The Australian Society
for Technical Communication

2024 Membership Fees

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From July 1 this year, we're reverting our membership fees back to $80 for individuals and $40 for students and retirees. Corporate membership is unchanged at $250.

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We dropped our fees in 2020 during the COVID pandemic, but with life getting back to normal, we felt it fair to raise our membership fees back to what they were before. 

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Bringing you as much value as possible is important to us, so the following sections provide a reminder of all the exciting benefits of individual and corporate membership.

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Benefits of Individual Membership

 

The benefits of being an ASTC individual member include:

 

• Full voting rights and eligibility to join the ASTC Committee.

• Centralised access to resources and information through the ASTC website.

• Regular email updates with information and offers.

• Opt-in access to a job opportunities mailing list and links provided through LinkedIn.

• Information about new and developing technologies.

• Networking opportunities through social media, Members Meetings, and our Annual Conference.

• A professional support network.

• Access to the quarterly ISTC (Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators) Communicator magazine.

• Access to the online International Journal of Technical Communicators (IJTC) (coming soon, in time for the new membership year!).

• Training workshops and education programs.

• Discounted access to our Annual Conference.

• Discounts for sponsors’ products.

 

Benefits of Corporate Membership

 

If your organisation has a team of technical communicators, ASTC corporate membership is a great way to provide them with real benefits, including:

 

• All the benefits of individual membership for ALL your Technical Writers, except individual voting rights. Instead, your organisation nominates one person with voting rights on behalf of your organisation.

• Displaying your company logo on the ASTC website.

 

Tax Deductions for ASTC Members

 

For individual members, your membership fee, meeting, seminar, and conference fees and expenses might be tax deductible. For more information, speak to your accountant or see Deductions you can claim.

 

For corporate members, membership is tax deductible as a fee paid to a trade, business, or professional association.

 

Meeting, seminar, and conference fees are also tax deductible because they're a form of self-education that maintains or improves your employees' knowledge and skills.