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2011 conference photos

Photos from the 2011 AMT conference have been posted on AMT's facebook page. You'll find them all here.....Read more

2012 Annual Conference in Sunshine Coast

AMT is excited to confirm that the 23rd Annual Conference will be held at The Twin Waters Resort in the Sunshine Coast on October 19 - 21. If a picture paints a thousand words then the conference flyer constitutes a novella's worth of reasons to block the date out in your diary .......Read more

Follow us on Twitter

Yes, that's right. AMT has joined the Twittersphere. Why not watch us get the hang of Tweeting as we try to distill all the important stuff from the world of massage therapy into 140 characters or less
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Consultation draft of AMT Code of Practice released

The AMT Board is excited to release the consultation draft of the Massage Therapy Code of Practice we have developed over the past 18 months.....Read more

Submission to the Australian Health Ministers Advisory Council

AMT recently attended the national consultation forum on options for the regulation of unregistered health practitioners, which was convened by the Australian Health Ministers Advisory Council (AHMAC). The purpose of the AHMAC consultation is to gather information and views to assist in determining the adequacy of existing protections for consumers who use the services of unregistered health practitioners and, if further public protection measures are required, what these should be and how they should be structured and administered.....Read more

AMT submission to NSW WorkCover

NSW WorkCover recently called for submissions in relation to proposed changes to the regulation of service providers in the NSW Workers compensation system. You can access AMT's submission to NSW WorkCover here.....Read more

New research on the benefits of massage therapy for patients with fibromyalgia

The purpose of this study was to determine whether massage-myofascial release therapy can improve pain, anxiety, quality of sleep, depression and quality of life in patients with fibromyalgia. You can access the free, full text article here.....Read more

NSW Code of Conduct for Unregistered Health Professionals comes into effect

From Friday August 1, 2008 all Massage Therapists working in NSW will be required to display a copy of the NSW Code of Conduct for Unregistered Health Professionals in their clinic(s). This new regulation was made as an amendment to the NSW Public Health Act (1991) and applies to all NSW AMT members.....Read more