Current Committee Projects

The review is to determine if health fund rebates should be reinstated for Pilates and other “natural therapies”.

Prof Michael Kidd has recommended the re-inclusion of Pilates for health fund rebates. A summary of outcomes can be found here with a message from Robyn Rix, PAA President. Read the final report: Natural Therapies Review 2024 – Report and recommendations

Thank you to Dr Penny Latey for her continued hard work on the Expert Advisory Panel.

More information

• President's report is available here


• A Special Resolution was passed to update the constitution. Details can be found in the President’s report


• We welcome new committee members Olga Tamara and Arwen McCutcheon

The Education Committee continues to liaise with Training Providers assessing their courses for PAA approval.

The PAA Education committee are pleased to announce that Balanced Body Comprehensive Course has been approved as recognised instructor training. There are Balanced Body course providers in NSW, SA and WA. Course graduates are eligible for PAA Studio Instructor membership.

The PAA CCC are key to promoting and encouraging rigorous comprehensive training that involves adequate work experience.

We continue to encourage TP’s to bring training standards to the highest possible level, whilst providing potential student teachers or Pilates clients more information on the Pilates training options and pathways available.

The new Membership System was launched on 18 September 2024 and feedback from members has been overwhelmingly positive. A big thank you to everyone who has logged in and started exploring! Only a few small issues have been identified and these were addressed as soon as they were reported - happily they’ve all been small ones!

Please follow these instructions if it is your first time signing in to the new system.

Now they have an active system to work with, an external company is busy developing the new instructor directory with a view to launching in the next week or two.

A program to bring our members together every month. This PAA community-based initiative values inclusivity, encouragement, movement and fun.

We’re excited that the new system allows ticket sales for events such as Member Masterclasses to be managed in-house (no more Eventbrite!).

Registration is available on the individual event pages in the Events section of the Membership website – make sure you sign in before trying to buy your ticket. Otherwise, you may not see the registration button or you could pay more for a non-member ticket (depending on the event).

See the updated calendar for masterclasses to the end of 2024.

A new episode has been released for series 1, An Introduction to the PAA featuring Susie Bond, PAA Vice President.

Click to listen and see the full list of podcasts

COM Marketing is offering PAA members $200 discount on their 2-3 May Fitness Marketing Summit in Melbourne.

New webinars for members have been arranged for May (and ongoing) with PAA Partners Focus GDT (15 May) and COM Marketing (30 May). Watch your inbox for more details.

A new phone system has been introduced to PAA staff, functioning on Zoom software (VOIP). Our new numbers are:

Membership: 0485 901 833

Support: 0485 901 834

The structure for a formal Mentoring program for members was recently agreed to by the committee. A proposal is currently being finalised to consider remuneration and PDPs to be associated with the program.

Members are invited to assist with the website rebrand by sharing images and video of Pilates classes and studios. Email expressions of interest to support@pilates.org.au.

Our goal is to better represent the diversity of our industry.

The updated, modernised and simplified website will be developed following the adoption of a new membership system.