SURF LIFE SAVING AUSTRALIA ANNUAL REPORT 2007–08

DIRECTORS’ REPORT
Your Directors present this report on Surf Life Saving
Australia Limited for the fi nancial year ended 30 June 2008.
1. DIRECTORS
The names of each person who has been a Director
during the year and at the date of this report are:
Directors
Ronald Edwin Rankin AM Consultant
Gregory James Bird Communications Consultant
Kenneth Charles Bird OAM Company Director
Robert William Creek Data Centre Manager
John Buchanan Fitzgerald Teacher
Peter Brian George AM Banker
Brett Harrod Company Director
(Resigned 1 June 2008)
Anthony Michael Haven Senior Manager
(Appointed 1 June 2008)
William Brame Jamieson AFSM District Offi cer
Michael James Martin Company Director
Allen Michael Smith Finance Broker
(Resigned 6 September 2008)
Mark Irwin Company Director
(Appointed 6 September 2008)
David Paul Thompson Commercial Business Manager
Directors have been in offi ce since the start of the
fi nancial year unless otherwise stated.
2. COMPANY SECRETARY
The following person held the position of Surf Life Saving
Australia Limited secretary during the fi nancial year:
Brett Duncan Williamson OAM.
3. REVIEW OF OPERATIONS
Operations of the company and its controlled entities
for the fi nancial year did not vary from previous years.
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4. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The net consolidated profi t of the consolidated
entity for the fi nancial year ended 30 June 2008
was $2,176,136 (2007: $2,809,286).
5. SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN
STATE OF AFFAIRS
There were no signifi cant changes in the state of affairs
of the consolidated entity during the fi nancial year.
6. PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES
The principal activities, in which the consolidated entity
was engaged during the fi nancial year ended 30 June 2008,
were the administration of surf life saving activities and
the management and operation of the Westpac Helicopter
Rescue Service. During the fi nancial year there were no
signifi cant changes in the nature of the consolidated
entity’s activities.
7. ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS
The company is not affected by any specifi c
environmental legislation.
8. POST BALANCE DATE EVENT
AND LIKELY DEVELOPMENTS
No matter or circumstances other than those referred to
in the accounts or notes thereto have arisen since the end
of the fi nancial year that have affected or may signifi cantly
affect in subsequent years:
i. the operations of the consolidated entity,
ii. the results of those operations, or
iii. the state of affairs of the consolidated entity.
In the opinion of the Directors the inclusion of information
referring to the likely developments in the operations of
the group and the expected results of those operations
in subsequent years would prejudice the interests of the
group. That information has therefore not been included
in this report.