RUSU is also responsible for funding and supporting over 100 clubs & societies that are either Academic, Cultural, Political, Social or Spiritual based.

RMIT Link, which is run by the university (not the Student Union) funds and manages all Arts and Sports clubs.

John Storey Junior helped found the Student Representative Council in 1944, acted as its first President, and lobbied for the establishment of a central library.

Most of the staff were made redundant, the organisation's three separate campus councils were merged, and several services such as the second-hand bookshop were abandoned.

A smaller group of student office bearers, known as the Secretariat, meets more regularly to discuss day-to-day operational, staffing, and other urgent matters.

It continues to have strong ties with SYN radio station located within RMIT, however there is no formal or funding relationship between the separate organisations.