This is our chance to fix the NDIS, for good.
Why join? Because peak bodies and major employers don’t stand up for us: our union will.
3 reasons to join your union
We're an active, effective union, not another think tank.
Industry bodies speak about the profession and make submissions.
Your union centres and organises the people doing the work. We leverage collective power, political pressure, make submissions, and use real campaign experience to fight (and win) for NDIS workers and the participants they serve.
We're building real collective power to make the NDIA listen.
Tired of talk without action? Your union gives you access to new strategies and supports to campaign at scale (and win)!
We’ve already met with several Senators & gained national media traction. We’re here to make real, lasting change – fast.
You're funding real, practical change - it's worth every cent.
Your membership fees resource your member-led campaign to build a better NDIS.
Membership fees are $12.50 per week (billed monthly @ $50/month) which gives you access to an array of member benefits through Professionals Australia.
Your membership fees are 100% tax deductible.
Why timing matters
- Price caps, travel rules and compliance are tightening right now. Now is the time to act.
- Proposed changes - including paediatric pathways under Thriving Kids - could force closures if we don’t intervene urgently.
- Momentum is building: independently employed NDIS providers are organising at scale for the first time. Early joiners set the agenda.
What you'll feel on day one as a PA Union Member
- No more 'going it alone'. Your union is a collective of motivated, self-employed and small-practice clinicians who are fighting for change, just like you.
- A plan - with organisers to back it. Strategy, MP outreach, media support, and coordination across regions so you're not fighting alone.
- Campaigns you can help shape. This is a member-led, grassroots organising team, backed by the power of an established union. You can choose your level of involvement and get involved.
Professionals Australia in the media
PA Media Release
Our immediate asks:
Restore full-rate travel
Are you facing the impossible choice to cut off clients because outreach is now “uneconomic”?
We’re demanding the government urgently reverse the July changes to travel funding.
No more 'free' work
Are you doing unpaid admin, report-writing and meetings (and everything in between) just to keep plans alive?
PA members are calling on the NDIA to urgently implement price caps that reflect real delivery costs of our services.
Listen to frontline service providers
The NDIA & Government need to listen to frontline providers and co-design funding solutions that are grounded in the reality of service delivery, so allied health professionals & participants have what they need to deliver & access services.
Frequently asked questions
If you are a self-employed professional in the NDIS (ABN, ACN, practice/clinic, mobile/outreach, business owner, contractor, or small service), or an NDIS professional at a small-to-medium provider, you can become a Professionals Australia member.
Membership fees are $12.50 per week (billed monthly @ $50/month) for NDIS professionals, & you’ll have access to an array of member benefits through Professionals Australia.
Your membership fees are 100% tax deductible.
A union is a member-led organisation that gives independent practitioners a collective voice to lift standards, fix unfair rules, and back you when issues arise. You keep your ABN and autonomy; together we win better funding models, safer workloads, and fairer systems.
Professionals Australia is a long-standing national union (formerly APESMA) representing tens of thousands of professionals across engineering, pharmacy, IT, science and more. PA has a proven record of big wins on pay and conditions and is part of the broader union movement (ACTU-affiliated), with strong legal, industrial and policy capacity.
That credibility and infrastructure now backs NDIS allied-health workers, so you’ve got real advocacy, organising power and a collective voice in reforms.
Professionals Australia (PA) was approached by a group of Allied Health workers who wanted to harness the growing collective power of NDIS professionals.
PA respects the incredible activism and organising work that’s been done already, and commits fully to building the first member-led union for NDIS professionals, business owners, and sole traders. PA is your union – this is your opportunity to build the union NDIS professionals want & need.
We’re here to amplify, support and bring new capacity to NDIS workers, organisers and leaders through the power of a union.
You decide how visible you are. You can stay completely off any public list and still get tools, network and backing. Privacy matters because we know people fear backlash from planners, referrers, or larger providers.
Associations offer CPD and policy submissions. We are a union. We build collective leverage, coordinate pressure on decision-makers, and create practical tools so you can stay viable without burning out. We do not just ‘raise concerns’ — we organise action.
Access to peer circles, PA member discounts through Member Advantage, and a plan to push back together, not alone. You’ll be able to support and get involved with genuine member-led campaigns; with support and guidance from experienced campaigners and organisers.