RSL president Tim Hanna will resign to give the new board “clean air” when it emerges from the financial troubles that have threatened the state branch’s survival. Mr Hanna said he will step aside “in the near future” and, when he goes, it will be on his terms. “I wasn’t forced at a state level, however I did have pressure from the national board,” he said. “I’m resigning because I’ve got to a point where having identified the various problems that we’ve had, and having worked those through, I think we’re at a point where I can step away knowing that I’ve put a number of things in place to guarantee our future.” A caretaker board will be ratified in the next few weeks ahead of an election late this year or early next year.
