Meetings
All ANU students are members of ANU Observer by default. All members are welcome to attend and vote at General Meetings, which are held at least once per semester.
Editors, the News Team and the Visual Team meet weekly. The Board meets approximately once every month. These meetings are confidential in nature and so are open only to Observer officers. You can find the public minutes for these meetings below.
General Meetings
General Meetings are open to all ANU students. They are the only meetings at which changes to the ANU Observer Constitution can be made, and at which the annual elections for Elected Officer roles take place. The next General Meeting will occur in September 2024. Please submit any agenda items you may have to [email protected].
Board Meetings
Board Meetings are only open to members of the Board of Directors. As the governing body of the ANU Observer, Board Meetings focus on governance, policy, and the ANU Observer’s strategic vision. These meetings occur approximately once every month, unless an additionals emergency meeting is called.
Further board meetings from the last three years can be found here.
Documents
Finances
2024 Allocation
ANU has offered Observer an allocation of $116,548.91. You can find the information regarding the allocations here.
You can view Observer’s 2023 budget here.
Allowance Payments
The following amounts are proposed to be paid as allowances for the first and second payment periods:
Note: any ANU student is able to contact the ANU Observer Arbitration Panel at [email protected] and request that an elected official have their allowance reduced. For more information on this, please refer to the Honorarium Submission Guide.
2024 Payment Period 5
Editor-in-Chief: $2036.36
Editor (2): $2036.36
Visual Executive: $2036.36
Finance Executive: $1527.27
Web Executive: $509.09
Community Executive: $509.09
Secretary: $509.09
2024 Payment Period 4
Editor-in-Chief: $2036.36
Editor (2): $2036.36
Visual Executive: $2036.36
Finance Executive: $1527.27
Web Executive: $509.09
Community Executive: $509.09
Secretary: $509.09
2024 Payment Period 3
Editor-in-Chief: $1829.03
Editor (2):1829.03
Visual Executive: $1829.03
Finance Executive: $1371.83
Web Executive: $457.48
Community Executive: $457.48
Secretary: $457.43
2024 Payment Period 2
Editor-in-Chief: $2036.36
Editor (2):$2036.36
Visual Executive: $2036.36
Finance Executive: $1527.27
Web Executive: $509.09
Community Executive: $509.09
Secretary: $509.09
2024 Payment Period 1
Editor-in-Chief: $1930.33
Editor (3): $1930.33
Visual Executive: $1930.33
Finance Executive: $1447.75
Web Executive: $482.58
Community Executive: $482.58
Secretary: $482.58
2023 Payment Period 5
Richard Chun: $1530.48
James Weatherman: $510.16
Hannah Farrow: $2040.63
Will Novak: $2040.63
Mackenzie Watkins: $510.16
Nuria Olive: $2040.16
Ryan Bourke: $2040.16
Anneysha Sarkar: $510.16
2023 Payment Period 4
Richard Chun: $1603.36
James Weatherman: $534.45
Hannah Farrow: $2137.81
Will Novak: $2137.81
Mackenzie Watkins: $534.45
Nuria Olive: $2137.81
Ryan Bourke: $2137.81
2023 Payment Period 3
Hannah Farrow: $2525.28
Ryan Bourke: $2244.70
Eleanor Ellis: $2244.70
Will Novak: $2525.28
Richard Chun: $1683.52
2023 Payment Period 2
Hannah Farrow: $3135.45
James Day: $2280.33
Eleanor Ellis: $2280.33
Will Novak: $2850.41
Richard Chun: $1140.16
Ryan Bourke: $1140.16
2023 Payment Period 1
Hannah Farrow: $3135.45
James Day: $2280.33
Eleanor Ellis: $2280.33
Will Novak: $2850.41
Richard Chun: $1140.16
Ryan Bourke: $1140.16
Audit Reports
Previous Funding
Due to the impacts of COVID-19 in 2020, the University provided Observer with an additional $2,500 for use in 2021. This amount did not derive from the 2021 SSAF pool.
Furthermore, Observer was allowed to re-allocate uncommitted funds from 2020 to the 2021 budget.
The ANU Observer received a SEEF grant in 2017. This paid for our incorporation fees and 2017 website costs.