Student Governance
The AUU is governed by a board of management. The board consists of 16 ordinary members, who are not also permanent staff of the AUU, elected annually by the students of the University. The Board then elects several of its members to positions within the AUU, such as AUU President, Union Activities Chair, and Chair of the Finance Committee. Although elections are held annually the Board-elect do not take their positions until 1 December.
Famous past presidents have included former Premier of South Australia John Bannon and current Federal Prime Minister Julia Gillard (1981–1982). The current AUU President is Denna Taylor.
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Famous quotes containing the words student and/or governance:
“The student may read Homer or Æschylus in the Greek without danger of dissipation or luxuriousness, for it implies that he in some measure emulate their heroes, and consecrate morning hours to their pages.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“He yaf me al the bridel in myn hand,
To han the governance of hous and land,
And of his tonge and his hand also;”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)