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Annual General Meeting 2026

The AGM is an important forum for the APA and provides an opportunity for members to receive an update of the Association's performance and to celebrate some of the achievements for the previous year.

At the meeting, members will be asked to:

• Accept the minutes of the last AGM

• Accept the Financial Statements for 2025, including the Directors report and the independent auditors report.

• Accept the proposed changes to the APA Constitution

If you wish to attend this event online, please register before 5pm 25th May 2026.

Details of the Agenda and Financial Statements will be available on the APA Website from 4 May 2026

In this session, Ben Corso will guide physiotherapy business owners through the essential steps to prepare a practice for future sale well before you ever reach the point of selling. Drawing on two decades of experience building, scaling, selling, and exiting a multi‑site allied health group, Ben will shift the focus away from last‑minute fixes and toward the long‑term operational and strategic decisions that truly drive value.

We'll explore how buyers assess a practice, including:

- The predictability and diversity of revenue
- The strength and efficiency of your systems
- Wage control and team structure
- Multidisciplinary capability and service mix
- The level of owner dependency and leadership depth

Ben will break down the key value drivers that influence both performance and saleability, such as subtenancy utilisation, diary optimisation, pricing strategy, and service expansion. You'll gain clarity on how each of these elements contributes to a more scalable, profitable, and attractive business.

This is a face to face lecture only and will not be recorded or live streamed.

Currently there are few options for physiotherapists who wish to explore a holistic approach to needle-based therapies. Dry needling courses offer a model that permits pain modulation but none of the systemic benefits acupuncture offers that can improve mood, sleep, inflammation, appetite and digestive function and sense of well-being.

This presentation outlines the workforce realities reshaping physiotherapy practices in 2026, combining global insights with Australian-specific pressures to highlight what leaders need to know now. It begins by framing the global challenge: rising healthcare demand driven by ageing populations and chronic disease is outpacing talent supply, with widespread skills shortages. The lens then narrows to Australia, where allied health practices face intense competition for a broad range of clinical and non-clinical roles. Emerging trends show a paradox, while AI is transforming healthcare, it remains underutilised in hiring, and human-centric skills are increasingly critical. At the same time, cost pressures and cautious hiring make strategic workforce planning essential. The presentation concludes by shifting from challenge to opportunity, outlining practical levers clinics can pull to expand talent pools, strengthen retention, optimise workforce mix and take immediate action, supported by the APA and ManpowerGroup partnership to help practices build sustainable workforce solutions.

In this webinar, Kalinda will share insights from her own experiences and the stories she has encountered, including her interactions with physiotherapists and soigneurs. She will also discuss practical strategies that physiotherapists can use to provide inclusive, supportive care for the LGBTQIA+ community.

Kalinda Robinson is a retired elite track sprint cyclist, competing for the Australian Institute of Sport and the Queensland Academy of Sport. Since being named an International Olympic Committee Young Leader, she has been actively advocating for inclusion and diversity, and is a key driver of the AIS Thrive with Pride program.

• VIC, TAS, NSW, ACT, QLD – 7.30pm AEST
• SA, NT – 7.00pm
• WA – 5.30pm

This is a live webinar. Login instructions including link details will be sent to registrants the day before the event. If login instructions are not received by close of business the day before the lecture, please contact us on vic.pd@australian.physio

As part of your registration to this event, you will be given free access to the recording of this presentation. The recording will be available on your cdp4physio dashboard within 4 weeks of the live session.