The Acton Supermarket Closure

In October 2007 the Board of Directors made a decision not to renew the license of the Acton Supermarket owned by Pijpers Holdings Pty Ltd. Board Chair Chris Steel claimed the decision was made on the basis of the continued viability of the Union's business operations which had suffered as a result of the Federal Government's Higher Education (Abolition of Upfront Student Union Fees) Amendment Act 2005 that had cut the Union's revenue by around $213 000 per annum. Under an alternative business model it was proposed that the ANU Union would incorporate a supermarket into its own retail operations.

The closure resulted in a Facebook group called 'Keep the ANU Supermarket' with over 1000 members. A petition with over 1500 signatures was also raised by the supermarket owners and made to ANU Vice-Chancellor Ian Chubb

Ian Chubb

Ian William Chubb, AC is the Chief Scientist of Australia. He has held this post since 2011. He was also the Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University from 2001 to 2011, and president of the International Alliance of Research Universities from 2006 to 2009...

.The protesters claimed that the ANU Union would sell stock at higher prices than the independently run Acton Supermarket.



In May 2008 a new licensee of the Union opened a 3 Mobile store in the previous location of the Acton Supermarket and the ANU Union refurbished part of its own Union Shop to accommodate a new supermarket.