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Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations
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The Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations (CAPA) is the peak representative body for postgraduate students in Australia. CAPA's members are 33 postgraduate associations and the National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Postgraduate Association (NATSIPA). CAPA provides member associations with representation to the Federal government, and peak bodies such as the Australian Research Council and Universities Australia, on issues affecting postgraduate students in Australia. In 2017, Australia had over 400,000 postgraduate students, representing one quarter of all tertiary students in Australia.[1]
Recognising the dual roles of many postgraduate students, CAPA works in collaboration with the National Union of Students where matters impact on all students (such as voluntary student unionism and funding for higher education), and with the National Tertiary Education Union regarding issues of employment in the tertiary education sector, particularly on the casualisation of the academic workforce.
CAPA has an office located at the NTEU National office in Melbourne, Victoria. Its Annual Council Meeting (ACM), where organisational issues and policy directives are decided, is hosted by a different constituent organisation each year.
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History
CAPA was founded in 1979 by a coalition of ten postgraduate organisations in order to protest taxation on postgraduate research scholarships.[2] Historically, CAPA has been concerned with lobbying around fees on postgraduate degrees.
In 1998, a separate organisation, the National Indigenous Postgraduate Association (NIPA) was formed within CAPA.[3] This association became the National Indigenous Postgraduate Association Aboriginal Corporation (NIPAAC) in 1999, and was later restructured as the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Postgraduate Association (NATSIPA) in 2015.
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CAPA consists of elected representatives who sit on the Board and the National Representative Council. Board Directors are elected with terms of 2 years, and are the governing committee under the Association Incorporation Reform Act. Whereas, the National Representative Committee are elected with terms of 1 year and execute CAPA's representative and advocacy functions. Elections are held at the Annual Council Meeting by the membership, which is held in November or December.
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2025 Board of directors
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Past office bearers
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| Board Directors | |||
| Year | Type | Name | University |
| 2019 - 2021 (Resigned September 2021) | Elected | Peter Watson | University of Western Australia |
| 2019 (Resigned July 2019) | Elected | Naomi Hastings | Western Sydney University |
| 2019 | Elected | Zyl Hovenga-Wauchope | The Australian National University |
| 2019 - 2021 | Elected | May Majimbi | Curtin University |
| 2019 - 2021 | Elected | Saira Khan | Griffith University |
| 2020 - 2020 | Elected | Adam Scorgie | The University of Adelaide |
| 2020 - 2021 | Elected | Nithin Reddy | Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology |
| 2020 - 2021 | Elected | Aidan Cornelius-Bell | Flinders University |
| 2020 (August) - 2021 (Resigned November 2021) | Appointed | Jessica Lu | Monash University |
| 2020 (August) - 2021 (Resigned September 2021) | Appointed | Tiana Bastow | The University of Adelaide |
| 2020 (August) - 2021 (Resigned November 2021) | Appointed | Brinda Asarpota | Curtin University |
| 2021 (Resigned September 2021) | Elected | Jeremy Waite | The University of Melbourne |
| 2021 | Elected | Nidzam Shah Hussain | Swinburne University of Technology |
| 2021 - 2022 | Elected | Simran Kaur | Griffith University |
| 2022 - 2023 | Appointed | Shriya Henry | Swinburne University of Technology |
| 2022 - 2023 | Appointed | Karan Mehta | Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology |
| 2022 - 2023 | Appointed | Alan Wang | Deakin University |
| 2022 - 2023 | Appointed | Vineet Prabhakar | Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology |
| 2022 (Resigned September 2022) | Elected | Edward Satchell | The University of South Australia |
| 2023 (Resigned July 2023) | Elected | Radhik Rammohan | Monash University |
| 2023 - 2024 | Elected | Muhammad Rana | Charles Sturt University |
| 2024 | Elected | Jesse Gardner-Russell | The University of Melbourne |
| 2024 (Resigned July 2024) | Elected | Kishaun Thiruvelcham | Swinburne University of Technology |
| 2024 - Present | Elected | Viknash VM | University of Western Australia |
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Executive and Research Officer - Policy and Research Officer
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Notable People
Below is a non-exhaustive list of some notable former executives and their achievements.
- Prof. Bronwyn Fredericks FAHA - 1997 National President, current Deputy Vice Chancellor (Indigenous Engagement) at The University of Queensland..
- Prof. Barry Judge - 1994 Indigenous Peoples Liaison Officer, current Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous) at the University of Melbourne.
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