Pharmacy Daily | Guild election deadline

PHARMACY Guild of Australia members have until 5pm (AEDT) tomorrow, to cast their ballots for representatives standing in their State or Territory branch.

A number of branches have already confirmed their Presidents, with Trent Twomey (Queensland), Anthony Tassone (Victoria), Simon Blacker (ACT) and Nick Panayiaris (South Australia) returned unopposed, while Helen O'Byrne became the new Tasmanian Branch President, succeeding John Dowling.

The NSW Branch President's position is being contested by incumbent, David Heffernan; current Branch Vice President, Paul Jones; and Tim Hewitt.

In the Northern Territory, Peter Hatwell and Travis Lindsay, are going head-to-head to succeed Terry Battalis, as Branch President.

NSW is the only branch where members will be asked to cast their votes for each available Committee position, with six candidates - Mario Barone, John Black, Catherine Bronger, Judith Plunkett, Rick Samimi and Adele Tahan - running for three Vice President positions, with Black the only one of that group not putting his name forward for one of two National Councillor roles.

Plunkett and Tahan have also nominated to run for the state's three Alternate National Councillor slots, with Robert King and Luke van der Rijt also standing for those positions.

Current Victorian Vice Presidents, Grace Chong and Kin Chong, are running alongside Paul Krassaris, Angelo Pricolo and Marylin Tsitonakis, for the state's three Vice President positions.

Grace Chong will also go head-to- head against Krassaris to represent the State on the National Council.

The three South Australian Branch Vice President positons are being contested by Marc Apolloni, Irfan Hashmi, Gregory Scarlett and Paul Simmons.

Apolloni, Hashmi and Scarlett will also run-off to represent SA on the National Council, with Hashmi, Simmons, Matthew Gillespie and Rabia Kajani competing for two Alternate National Councillor roles.