Anyone interested in contemporary economic issues and debates is invited to join. No special qualifications are required for membership.
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Benefits
Benefits of membership include:
- membership of Australia's largest professional economics association
- lunchtime seminars (held monthly) on topical economic and public policy issues
- access to professional colleagues in the corporate, public, academic and student domains
- receipt of a monthly newsletter, advertising forthcoming events such as the monthly lunchtime seminars, major functions, the annual Economic Society Conference etc
- discounts to all Branch and national Society events
- for Student members, the offer of discounted membership, which includes copies of the Economic Record and Economic Papers
- tax deductibility of your membership contribution (in most cases)
- search the Members' National Data Base for other members' Areas of Expertise and enter your own.
Publications
Members of the Society may elect to receive four copies of the Economic Record and/or four copies of Economic Papers each year.
The Economic Record is Australia's leading academic economics research journal, whilst the Economic Papers provides more general articles on topical policy, economic and business issues.
Receipt of the monthly newsletter is also included as part of your membership.
Students
The Society welcomes student members, being keen to foster academic pursuits and the future of its own membership. In this regard, students are offered discounted membership (including copies of the Economic Record and Economic Papers).
Special membership rates are available to full-time students. Apart from participating in the entire range of Society activities and receiving its publications, membership also enables students to tap into employment prospects and discuss real economic issues complementing their formal academic studies.