Become a Member

How to become an APGRA Member

Members of APGRA comprise firms, individuals and in-house executives providing government relations advisory services to corporate and other organisations in Australia who are committed to operating as credible, responsible and ethical providers of government relations services in Australia.

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Membership is open to government relations practitioners working as part of a firm providing government relations services, as an individual consulting practitioner and to those working ‘in-house’ at corporations, industry organisations and NGOs (non-government organisations), who are able to satisfy, and agree to, the Association’s Code of Conduct and Membership Rules.

All applications for membership must be approved by APGRA’s Management Committee.

There are six classes of ordinary membership:

Large Consulting Firms:
A firm with 9 or more government relations professionals working in the business.

Intermediate Consulting Firms:
A firm with 6–8 government relations professionals working in the business.

Small Consulting Firms:
A firm with 5 or less government relations professionals working in the business.

Individual Consultants:
Self-employed government relations professionals working independently.

Individual ‘In-House’ Consultants:
Part of their employment duties are to represent the views of their employer only and not to represent the interests of multiple unrelated businesses.

Life Membership:
An individual who has been recognised for their long standing and valued service to the association and professional government relations in Australia.

All members are bound by the APGRA’s Membership Rules and Code of Conduct.

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The APGRA welcomes membership applications from Australian public affairs and government relations professionals.

As a member of the APGRA, you are helping to give government relations professionals a more powerful collective voice to government and the community at large. This is vital because it helps to ensure the important work which is done by government relations professionals every day is subject to streamlined compliance processes that minimise administrative burden.

In return, our industry needs to continue to actively demonstrate to government that there are robust measures in place to regulate our industry. To this end, members of the APGRA comply and support a Code of Conduct which reflects the high ethical standards and practices of leading government relations professionals.

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Become a member and enjoy the following benefits:

  • Demonstrate that you and your organization support ethical behavior in government relations activities through support of the APGRA Code of Conduct.
  • Support advocacy on behalf of government relations professionals.
  • Minimise the risk of unnecessary additional regulation being imposed on government relations professionals.
  • Promote the adoption of streamlined compliance processes that minimise administrative burden.
  • Receive exclusive updates on the latest developments in government relations across Australia, including updates on compliance activities that relate to lobbying codes of conduct and related lobbyist registers that exist across Australia.
  • Invitations to networking and professional development events.
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