USI of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Inc.
Welcome
The aim of the USI of the ACT is to promote informed debate, and to improve public awareness and understanding of defence and national security. Membership is open to all who have an interest in these issues. To this end, the USI holds a regular program of meetings and seminars, usually twice a month. Our current speaker program can be found at "What's On", and a record of previous meetings can be found under "Transcripts".
Brief History
On 28 April 1971, a meeting of 30 serving military personnel and academics was held at the Royal Military College, Duntroon ACT at the initiative of Dr Robert O’Neill, Head, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University.
The meeting agreed to form an ACT branch of the then United Services Institute of Australia with the title “The United Service Institution of the Australian Capital Territory”. A second meeting held at RMC on 25 May 1971 determined membership aspects for the new chapter and on 7 July 1971, the Founding General Meeting of the USI of ACT was held, again at RMC.
In July 1972, a Constitution for the USI of the ACT was agreed with the aim of the organisation being “to further the study of strategy, national defence and related matters”.
On 1 September 1972, The United Service Institution of the Australian Capital Territory Incorporated was incorporated under the ACT Associations Incorporation Ordinance, 1953-1966.
On 8 December 2005, the USI of the ACT was re-named “The United Services Institute of the Australian Capital Territory Incorporated” under the ACT Associations Incorporation Act, 1991.
Organisation
The USI of the ACT, Inc. is an incorporated association under the ACT
Associations Incorporations Act 1991
and is a constituent body of the Royal United Services Institute of Australia (RUSI).
The USI of the ACT is a non-profit organisation which has been allocated Australian Business Number (ABN) 69 739 962 119 and is registered with the Australian Tax Office as a charitable institution, endorsed to access the following tax concessions:
a. Income Tax Exemption under Subdivision 50-B of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997,
b. GST Concessions under Division 176 of A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999, and
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