Welcome to the Australian Branch

The Australian Branch comprises Panels in the larger States of New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland and provides support for regional activity in the Australian Capital Territory (by NSW), the Northern Territory (by QLD), Tasmania (by VIC) and Papua New Guinea (by Branch). Branch Contact Details.

Australia Membership

The worldwide membership of IMechE is approximately 105,000 with 1383 members in the Australian/Papua New Guinea Branch. There has been a 2.22% increase in the last twelve months in Australasia. During the period up to the November 2012 membership figures have increased in Australia  & PNG by 30 members. Thus giving  a total in the Panels/States are as follows:

• ACT 29(28) gain 1
• New South Wales Panel 310(293) gain 17
• Papua New Guinea 5 (51) loss 46
• Queensland Panel  280 (225) gain 55
• South Australia Panel 113 (148) loss 35
• Tasmania 13 (13) no change
• Victoria Panel 324 (326) loss 2
• Western Australia Panel 307 (260) gain 47
• Northern Territory  2 (4) loss 2

Numbers in brackets represent October 2011

Engineers Australia

For details of the mutual recognition arrangements with Engineers Australia select Country Information.

News Bulletin

The News Bulletin is issued in hard copy 3 times a year to members in Australia and PNG with a valid mailing address. The News Bulletin is also emailed to members and back issues can be found online here.

The News Bulletin editor is looking for interesting articles for the next edition. Copy should be sent directly to the editor in your last News Bulletin. Copy should be provided to Matt Springer

Bulletin Editor.

Not receiving your Bulletin?

Are your details up to date in your account? If you are unsure log in to www.imeche.org and check your profile. Please fill address field as your suburb. NB a city is not required as well as a suburb. Address field 5 should be reserved for you state and should be expressed as ACT, NT, NSW, QLD, SA, WA and TAS.

Meetings

Most Panels in the Australian Branch conduct joint meetings with Engineers Australia and other learned societies. Engineers Australia is rolling out webcasts of technical presentations on their websites. These can be viewed to aid your professional development.

Membership for Mechanical Engineering Students is free

On line application form for Affiliate membership is available on the website

Australian Young Members

2013 is the year of resurgence for Young Members in Australia! We had our inaugural annual Young Members  event - Engtravaganza weekend in combination with the Australian Branch AGM. This year that was a trip to Gold Coast's Dreamworld, with a behind-the-scenes tour and then the rest of the day spend on the rides. (Check out the photos on our Facebook page). More events are being planned around the country. 

We also have a brand new Australia Young Member committee, check out what is going on this year and who is representing you, and how to get involved.

The Australian Young Members have an active Facebook page and Twitter feed.