The Council is the governing body of the CSIRO Staff Association. All Councillors are directly elected by Association members and sub-section (state or territory) Councillors have voting rights on Council in proportion to the number of members they represent. The Council comprises the members of the Association Executive and the following sub-section members.

ACT – Janet Anstee (Land & Water, Black Mountain)

NSW – Peter Saunders (Mathematics, Informatics & Statistics, North Ryde)

NT and North QLD – Margaret Allan (Ecosystem Sciences, Townsville)

Southern QLD – Anna Campbell (Information Management Technology, Pullenvale)

SA – Sonia Grocke (Land & Water, Urrbrae)

TAS – Ann Thresher (Marine & Atmospheric Research, Hobart)

WA - Elizabeth Hulm (Livestock Industries, Floreat

VIC – Gary Crameri (Livestock Industries, AAHL – Geelong)