Secretary’s Report for

2010 Annual General Meeting

1. At present our membership numbers 3,907 including 390 police widows and 616 members over the age of 80 years. We also have as members 98 Police Chaplains.

2. During the past 12 months 75 retiring police and police widows have joined our ranks, but in the same period there have been 134 deaths, not all being RPA members.

3. According to the records our oldest member now is Clarence Cummin LONSDALE, former Regd. No. 3583 who is 99 years of age. Our youngest member is Social member, Amanda Jane CLOSE, 31 years of age, who happens to be a serving police officer in Queensland but is very active in the Brisbane & Northern Suburbs Branch. Just recently I had the opportunity to meet Amanda at Yamba when I visited the Social & Fishing Activity conducted by the Northern Rivers Branch. She is a keen fisherwoman and will be very involved in the 2011 Fishing week which is expected to be conducted in the Noosa Heads area. We have two retired Police officer members, Alison SMITH and Sally MILES who are both 34 years of age.

4. During the year members of the Committee of Management attended the branch meetings of Brisbane & Northern Suburbs, Gold Coast, Central Tablelands, Hornsby & District, Manning Great Lakes, Mid North Coast, Penrith Blue Mountains and Sydney. They also attended functions organised by Central Coast, Penrith Blue Mountains and Northern Rivers Branches.

5. Members will be aware that action to create a National Police Service Medal has been progressing over the past couple of years. I would like to take this opportunity to bring you up to date on developments. Subject to the Queens assent it is expected that a medal will be struck and commence to be issued in September/October this year. It has always been our position that the proposed medal should be made available to qualified retirees and that position was endorsed by the Police Federation of Australia who was involved in the development of the initial proposal. The representatives from States and Territories who participated in meetings leading to the proposal for the medal declined to support its extension to include retirees and the medal will be made available to Police who were qualified for its issue as at 30 October 2008.

"After enquiry and consideration we agreed to await the actual issue before commencing action to seek its issue to all qualified retirees and we have called on the incoming Committee of Management to undertake that task. In that regard it is therefore requested that all remain patient. From a personal view, such intended action will involve all qualified retired Police officers throughout Australia and I suggest that will be a voice which should certainly be heard".  

6. I want to make mention of the retirement of our Treasurer, Roy Leabeater. Roy has given extremely long and faithful service in that capacity for many, many years and I suggest his efforts are worthy of special note. On a personal level I thank him for his assistance to me in my position as State Secretary. Roy has nominated for a Committee member position so I expect his contribution to the management of this Association will continue.

7. I would like to thank the branch secretaries for their assistance to me since I occupied this position. There have been times when my learning the function has been difficult but with their help and patience, and especially the assistance of Barry Hocking, I have survived and I am grateful.

8. I am confident that this Association will continue to grow and will remain popular with retirees and their spouses. I look forward to the coming year with both enthusiasm and confidence.

Peter Rankin

State Secretary

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