The National Union of Students (NUS) is the peak representative and advocacy body for Australian University students. Each year in December, the NUS holds its National Conference (NatCon) in Melbourne, where delegates elected from all affiliated Universities across Australia vote on the next year’s policy platform and hold elections for office-bearers and state-branch leadership.
As an affiliated entity, USASA facilitates the election of these delegates for UniSA. We usually hold it alongside the Board Election, but this year it will be standalone because of the merger.
The following timeline has been established for the election of the 7 delegates from UniSA that earn a vote at the 2025 National Conference:
Instructions for nominating:
You must fill out the form linked above and also attend a compulsory candidate briefing on Zoom. You can select the time and date of the briefing you will attend as part of the form.
This form has three pages:
Your nomination statment must be no longer than 250 words. This statement should explain who you are and why people should vote for you. The Returning Officer may require you to make amendments to this statement. You will be informed whether your nomination statement is approved and given plenty of time to make changes before voting opens.
Your candidate photo must have only english characters in the title and the files must be no larger than 1 MB, and be one of the following types: GIF image (.gif), JPEG image (.jpeg), JPEG image (.jpg), or PNG image (.png)
Every month, each member of the USASA Board writes a report on what they've been up to. Click on their names to read their reports and more.
President: Oliver Shephard-Bayly
Postgraduate Student Rep: Dasuni Imansa Jaburuthugoda Gamarachchige
Aboriginal and Torrest Strait Islander Student Rep: Rhys Peden
International Student Rep: Vacant
City West Student Rep: Haider Surka
City West Undergraduate Student Rep: Yeshaiah Varona
City East Student Rep: Meetali
City East Undergraduate Student Rep: Sasha Yildirimci
Magill Student Rep: Shefali Mhatre
Magill Undergraduate Student Rep: Shaana Sihota
Mawson Lakes Student Rep: Surya Tomar
Mawson Lakes Undergraduate Student Rep: Husan Ara
Mount Gambier Student Rep: Dakota Caines
Whyalla Student Rep: Lilly Henwood
UniSA Online Student Rep: Lily Durkin
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