Membership categories and fees  

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Becoming a member of Dietitians Australia connects you to a national professional community dedicated to advancing dietetics. Your membership supports advocacy with government and decision-makers, raises public awareness of the impact of dietitians, strengthens professional standards, and helps create new opportunities for the profession.

Our Accredited Practising Dietitian (APD) Program is the only dietetic credential recognised by the Australian Government (for Medicare and the Department of Veterans’ Affairs), many state and territory governments and most private health insurers. We offer 3 membership types, Full membership, Student membership and Affiliate membership. Only Full membership is eligible to join the APD Program.

 

Membership categories
Membership type
Membership category
Is this me?
Full
Full time *
 Working 20+ hours per week (any job), access to APD program
 
Part time *
 Working 9-19 hours per week (any job), access to APD program
Reduced hours *
  Working 0-8 hours per week (any job), access to APD program
Graduate *
  Current student members upgrading to full membership
Non-practising Dietitian
 Job does not require dietetic or nutrition skills, no APD program
Retired 
 Retired from dietetics, 60 years of age or older, maintain membership, no access to APD program
 Affiliate
Health professionals 

Any health professional with an interest in dietetic and nutrition including dietitians and nutritionists with non-Australian qualifications who do not require the APD credential 
Friends of nutrition 

Any member of the public with an interest in dietetics and nutrition
Student
Student
 Enrolled in an Australian accredited dietetics course or a course with Program Qualification (PQ), no access to APD program
 * Includes access to APD program

 

Non membership categories
  
APD only
(non-member)
APD only #
 Access to the APD program and mentor match. No membership benefits or services are included

# Only provides access to APD program

Simple Decision Guide 

  • Are you a health professional, internationally trained practitioner (without DSR), or interested in nutrition?
    Yes - Affiliate Membership

Within Full membership, we have six categories. To decide which category suits you, please refer to the flowchart:

Membership fees 

Membership fees are:

  • paid on an annual basis (January - December) 
  • paid in full (12 months) or instalment* (4 payments) and
  • non-refundable (mid-year change to Parental leave and Full time study categories receive an account credit).

Our membership year runs annually from 1 January to 31 December. As a full member, the fee you pay reflects your current employment status. This means you pay less if you are not working full-time hours. If your employed hours increases during the year please contact the membership team to adjust.

*Instalment payments are only available to full members.

Note: If you join or reinstate your membership after 31 March, you may be eligible to receive a pro-rata membership discount. See 'Pro-rata fees for part year membership' below.

 Paying your fees  

2026 membership fees 
Membership / non membership category
Annual fee 
Early bird 
Apr - Dec 2026
Jul - Dec 2026
Oct - Dec 2026 
Instalment**
Instalment
year total**
Full time (20 hours or more per week) *   $ 853  $ 810  $ 639.75 $ 426.50 $ 213.25  $ 224.25 $ 897
Part time (9 - 19 hours per week) *  $ 725  $ 689  $ 543.75 $ 362.50 $ 181.25 $ 192.25  $ 769
Reduced hours (8 or less hours per week) *  $ 682 $ 648 $ 511.50 $ 341 $ 170.50  $ 181.50   $ 726
Graduate (only available to upgrading active student members) $ 640  $ 608 $ 480  $ 320 $ 160  $ 171 $ 684
Non-practising Dietitian ~ $ 426 $ 405  $ 319.50 $ 213 $ 106.50 $ 117.50  $ 470
Retired ~ $ 98  $ 93  $ 73.50 $ 49 $ 24.50 $ 35.50 $142
Affiliate / AN $ 220 $ 209 $ 165  $ 110 $ 55
 
Student   Free Free  Free Free Free
 
APD only (non-member)   $ 793
* Includes PEN

** administration fee included
GST is waived for members who reside in a country other than Australia
~ does not include access to the APD program

PEN subscription fees
Membership / non membership category 
Annual fee
 Full time $ 0 - included in membership fee 
 Part time $ 0 - included in membership fee  
 Reduced hours $ 0 - included in membership fee  
Non- practising dietitian
 $ 80
Retired
 $ 80
Affiliate
 $ 120
APD Only
  $ 160

 Instalment payment terms and conditions

2026
Payment
Payment date
Covers
1
 Day of membership renewal or
13 January 2026		 1 January - 31 March 2026
2
 24 March 2026 1 April - 30 June 2026
3
 23 June 2026 1 July - 30 September 2026
4
 23 September 2026 1 October - 31 December 2026
 

Pro-rata fees for part year membership 

If you join Dietitians Australia or reinstate after 31 March, you may be eligible to receive a pro-rata membership discount which will be automatically calculated at the shopping cart.

This discount applies to:

  • New members
  • Students upgrading to full membership
  • Resigned or deferred members reinstating
  • Lapsed members reinstating *

There is no pay by instalment option for pro-rata fees. 

Refer to fees table above for cost of membership including pro-rata discount rates.

Pro-rata dates

Purchase date
Discount
1 April - 30 June  Pro-rata membership fees available 
75% of annual fee 
1 July - 30 September
 Pro-rata membership fees available 
50% of annual fee
1 October - 31 December
  Pro-rata membership fees available 
25% of annual fee

*Lapsed members incur an additional lapsed fee on reinstatement.

Fee policy

For further information about our fees see our membership policy. 

 

Questions?

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Membership of Dietitians Australia is membership of the Dietitians Association of Australia. All fees will be paid to, and all benefits received from, the Dietitians Association of Australia.