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Membership Fees 2011-2012

Pay in full by credit card, cheque/money order and bpay, or arrange a monthly direct debit ($30 administration charge applies). Please note that when joining after 1 July, fees are pro rata, daily.

Fee Type	Earlybird Price 16 May - 30 June 2011	Full Amount from July 1, 2011
Full	$580	$620
Reduced	$382	$412
Fully Retired	$180	$200
Student	$83	$93

Fee Types

Full Fee

• Applicants holding either an AASW approved social work qualification from an Australian tertiary institution, or qualification from overseas that has been recognised by AASW comparable to an AASW approved social work qualification.
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• Gross personal income of more than $38,500 in the previous financial year

Reduced Fee

• The AASW provides for a reduced fee to members with a combined taxable income below a low income threshold to enable them to remain a member and ensure their full participation in professional social work as a member of the AASW. Reduced fee members are entitled to access all of the services and benefits of a full member of AASW.

This fee is available to members upon application (and with the required documentation) who:

1. hold either an AASW approved social work qualification from an Australian tertiary institution, or qualification from overseas that has been recognised by AASW as comparable to an AASW approved social work qualification, and

2. provide a statutory declaration in the approved form that they have a combined taxable income, (i.e. total personal income from all sources) that is below the AASW low income threshold of $38,500.00 pa.

Evidence of a qualifying income can be provided by properly completing a statutory declaration stating that your combined taxable income will be below the low income threshold in the current membership year. The required form of the statutory declaration is as found on this web site.

Members whose financial income changes during the year and increases beyond the low income threshold are required to immediately advise the Membership Officer who will invoice them for the balance of full fee for the year. The AASW will audit a proportion of the reduced fee applications and will ask the audited reduced fee members to provide a tax statement from the ATO or their registered tax agent, to verify their statutory declaration.

Please remember this service is there to support members whose financial circumstances may put at risk their ability to remain a member. It is important that members comply with the spirit of this service and the qualifying criteria.

Fully Retired Fee

• Applicants holding either an AASW approved social work qualification from an Australian tertiary institution, or qualification from overseas that has been recognised by AASW comparable to an AASW approved social work qualification.
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• Fully retired from paid employment.

Student Fee

• Students enrolled in an AASW accredited BSW or MSW (qualifying) and those already eligible for AASW membership and undertaking full time Masters or Doctoral social work studies.