{"id":37547,"date":"2026-04-21T14:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T06:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/?page_id=37547"},"modified":"2026-09-01T11:19:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T03:19:49","slug":"election-of-an-academic-staff-member-to-the-university-council-casual-vacancy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/governance\/secretariat\/elections\/call-for-nominations\/election-of-an-academic-staff-member-to-the-university-council-casual-vacancy\/","title":{"rendered":"Election of an Academic Staff Member to the UniSuper Consultative Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Call for nominations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9d260ee2 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong>Term of office: Commencing from 7 October 2026 for a term of four (4) years<\/strong><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This is a call for nominations for the election of a representative from Curtin University to the UniSuper Consultative Committee, being an academic staff member of the University and a member of UniSuper.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This call is made because the term of office of the current member, Professor Dale Pinto, expires on 6 October 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UniSuper Consultative Committee was established by the <em>UniSuper Consolidated Trust Deed <\/em>and provides advice and recommendations to the Trustee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clause 9.1 provides that the academic representative of the UniSuper Consultative Committee shall include an academic representative \u2018<em>who is a member entitled to benefits under the Defined Benefit Division or is a Division C14 member; a member of the academic staff of the university; and elected 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