ESA NSW Branch - AGM 2025
Date
From: Thursday September 25, 2025, 5:15 pm
To: Thursday September 25, 2025, 8:00 pm
AGM 2025 and Social Function
Notice is hereby given of the next Annual General Meeting of the Economic Society of Australia (NSW). Following the AGM will be a social function and seminar. The AGM is open to all members, but non-members may attend the social function.
| Date: | Thursday 25 September 2025 | |
| Time: | Arrive at 5.00pm, for 5.15pm start until 6.00pmpm (AEST) OR join online via Microsoft Teams | |
| Nominations: |
To be received by Thursday 18 September 2025 | |
| Location |
Macquarie University City Campus, Level 24, 123 Pitt Street, Sydney (Online) Via Microsoft Teams - link to join will be sent following your registration. Please let us know in the registration whether you will be attending in-person or via Microsoft Teams |
If you would like to attend, please register below.
The AGM will commence at 5.15pm sharp and be followed by a social function and seminar commencing at 6pm.
Registrations received on or after Monday 22 September will need to be attended via Microsoft Teams.
SEMINAR DETAILS
Join us for “USAID Cuts, Australia, and the Future of International Aid and Development,” presented by Roland Rajah, Lead Economist at the Lowy Institute and Director of its Indo-Pacific Development Centre.Abstract:
Abstract:
Global aid is under pressure. Major donors like the US, UK, and parts of Europe are dramatically cutting back—just as the world faces more instability, climate threats, and competition for influence. In this wide-ranging talk, Roland Rajah will explore what these shifts mean for the future of development cooperation: from whether aid really works, to China’s growing role, the implications for climate finance, whether the private sector can fill the gap, and the outlook for Australia’s aid in the Pacific, Southeast Asia, and beyond.
AGM DETAILS:
The following information is provided to help members understand ESA NSW Governance, and the role of the AGM including the election of council members (see ESA NSW Branch Constitution)
Part 3 - The Council
- Powers of the Council
Subject to the Act, the Regulation and this constitution and to any resolution passed by the Society in general meeting, the Council:
(a) is to control and manage the affairs of the Society, and
(b) may exercise all such functions as may be exercised by the Society, other than those functions that are required by this constitution to be exercised by a general meeting of members of the Society, and
(c) has power to perform all such acts and do all such things as appear to the Council to be necessary or desirable for the proper management of the affairs of the Society.
- Composition and membership of the Council
(1) The Council is to consist of:
(a) the office-bearers of the Society, and
(b) not more than 7 other elected members, each of whom is to be elected at the annual general meeting of the Society under clause 15.
(2) In addition, the elected Council shall have the power to co-opt additional nonvoting members.
(3) The office-bearers of the Society are as follows:
(a) the president,
(b) two vice-presidents,
(c) the treasurer,
(d) the secretary.
(4) A Council member may hold up to 2 offices (other than both the president and vice-president offices).
(5) There is no maximum number of consecutive terms for which a Council member may hold office.
(6) Each member of the Council is, subject to this constitution, to hold office until the conclusion of the annual general meeting following the date of the member’s election, but is eligible for re-election.
- Election of Council members
(1) Nominations of candidates for election as office-bearers of the Society or as ordinary Council members:
(a) must be made in writing, signed by 2 members of the Society and accompanied by the written consent of the candidate (which may be endorsed on the form of the nomination), and
(b) must be delivered to the secretary of the Society at least 7 days before the date fixed for the holding of the annual general meeting at which the election is to take place.
(2) If insufficient nominations are received to fill all vacancies on the Council, the candidates nominated are taken to be elected and further nominations are to be received at the annual general meeting.
(3) If insufficient further nominations are received, any vacant positions remaining on the Council are taken to be casual vacancies.
(4) If the number of nominations received is equal to the number of vacancies to be filled, the persons nominated are taken to be elected.
(5) If the number of nominations received exceeds the number of vacancies to be filled, a ballot is to be held.
(6) The ballot for the election of office-bearers and ordinary Council members of the Council is to be conducted by postal ballot or online ballot or at the annual general meeting in such usual and proper manner as the Council may direct.
(7) A person nominated as a candidate for election as an office-bearer or as an ordinary Council member of the Society must be a member of the Society.
Members will be able to access the Audited Financial Statements on the ESA NSW Branch website.
Anyone interested in standing for the Council who would like more information, for example on the extent of commitment involved, please email admin@esansw.org.au, and one of the current council members will make contact. Sections 16 and 17 of the Constitution set out the responsibilities of the Secretary and Treasurer.
Nominations for Council
Nominations must be provided to the Secretary by 5pm on 18th September 2025 (per s15(1a)) – please submit via admin@esansw.org.au. You must be a current member to nominate.
Nomination via email is acceptable. Please put “Nomination ESA Council” in the Subject heading. The email should include a statement “I am nominating for the Council of the NSW Branch of the Economic Society of Australia”, and your name, contact details, and date. You must also include the names and contact details for 2 current members who will endorse your nomination. You may provide further details if you wish, such as current employment.
Endorsing emails from 2 current Members should put “Nomination ESA Council - Endorsement” in the Subject heading. The email should include a statement “I endorse the nomination of (insert name) for (insert role) on the Council of the NSW Branch of the Economic Society of Australia, and your name, contact details, and date.
If there is more than one nomination for any of the Council positions, a ballot will be held at the AGM per s15(6) of the Constitution. All attendees including online attendees may vote in any ballot.
Nominations must be received via email by Thursday 18 September 2025.
If you wish to attend the AGM and/or the Seminar and Social Function you will need to register and further details will be sent to you in advance of the meeting.
The Seminar: USAID Cuts, Australia, and the Future of International Aid and Development presenter Roland Rajah is Lead Economist at the Lowy Institute and Director of its Indo-Pacific Development Centre.
Roland Rajah's work focuses on economic development, aid, climate finance, trade, and geoeconomics. His research and commentary are frequently featured in leading domestic and global media, including the Financial Times, Bloomberg, and the Economist. Roland has spent two decades working across both emerging Asia and the small island developing states of the Pacific as an economist, researcher, and development practitioner. Before joining the Lowy Institute he worked with the Asian Development Bank and Australian Agency for International Development, as well as briefly with the Reserve Bank of Australia. Roland holds a master’s degree in economics from the Australian National University, where he was awarded the Helen Hughes Prize in International and Development Economics. He also serves on the board of the Cambodia Development Resource Institute, one of Southeast Asia’s leading independent policy research think tanks.
Bookings are now closed
Venue
Macquarie University City Campus. Please see reception on Level 24 upon arrival. OR join online via Microsoft Teams
Level 24/123 Pitt St, Sydney NSW 2000