National Conferences are held every three years and at each Conference elections for the positions of National Commissioner and Deputy National Commissioner are held. (These two positions may only be held for six consecutive years.)

The position of National Chaplain and National Treasurer are appointments made by the National Council, and the National Administrator is a staff member.

Voting Delegates to Conference are brought together from each State to discuss the issues facing Brigade. Each State Council decides who the delegates will be to represent their State. The number of delegates from each State is determined by the membership of that State in the Annual Statistics of the previous year.

Decisions made at these Conferences are policy decisions affecting the organisation Australia wide.

The Conference meeting also reviews the previous three years and plans for the future.

Between National Conferences the power of the Conference is vested in the National Council, which meets annually.

Members of National Council are as follows:

• NATIONAL COMMISSIONER
  (Spun Gold Lanyard)
• DEPUTY NATIONAL COMMISSIONER
  (Gold, Red and Navy Lanyard with Spun Gold braids on her epaulettes)
• NATIONAL CHAPLAIN
• NATIONAL TREASURER
• NATIONAL ADMINISTRATOR
  (Navy, Gold, Red and Saxe Blue Lanyard)
• STATE COMMISSIONERS
• (Gold, Red and Navy Lanyard and Red braids on their epaulettes)

Matters such as National Constitution, Brigade Structure, Girls' Programme, Leader's Training, Uniform, the granting of special Awards and National Life Membership are National decisions and whilst open for discussion at State and Divisional level must be brought to a National level for Girls' Brigade decision.

• NATIONAL PATRON
  Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AC
• NATIONAL COMMISSIONER
  Mrs. Coral Anderson
• DEPUTY NATIONAL COMMISSIONER
  Miss. Helen Webb
• NATIONAL TREASURER
  Mr. Allan Gibson
• NATIONAL CHAPLAIN
  Mrs Ruth Ebell
• NATIONAL ADMINISTRATOR
  Mrs. Leonie Watson
• ACT STATE COMMISSIONER
  Mrs. Marion Ashford
• NSW STATE COMMISSIONER
  Mrs. Yvonne Smith
• QUEENSLAND STATE COMMISSIONER
  Mrs. Glenda Brooks
• SOUTH AUSTRALIAN STATE COMMISSIONER
  Mrs Yvonne Lanyon
• TASMANIAN STATE COMMISSIONER
  Mrs. Jane Banham
• VICTORIAN STATE COMMISSIONER
  Mrs. Wendy Sinclair
• WESTERN AUSTRALIAN STATE COMMISSIONER
  Mrs. Yvonne Waddell
• LIFE MEMBERS OF AUSTRALIA

• Mrs. Dorothy Carrick (NSW)
• Miss. Verna Jackson (NSW)
• Miss Betty Allen OAM (NSW)
• Mrs. Lillian Warren OAM (NSW)
• Mrs. Colleen Evans (SA)
• Mrs. Julie Fisher (NSW)
• Mrs Elizabeth Harding (ACT)
• Mrs Elisabeth Stokes AM (WA)