Our stakeholders

As the peak body representing the interests of osteopaths in Australia, Osteopathy Australia works with a number of external stakeholders, including other professional and allied health boards and associations, academic partners, funding bodies, and various state- and territory-based organisations.

Associations/professional boards

• Osteopathic International Alliance
• Allied Health Professions Australia (AHPA)
• Associations Forum
• Osteopathy Board of Australia (OBA)
• Australian and New Zealand College of Anesthetists (ANZCA)
• Australasian College of Sports and Exercise Physicians (ACSEP)
• Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Authority (AHPRA)
• Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA)
• National Rural Health Alliance (NRHA)
• Pain Australia
• Australian Osteopathic Accreditation Council (AOAC)
• Arthritis Australia

Find out more about the roles and responsibilities of the OBA, AHPRA, AOAC and Osteopathy Australia

Academic partners

• RMIT University
• Southern Cross University
• Victoria University

Consumer funding bodies

• Medicare
• HICAPS
• Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA)

Workers' Compensation

• WorkSafe ACT
• SafeWork NSW
• NT WorkSafe
• WorkSafe QLD
• SafeWork SA
• WorkCover TAS
• WorkSafe Victoria
• WorkCover WA

Insurance/transport

• TAC (VIC)
• MAIB (TAS)
• MaiC (QLD)
• State Insurance Regulator Authority (SIRA) NSW
• Insurance Commission of WA

Charity partners

Blue Earth