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Report of the Returning Officer 

Following a call for nominations to elect two members of the academic staff of the University to the ������ƵCouncil, a total of four nominations were received for the two positions.  This election has two categories:   

• One member must have duties with a predominant research focus (‘the Academic staff (Institute) member”)
• One member must have duties involving both teaching and research (“the Academic staff (Faculties) member”).

One nomination was received for the Academic staff (Institute) member.  Therefore, as Returning Officer, I declare that Professor Sasha (Alexander) Mikheyev has been elected unopposed.

Three nominations were received for the Academic staff (Faculties) member. Following the close of voting at 5pm on Friday 4 September, the electronic count was conducted by the Returning Officer and University Governance Office via Teams at 9:30am Monday 7 September 2026, with two nominated scrutineers and an observer from the University Legal Office in attendance.

Following the count, I declare that Dr Jessie Moritz is elected to Council. 

Professor Mikheyev and Dr Moritz will hold office from 30 September 2026 until 29 September 2028.

For more information regarding ������ƵCouncil Elections, timetables and election rules, please direct all enquiries to me via email returning.officer@anu.edu.au.

Regards,

Jennifer Hutchinson
University Secretary
Returning Officer