The Royal Automobile Club of W.A. (Incorporated) (RAC) held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at RAC’s head office at 832 Wellington Street West Perth on Monday 24 November 2025 at 7pm.

At the AGM the President presented his annual report together with the financial report for the year ended 30 June 2025 and a copy of the auditor’s report.

RAC President and Vice President

The election of John Driscoll as RAC President and Donna Cross as RAC Vice President was declared. To read more about John and Donna, visit the RAC Councillors page.

The President thanked the RAC Council for their commitment to the organisation and acknowledged retiring Councillor, Mr Dalton Gooding, for his contribution to Council and to RAC during his tenure.

Proposed change to legal structure

At the AGM, members were requested to support further governance changes to strengthen RAC into the future, with a special resolution being put to Voting Members to approve a change in the legal structure of the Club from an incorporated association to a company limited by guarantee.

The special resolution to approve the change in legal structure was approved by Voting Members at the AGM. This means that RAC will become a company limited by guarantee, regulated by the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) on or about 1 July 2026 and will operate under a new constitution approved at the AGM.

Details of the steps required to move to a company limited by guarantee are set out in the Explanatory Statement below.

Until the conversion, RAC will continue to operate as an incorporated association under its existing Rules and By-Laws and in accordance with the Associations Incorporations Act 2015 (WA).

The President expressed his thanks to RAC members for supporting this important change in the governance structure of RAC.

Prior to the Annual General Meeting, a letter from RAC’s President was available on the RAC website, setting out the reasons for the proposed changes:

• Letter from RAC’s (then) President (PDF 86 KB)

An Explanatory Statement was also available to assist members better understand the change in legal structure,

• Explanatory Statement (PDF 113 KB)
• Annexure A - proposed constitution (PDF 740 KB)

RAC also held a Members' Information Session on Monday 20 October 2025 where members attended and raised questions.