With a Treasurer position vacant as we approach another AGM, the fate of the UQLS’ financial future seems uncertain. But we know one thing for sure: Regan Brown is handing over the torch whether we like it or not.

Not a single advanced nomination for the position of Treasurer should come as no surprise given the circumstances. There are a couple of different types of law student when it comes to managing money:

The student who wastes their money on coffees as Merlo (or Espresso Engine if they so happen to work a casual job at a Barristers Chambers one day a week) because it’s all a ‘bit of fun’; or
The students studying a Law/Finance degree with seventeen side hustle businesses but no capacity to take on the management of a not-for-profit volunteer organisation; and
The students who work and study full time and can’t really see themselves playing Monopoly for an entire academic year.

That leaves a couple of legends who have graced our Leadership Committee in their capacity as Treasurer in the last couple of years (Tim ‘Wolf of Eagle St’ Rainbird and Regan ‘Richard Branson’ Brown). But alas - whose next?

It takes a callous leader to stand up and challenge the expenses list of every portfolio down to the Byron Bay Chocolate Co. gift for the Senior Moot Judging Panel. But someone has to do it. In the words of Tim Rainbird, ‘if you aren’t out for blood, what are you even doing it for?’. Goosebumps.

This all has us on the edge of our seats for the UQLS AGM on 30 October 2025 at 9am. The Obiter cannot wait to cover every moment - including some bombshell Treasurer candidates running from the floor. Gasp!