Vic Alhadeff elected director for Australian Republic Movement campaign
Former CEO of The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies, Vic Alhadeff, has been elected one of nine new directors of the national committee of the Australian Republic Movement.
Vic Alhadeff
It comes as the campaign witnesses a resurgence of support with thousands of new volunteers and members joining the campaign in recent weeks.
Alhadeff joins social justice advocate, author, Adjunct Professor and former Socceroo Captain Craig Foster, who was elected alongside Olympic and Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist Nova Peris – who was also the first Aboriginal woman elected to the Federal Parliament in 2013. Adding further media clout is veteran media presenter and University of Sydney mathematics ambassador Adam Spencer.
Vic Alhadeff will bring extensive leadership experience in media and multicultural affairs (including as the former Chair of Multicultural NSW as well as the NSWJBD.
They join experienced non-executive director and author Marina Go, a trailblazer for women on corporate boards across the energy, retail and infrastructure sectors and Chair of Adore Beauty.
Climate 200 Executive Director Byron Fay will bring proven political and campaign nous, as will next generation leaders Tiffany O’Keefe (Policy Advisor and Executive Director of the Australian Conservation Alliance), SDA industrial officer Anthony Lay and newly elected National Youth Convenor Michael Cooney.
Incumbent ARM Senior Deputy Chair Meredith Doig (President of the Rationalist Society) and activist and campaigner Tarang Chawla were also re-elected.
Together with existing State and Territory Branch Convenors on the National Committee the elected directors will elect a new Chair and Executive when they take office on 15 November 2022.
ARM CEO Sandy Biar said the election result has brought fresh new energy, experience and diversity that will transform the ARM and the campaign for an Australian republic.
“The campaign for an Australian republic has a once-in-a-generation opportunity over the coming years to lay the foundation for this historic step forward as a nation.”
“With these outstanding directors leading the campaign, we’ll have every chance of securing and winning a referendum so that Australia can finally have an Australian Head of State that is chosen by Australians and represents us” said Mr Biar.
FORMER community leader Vic Alhadeff has been elected to the national committee of the Australian Republic Movement (ARM).
Currently a non-executive director of SBS, Alhadeff is former CEO of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies, former Chair of Multicultural NSW and former editor of the Australian Jewish News.
Vic Alhadeff said: “It’s about our national identity and national dignity. The First Nations have been here for 60,000 years and we are one of the most multicultural countries on earth. It’s time that these significant realities are reflected in who we are as a nation, in who our head of state is and in who represents this nation on the world stage. That person should be an Australian.”
Long-time ARM chair Peter FitzSimons did not re-nominate for election to the national committee, which means a new chair will be elected by the members of the committee.
In May 2021 Alhadeff received The Premier’s Award from then-Premier Gladys Berejiklian for his contribution to civil society.
ARM his little support and celebrities in the organisation wont help them . Most republics are basket cases. The republican movement was defeated over 20 years ago in a referendum with all 6 states and the NT supporting the status quo. Only ACT was out of step with the rest of the nation. The same will happen in future as Constitutional Monarchies work. .Long Live King Charles 111.
The Boards of Deputies are often headed by woke, left-wing, politically correct activists who are on the extreme left of the Jewish community.