In addition to the basic objects of the Association, the objects and purposes of the Association also include:
the purchase, taking on lease or in exchange, hire or other acquisition of any real or personal property necessary or convenient for any of the objects or purposes of the Association;
the purchase, sale or supply of, or other dealing in, goods;
the construction, maintenance or alteration of any building or works necessary or convenient for any of the objects or purposes of the Association;
the acceptance of a gift for any of the objects or purposes of the Association;
the taking of any step the committee or the members of the Association at a general meeting determine expedient for the purpose of procuring contributions to the funds of the Association;
the printing or publication of any newspaper, periodical, book, leaflet or other document the committee or the members of the Association at a general meeting determine desirable for the promotion of any of the objects or purposes of the Association;
the borrowing and raising of money in any manner and on terms –
the committee thinks fit; or
approved or directed by resolution passed at a general meeting;
subject to the provisions of the Trustee Act 1898, the investment, in any manner the committee determines, of any money of the Association not immediately required for any of the objects or purposes of the Association;
the making of a gift, subscription or donation to any of the funds, authorities or institutions to which section 78A of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 of the Commonwealth relates;
the establishment and support, or aiding in the establishment and support, of associations, institutions, funds, trusts, schemes or conveniences calculated to benefit servants or past servants of the Association and their dependants, and the granting of pensions, allowances or other benefits to servants or past servants of the Association and their dependants, and the making of payments towards insurance in relation to any of those purposes;
the establishment and support, or aiding in the establishment or support, of any other association formed for any of the basic objects of the Association;
the purchase, or acquisition, and the undertaking of all or part of the property, assets, liabilities or engagements of any association with which the Association is amalgamated in accordance with the provisions of the Act and the rules of the Association;
the doing of any lawful thing incidental or conducive to the attainment of the objects or purposes of the Association.