Why the AGM must be delayed
On 22 April 2026, a validly constituted EGM was taken over by the President-Elect in defiance of a Board resolution. The vote was not scrutineered. No official result has been issued. Two regulators are now investigating. Holding the AGM on 29 May — before any of this is resolved — would be premature and potentially unlawful.
The RACP Constitution and basic principles of corporate governance require that before the College proceeds to its most significant annual meeting, it must establish with certainty who its legitimate board is, whether the 22 April vote was valid, and what instructions have been issued by the ACNC and the Australian Medical Council (AMC). None of these questions has been answered.
Members who vote at an AGM held under these conditions may be voting on resolutions with an uncertain or contested board. That is not a technicality. It goes to the legitimacy of every decision made at the meeting.
No valid vote result
CorpVote has issued no official, scrutineered result from the 22 April EGM. Without a valid result, the College cannot confirm the legal composition of its board.
Regulators investigating
Both the ACNC and AMC have written to the RACP requesting clarity and have suspended changes to board listings on their websites pending resolution.
Competing boards
Dr Chandran has purported to appoint a new board and reinstate a stood-down Company Secretary. ACNC and ASIC listings were altered. The legal board composition is unresolved.
No member communication
Members have received no official explanation of what occurred on 22 April or what it means for the AGM. Proceeding without disclosure is a serious governance failure.
What happened on 22 April
The following is drawn from documented accounts and publicly available statements.
The Board had resolved by majority that independent director Dr Nick Buckmaster should chair the EGM, given that both the President and President-Elect had declared conflicts of interest in the resolution being put to members. Three of four remaining directors were unaware that Dr Chandran had separately engaged the College's own General Counsel to secure the chair role for herself.
Questions that must be answered before the AGM
No member should be asked to vote at an AGM while the following remain unresolved.
Documents
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What you can do
Members have standing to demand that the College postpone the AGM. Here is how to act now.
Write to the RACP CEO and Board
Contact the College at racp.edu.au and state that you oppose holding the AGM on 29 May while the EGM result is unresolved and regulators are investigating. Request written confirmation that the AGM will be postponed.
Write to the ACNC
As an RACP member you can contact the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission at acnc.gov.au to raise concerns. Reference the 22 April EGM, the unresolved vote result, and the competing board appointments.
Share this page with other members
Most members have received no official communication about what occurred on 22 April. Share this page with colleagues. The more members who raise concerns directly with the College and regulators, the harder it becomes to proceed without accountability.
Read the documents
Professor Martin's undelivered statement, the ACNC and AMC correspondence, and the CorpVote communications together make the case clearly. Read them before the AGM date.
This site is maintained by anonymous concerned RACP members. It is not affiliated with the RACP, its Board, or any of the named individuals. All information is drawn from documented sources. If you believe any statement is factually inaccurate, please contact us at [YOUR EMAIL HERE]. Last updated May 2026.