CPSU, the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU)

About the CPSU

Organisation type and coverage: employees in connection with the public sector industry

Financial year: 1 July to 30 June.

Date of registration: 6 November 1913, originally as the Australian Commonwealth Public Service Clerical Association

The organisation, with its groups and branches, have their elections conducted by the AEC. There are 2 groups and 8 branches in the organisation.

Each group and branch is a reporting unit for the purposes of lodging financial reports.

The organisation’s groups are the PSU Group and the SPSF Group, with the SPSF Group being further divided into branches.

The organisation, each group (PSU and SPSF) and most of the branches of the SPSF Group have their own rules by which they are governed. 

The management and control of the organisation is vested in the National Officers Committee, which consists of officers who are elected by and from each group.

For the current rules, information on rules, rule alterations and permits, please see the Fair Work Commission website. These matters are dealt with by the Fair Work Commission.

The organisation's rules and rule alterations are available in a table here.