Stronger Together
AHPA is the national voice for allied health professions.
A collegiate body comprising 40 national allied health associations, AHPA collectively represents 300,000 allied health professionals who provide services across a range of health settings, disability, aged care, education, justice and community services.
AHPA provides national policy and advocacy leadership to optimise the role of allied health professionals in the Australian healthcare system.
What we do:
Advise and support member organisations to respond to key consultations. 1 2 3 4 5 6 ENGAGE ADVOCATE REPRESENT INFORM IDENTIFY ADVISE
Engage with government as the trusted voice in policy development for allied health.
Advocate for system reform to enable allied health professionals to work to their full scope of practice.
Represent the sector across all levels of government and across key government agencies.
Inform members by acting as the sector-wide conduit and provide opportunities for representation.
Identify issues and opportunities to advance and progress the allied health sector.
300,000+ practicing allied health professionals in Australia
185,000+ Allied health professionals represented through AHPA membership
AHPA Membership 2025 Shaping the future of allied health
AHPA membership provides member organisations with a wide range of benefits that complement and supplement the work that they do.
AHPAʼs services are focused on achieving broad benefits for the allied health sector as a whole, while also seeking to offer direct value for the professional associations and, through them, their individual members.
AHPA offers two membership categories:
• Full (Ordinary) Membership
• Affiliate Membership
40 AHPA member organisations
Key
Advocacy and policy strategy and leadership
Access to exclusive health system intelligence to keep members informed on changes affecting healthcare in Australia and allied health in particular.
Representation opportunities on key government advisory committees
Opportunity to inform government policy via AHPA Working Groups in:
• Digital Health
• Aged Care
• Disability
• Primary Care
• Rural and Remote
• Mental Health
Government relations, advocacy and campaigning on shared sector issues
Access to sector-wide networking and information sharing, including:
• 2 x AHPA Member Day in Canberra with the Commonwealth Departments of Health and Aged Care and Social Services
• President and CEO networking evening
• Annual AHPA Member Symposium
• Post Federal Budget Analysis with Chief Allied Health Officer
• Primary Health Network and Allied Health Forum
• 6 x Member Collaborative Forum (MCF) meetings
• Effective Advocacy Masterclass
• Registration to the AHPA Pool - dedicated online discussion forum.
Voting rights and ability to nominate for the AHPA Board
Affiliate membership
Access to exclusive health system intelligence to keep members informed on changes affecting healthcare in Australia and allied health in particular.
2 × 2 -hour annual group policy sessions for affiliate members only with the AHPA CEO and policy team (online)
Annual AHPA Member Symposium (1 complimentary entry)
6 x Member Collaborative Forum (MCF) meetings
Registration to the AHPA Pool - dedicated online discussion forum
2025 Calendar of events
2025 Membership Fee Categories
Full (Ordinary) Membership
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Category 1
Small Organisations < 1000 individual voting members.
Charged at a capped fee.
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Category 2
Organisations between 1000 and 10,000 members
Charged on per member numbers.
Category 3 Organisations with > 10,000 members A liate Membership
Category 1
< 1,000 individual voting members
Category 2 >1,000 members