2024 Student Guild election nominations released!

*This article was edited 9:12am 18 September 2024.

The nominations for the 2024 Guild Elections have been announced! This year we have seen a huge increase in nominations, both in parties and individual students.

In total, 81 candidates nominated for positions in the QUT Student Guild in the 2024 election. This is an impressive increase from 2023, which saw a total of 44 candidates nominated. That’s a whopping 84% increase in candidates!

There are four main parties this year, with a deluge of Independant candidates nominated for most of the positions. The parties are Elevate (with previous Education Officer Emme Muggleton as President), Revive (with newcomer Karsten Duvel as President), Reform (with another newcomer Louis Nguyen as President), and Left Action Free Palestine!

It’s unclear at this stage whether this year’s Reform party are connected to the 2023 Reform party, which had previous President Aaron Bui as leader and included several current members of the SRC.

Elevate might be bringing the incumbents but Revive are bringing the numbers; Revive have a total of 20 students nominated, taking the lead over Elevate with 14 candidates. However, Elevate brings experience with around half the candidates previously serving as members of the Student Representative Council.

Another significant difference in this election cycle is that almost every position is contested, compared to last year which saw the majority of positions automatically filled due to being uncontested with only one candidate nominated.

The only position that has been elected uncontested is the Women’s Officer, filled by Revive member Gretchen Beyer.

Voting is open to all current QUT students and will occur electronically during Week 13. Polls will open here Monday 21 Oct 2024 and will close Thursday 24 Oct 2024.

Successful nominees will assume their respective roles from 1 December 2024.

For more Guild Election coverage, stay turned for our candidate statements, special edition print magazine, and (hopefully) a Presidential debate.

See below for the complete list of candidates.

PositionCandidatesElectoral Group
PresidentEmme Muggleton
Karsten Duvel
Louis Nguyen
Elevate
Revive
Reform

Vice President (Secretary)
Sebastian Page
Lily Cooke
Hoi Yan Pun
Elevate
Revive
Independent
TreasurerElijah Haring
Gaurang Aggarwal
Yash Rao
Holly Hudson
Samuel Hulls
Independent
Elevate
Independent
Revive
Reform
Welfare OfficerSteven H Wu
Eden Falconer
Lou Nan Sandrine Yoro Epse Gallagher
Isaac Oliver
Elevate
Revive
Independent

Independent
Education OfficerJuan Vargas Duque
Chloe Dickinson
Erin Milne
Elevate
Revive
Left Action Free Palestine!
Engagement OfficerOjas Munjal
Marshall Leeson
Lanhui Sun
Elevate
Revive
Independent
Clubs and Societies OfficerJake Olver
Nicholas Vile
Elevate
Revive
Queer OfficerHoney Herrenberg
Lauren Cuthbert
Jackson Taylor
Lily Stacey
Independent
Elevate
Revive
Independent
Women’s OfficerGretchen BeyerRevive
Environment OfficerMilani Rawlinson
Connor Mudie
Isabella Tonkin-Jones
Georgie Dobbs
Independent
Independent
Revive
Left Action Free Palestine!
Disability OfficerBrock May
Ethan Johnstone
Independent
Elevate
First Nations OfficerMitchell Swift
Aaron John Lee
Alicia Wilson
Independent
Elevate
Revive
International OfficerIshikasudheer Janga
Akshat Jain
Manish Chauhan
Shi Ying Chua
Agamvir Singh Bal
Manya Sharma
Independent
Independent
Independent
Independent
Independent
Independent
Postgraduate Students OfficerOscar Wilkinson
Maria Ramos
Ziyuan Yao
Elevate
Independent
Independent
Science Councillor (2 positions available)Aditya Vyas
Aaron Atkinson
Jarrah Wikaira
Revive
Left Action Free Palestine!
Independent
Engineering Councillor (2 positions available)Michael Pendergast
Patrick Maloney
Jordan McAlister
Mason Archer
Jackson Radel
Elevate
Elevate
Independent
Revive
Revive
Business & Law Councillor (2 positions available)Calissa Leyden
Oriel Hull
Coby Davis
Yuanyi Tham
Hayang Lowlilo
Angus Fraser
Elevate
Revive
Revive
Left Action Free Palestine!
Left Action Free Palestine!
Reform
Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice Councillor 2 positions available)Ashlyn Crompton
Hanna Weinert
Isabella Foley
Elowyn Gampe
Revive
Revive
Left Action Free Palestine!
Left Action Free Palestine!
Health Councillor (2 positions available)Emma Hunter
Sarah Vilumsons
Maya Rawlinson
Revive
Revive
Independent
Board MemberCormack Anning
Emily Jones
Archer Skinner
Independent
Independent
Independent
Media Editor (1 role, shared among up to 5 people)Kate Jiew
Angela Aliaga
Aaron Hawkins
Lilly Reynolds
Preet Bulchandani
Stella Xin Yi Oh
Tejal Thakur
Riley Bampton
Ada Ogieglo
Independent
Independent
Independent
Independent
Independent
Independent
Independent
Independent
Independent
NUS Delegate (7 positions)Mitchell Swift*
Akshat Jain*
Emme Muggleton*
Sebastian Page*
Michael Pendergast*
Cormack Anning*
Agamvir Singh Bal*
Karsten Duvel*
Lily Cooke*
Chloe Dickinson*
Marshall Leeson*
Nicholas Vile*
Jackson Radel*
Maya Rawlinson*
Milani Rawlinson*
Erin Milne*
Georgie Dobbs*
Isabella Foley*
Elowyn Gampe*
Yuanyi Tham*
Hayang Lowlilo*
Georgia Newell
Samuel Hulls*
Sajal Kaushik
Archer Skinner*
Louis Nguyen*
Independent
Independent
Elevate
Elevate
Elevate
Independent
Independent
Revive
Revive
Revive
Revive
Revive
Revive
Independent
Independent
Left Action Free Palestine!
Left Action Free Palestine!
Left Action Free Palestine!
Left Action Free Palestine!
Left Action Free Palestine!
Left Action Free Palestine!
Left Action Free Palestine!
Reform
Independent
Independent
Reform

*Candidate also nominated for Officer or Board member role.

Celeste Muller
Celeste Muller

Celeste (she/her) is a Meanjin/Brisbane based writer and Editor at Glass Media. She has a Bachelor's degree in Design (Interior Design) and is currently studying Journalism and Economics at QUT.

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