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Speech Pathology Australia (the Association) is a membership organisation that draws its strength from its members. As the national peak body for the speech pathology profession in Australia, the Association has several categories of membership.

The Association provides support for speech pathology students and recent graduates in the early stages of their career. This and related pages contain resources specifically for speech pathology students.

Free membership* for first year students

The Association offers all first year speech pathology students (those who have not previously been a member of Speech Pathology Australia) free* membership from 1 December 2018.

Free membership is open to any speech pathology student undertaking an undergraduate or postgraduate speech pathology course for the very first time. The member benefits are numerous.

Join for free* today

* Free membership is available to all Australian speech pathology students who are in their first year of an undergraduate or Masters degree and have not previously been a member of Speech Pathology Australia.