Online Voting Insights & Resources

A meeting can have the right notice, a well-prepared agenda, experienced chairing, and strong member engagement. Yet if there is no quorum, none of the decisions may stand. It is one of the most common governance issues encountered across companies, associations, unions, clubs, strata schemes, and member-based organisations. Boards often focus heavily on voting procedures […]

Running a virtual meeting sounds straightforward until you’re responsible for one that actually matters — an AGM or a member meeting where the outcome has legal weight. At that point, it stops being about “just jumping on Zoom” and becomes a governance exercise. Done properly, a virtual meeting can be just as robust as an […]

If you’ve been involved in AGMs for any length of time, you’ll know most votes start with a show of hands. It’s quick, visible, and for routine matters, usually enough. But it’s not always the final word. Where the outcome really matters — or where there’s any doubt — the meeting will often move to […]

If you’re dealing with company meetings — especially online ones — section 249R is the provision that tends to matter more than people expect. It sits inside the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), and on its face, it’s fairly simple. But in practice, it’s what determines whether a virtual meeting actually holds up if it’s ever […]

Virtual AGMs for Not-for-Profits — What the Rules Actually Say Virtual AGMs are no longer a stop-gap. For many not-for-profits, they’ve become the default — and in plenty of cases, they work better than a room full of folding chairs and patchy attendance. The short answer is yes: most Australian not-for-profits can hold virtual AGMs. […]

Yes. They can — and if they can’t, you’ve got a problem. That might sound blunt, but it’s the reality. A virtual AGM isn’t just a webcast with a voting button attached. If shareholders don’t have a proper way to ask questions while the meeting is happening, it starts to fall short of what the […]

If you strip an AGM back to its essentials, it comes down to two things: who is in the room, and who is entitled to vote. Move that meeting online, and both questions become more complex—but no less critical. Get attendee verification wrong, and you risk invalid votes, challenged resolutions, or in the worst case, […]

Proxy Voting at AGMs — Rules, Forms & Deadlines Not every shareholder can make it to an AGM. That’s just reality. Travel, timing, competing commitments — they all get in the way. Proxy voting exists to solve that problem, and when it’s handled properly, it keeps participation high and decisions valid. But there’s a catch. […]

Can Creditor Meetings Be Held Online? ASIC Rules Explained Short answer: yes, they can — and these days, they often are. Online creditor meetings have moved from a temporary workaround to a standard option in Australian insolvency practice. What started as a response to COVID-era restrictions is now embedded in the legal framework, with clear […]

When an enterprise agreement goes to a vote, the mechanics matter just as much as the outcome. I’ve seen more than a few agreements delayed — or worse, rejected — because eligibility wasn’t handled properly. It’s not usually deliberate. It’s often a simple misunderstanding about who can and can’t vote. The catch is this: if […]