Graduates 2023

Graduate membership types

To qualify for these membership types, you must have graduated less than three years ago. You are therefore a recently graduated osteopath, up to two and a half years after graduation, registered or applying for AHPRA registration.

There are three membership types in the Graduate category and your year of graduation will determine the type you are eligible to apply for. You can advertise your clinic on Find an Osteo once you are listed on the AHPRA register. The three Graduate membership types are:

Graduate Membership. To qualify for this membership type, you hold an osteopathic degree from an Australian university and you are in your first year immediately following graduation
Graduate1 Membership. To qualify for this membership type, you hold an osteopathic degree from an Australian university and you are in the first full 12-month membership cycle following graduation
Graduate2 Membership. To qualify for this membership type, you hold an osteopathic degree from an Australian university and you are in the second full 12-month membership cycle following graduation

Benefits
- Policy and advocacy
- Info, guidance and advice
- CPD and eLearning (unlimited access)
- eNews
- 4 x Osteo Life issues (print/digital)
- Member Advantage rewards program
- Classifieds (free)
- Find an Osteo listing
- HR service and hotline
- Guild Insurance (discounted)
- Discounted advertising (eFlyer, Osteo Life, website banners)
Click here to open the Membership Fee Table
Conditions
- Currently qualified and registered as an osteopath in Australia
- Current and sufficient Professional Indemnity Insurance
- Committed to the principles of Continuing Professional Development
- Completion of annual Continuing Professional Development requirements
- $165 join fee applies to a new or re-joining member application.
- Osteopathy Australia membership can be cancelled during a membership cycle, but no refunds are provided
- On application for membership with Osteopathy Australia, you:
  - Declare all information submitted to be true and correct
  - Accept that membership does not imply a right to practise in Australia
Further conditions of Graduate membership
- You are in your first year immediately following graduation from a relevant Australian osteopathic degree
- Join as a Graduate member by 30 June of the current membership cycle
- To be exempt from the $165 join fee, you were previously an Osteopathy Australia Student member in your final year and joined by 30 June in the current membership cycle
- A $165 join fee applies if you were not a Student member in your final year of study
Further conditions of Graduate1 membership
- You are in the first full 12-month membership cycle following graduation from a relevant degree (after initial Graduate membership type, if applicable)
Further conditions of Graduate2 membership
- You are in the second full 12-month membership cycle following graduation from a relevant degree (after the Graduate1 membership cycle, if applicable)