Annual Delegates Conference

If you were not able to register your interest in this year's conference, please note that a limited waitlist has now opened. If you would like an opportunity to attend, please submit your application via the official conference waitlist, as linked below.

Please note that places will only be made available should a cancellation occur before the registration cut-off date or in the interest of equitable access, as determined by Branch Council.

The 2026 Annual Delegates Conference will take place in Melbourne on Thursday 18 and Friday 19 June.

Each year all current Job Representatives and Health & Safety Representatives are invited to register for the chance to attend the Conference.

This two day conference provides an inspiring and informative program exploring industrial, professional, workplace safety and social justice issues that concern nurses, midwives, student nurses and midwives, and personal carer workers – as well as giving delegates the opportunity to vote on resolutions and help shape the direction of their union.

The Delegates Conference provides delegates with a fantastic opportunity to meet their peers, find out more about how their union works and the issues that are common across the board, feel confident about approaching their union for assistance with workplace, OHS and professional issues.

The ANMF Annual Delegates Conference continues to be a popular event for delegates, with places filling fast in recent years and venue limitations on conference attendees. To ensure the conference remains representative and accessible to ANMF delegates across the state – and consistent with feedback from the ANMF delegate survey in late 2025 – there may be limitations to workplace numbers to ensure equitable access to as many workplaces as possible. Places may not be able to be guaranteed and will be subject to Branch Council review. By registering for the conference this year, all delegates are registering their interest. You will be notified in due course in the event that your place is not secured

Please ensure you discuss with your fellow reps in advance who might like to attend this year’s conference to represent your workplace.

Conference information

Please make sure you make a note in your diary of these key conference dates:

• Nomination period for job rep or HSR of the year: Thursday 1 January to Friday 22 May
• Motion submission close: 5pm Friday 27 March
• Conference registration close: 5pm Monday 20 April (or whilst places remain)

Motions

Please ensure you start preparing this year’s motions with your fellow delegates and ANMF members.

Motions can be submitted for this year’s conference via the Annual Delegates Conference registration site, with the submission period closing 5pm Friday 27 March.

All delegates attending the conference must meet with their colleagues at members’ meetings to propose motions for the 2026 Conference.

Motions cannot be submitted without first holding a members' meeting to discuss motions to be submitted on behalf of your whole workplace.

Prior to officially submitting motions, reps must review previous successful motions to confirm whether a proposed motion has already been passed and may not need to be submitted for consideration again.

Resolutions from the past four conferences can be searched on the Delegates Conference registration website on the resolutions tab. Please use this search function prior to all motion submission.

Please note the following information prior to motions submission:

• Only the mover of a motion should submit motions for consideration as they will be asked to move this motion during the conference. Motions may not be submitted on behalf of another rep or with a mover’s name not yet supplied.
• Both mover and seconder of each motion must be current reps and registered to attend the conference in order to speak to their motion/s. Seconders must be aware a motion is being submitted with their name as a seconder.
• If a rep submits a motion and does not register for the Conference, please note that this motion may not be considered for inclusion.

For further information on submitting motions, please visit the motions page on your conference site.

Nominate a hard-working and effective job rep or health & safety rep for Rep of the Year!

Nominations for the 2026 Hannah Sellers Job Rep of the Year Award and the 2026 HSR of the Year Award are now open.

These awards are a great way to acknowledge a colleague who has made a difference at your workplace.

The nomination period for each award is from Thursday 1 January until 5pm Friday 22 May.

These awards will be presented in person at the 2026 Annual Delegates Conference.

2026 Hannah Sellers Job Rep of the Year

This $1,500 award recognises ANMF (Vic Branch) Assistant Secretary (1995-2001) Hannah Sellers' important contribution to ANMF (Vic Branch), nursing, the health system and the union movement.

Submit a nomination for Hannah Sellers Job Rep of the Year here.

2026 HSR of the Year

This $1,500 award recognises the important contribution of ANMF (Vic Branch) Health and Safety Representatives (HSR) to the members of their DWG through Occupational Health and Safety (OHS).

Submit a nomination for HSR of the Year here.