PPA Membership


Our team provides the services and advice you need to get ahead in your profession and build an amazing career.

Joining a union isn’t just about having someone in your corner when you need help. Professional Pharmacists Australia also offers members opportunities for professional development, as well as a wide range of services and benefits.

PPA has provided members with a strong, collective voice to campaign for better pay and working conditions – and therefore a better future.

Select below your membership package to join Professional Pharmacists Australia and start your journey to a better future today.

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PPA Protect

$24.08PER MONTH 

  • Membership includes professional indemnity insurance backed by Berkley Insurance

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  • Protection for the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine
  • Access to member only discounts through our Member Advantage program
  • Support an organisation dedicated to protecting, supporting and improving the lives and working conditions of pharmacists across Australia
PPA Complete

$70.66PER MONTH

  • Membership includes professional indemnity insurance backed by Berkley Insurance

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  • Full access to workplace advice, support and legal representation**
  • Protection for the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine
  • Access to industry webinars
  • Access to member only discounts through our Member Advantage program
  • Enterprise agreement negotiations
  • Support an organisation dedicated to protecting, supporting and improving the lives and working conditions of pharmacists and technicians across Australia.

We are the only union looking after your rights


Professional Pharmacists Australia is the first and only Australian union to campaign for better pay and working conditions specifically on behalf of community and hospital pharmacists. We work tirelessly on our members’ behalf to win the professional recognition, respect and reward that they deserve.

PPA members have cumulatively won increases to the PIA pay rates totalling 22% since beginning proceedings with the work value case in 2016. In real terms, this now means that employees are legally bound to pay pharmacists these new rates of pay as a minimum. They’re also required to use these new rates to calculate their employee’s allowances and penalty entitlements. 

We are currently campaigning to increase graduate pay rates.

We offer legal and industrial representation and advice


If you are dealing with a workplace issue, we are here to help. Our team of lawyers and industrial officers offer expert advice on your wages, conditions and your rights.

Professional development and member benefits


Not only does Professional Pharmacists Australia lobby the government, as a member you’ll get:

  • member-only discounts on groceries, fuel, cinema and consumer goods at some of Australia’s largest retailers.
  • savings on a rage of insurance policies;
  • financial planning and advice; and
  • advice on migration agents and services

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* New, upgrading, previous/ re-joining members, ‘Assist’ members and members with a pre-existing matter will have access to advice from an employment/ industrial law specialist, limited to one 40-minute telephone consultation.
** New Complete’ members, upgrading, previous/ re-joining members and members with a pre-existing matter, will have a waiting period of three months before being able to access employment / industrial law specialists for full personalised advice and representation and will not receive advice and representation regarding pre-existing matters. Note: A pre-existing matter is defined as one that occurred/ arose prior to the member’s join date or a new matter that occurs/ arises during the member’s first three months of membership.