The Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 (the RO Act) requires that every office in an organisation, and in a branch of an organisation, must be elected. It's an important way of ensuring democratic control, which is one of the objectives of the RO Act.
Organisation rules must require elections for all officers and include information about:
The rules may also provide processes to fill casual vacancies.
You can find out more about what the rules must include and access your rules.
Understand the 7 steps of the election process.
Learn who conducts elections, voting methods and exemptions.
Understand when you need to hold these types of elections.
People convicted of certain offences are not allowed to hold office.
Understand illegal election conduct.
Learn about our program to remind organisations when an election is due.