National Council

The National Council is the governing body of the Scout Association of Australia,
and is appointed pursuant to the provisions of its Royal Charter.

Chief Scout of Australia

Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AC CVO
Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia

Chief Scouts of Branches

Australian Capital Territory - Vacant
New South Wales - Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO
Northern Territory - Her Honour The Hon. Sally Thomas AM
Queensland - Her Excellency Ms Penelope Wensley AC
South Australia - His Excellency Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce AC CSC RANR
Tasmania - His Excellency The Hon. Peter Underwood AC
Victoria - His Excellency The Hon. Alex Chernov AC QC
Western Australia - His Excellency Mr Malcolm McCusker AC CVO QC

National President (Acting)

Mr Neil Westaway AM 

Senior Vice President

Mr Neil Westaway AM 

Vice President

Dr Bruce Munro AM 

Life Members

Mrs Kirsty Brown OAM
Mr HK (Chick) Carey AM
Mr Clifford Farmer OAM
Mr Wayne Geale OAM
Dr Bruce Munro AM
Mr John Ravenhall AM
Mr A Leon Tannahill AM
Dr William Wells AM
Mr Neil Westaway AM

Members

Office Bearers
Mrs Kirsty Brown OAM 
Mr Christopher Bates
Mr John Clarke
Mr Peter Harris OAM
Mr Elston Hynd
Mr Larry Lucas
Mr Shane McCorkell JP
Mr Douglas Menzies
Dr Bruce Munro AM
Ms Christina Neilsen
Mr Michael Patten
Ms Nicole Strachan
Mr Robert Taylor
Mr Neville Tomkins OAM JP
Mr Neil Westaway AM
Mr Reginald Williams RFD

Other Members
Mr David Abell
Mr Hamish Baird
Ms Annie Black
Mr Peter Blatch OAM
Mr Hilton Bloomfield
Mr Adam Buckle
Mr Mark Burfield
Mr Ormonde (Roger) Butler OAM
Mr Nigel Clutterbuck
Mr Graham Coates
Mr John Cornish
Mr David Cossart
Mrs Julie Creed OAM
Mr Ron Critcher
Mr John de Wijn QC
The Hon. Sir William Deane AC KBE
Mr Paul Dickson
Mr Leo Farrelly
Mr Trevor Fearnley AM
Mrs Leneen Forde AC
Mr Graeme Fordham AM
Mr Alexander Forrest
Mr Michael Freeman
Mr Thomas Hartley
Mr Ben Hoffman
Mr Parrish Hull
The Hon. Greg James QC
Mr David Jones AM FCA
Mr Jonathan Karlovsky
Mr George Kolsky OAM
Mr Ian Langford-Brown
Mr John Leece OAM
Mr Andrew Lock OAM
Mr Derek Martin OAM
Mr Patrick McCormick JP
Mr Greg McDougall
Justice John McKechnie QC
Mrs Joscelyn McKenna
Ms Daphne Mitchell
Mrs Susan Mitchell
Mr Geoff Morgan
Mr Kevin Moss
Mr Luke O'Brien
Mr Philip Oldfield
Mr Ron Pate OAM OBE (Gone Home)
Major General John Pearn AM RFD (Rtd)
Ms Holly Playford
Mr John Ralph AC
Mr Craig Ray
Mr Peter Read
Mr Terry Ryan
Mr Daryl Scott
Mr Myles Stanley
Mr Graham Strickland
Mr Peter Styles
Mr Robert Unger
Mr Sam Walsh AO
Mr Peter Walton CF
Mr Peter Washusen
Mr Kim Wells MLA
Mr Brenton Whittenbury
Mr Chris Wilkinson
Mr Christopher Wise
The Hon. Glen Williams AO
Major General Neil Wilson AM RFD
Mr David Young

 

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