Company Profile
Australian College of Midwives
Company Overview
The Australian College of Midwives (ACM) is a national not-for-profit organisation that serves as the peak professional body representing midwives in Australia.
ACM is the unified voice for the midwifery profession, supporting midwives to reach their full potential by setting professional practice and education standards and providing national advocacy and representation, events, training, publications and other services to members.
ACM is committed to being the leading organisation shaping Australian maternity care, to ensure the best possible maternity outcomes for all Australian women. We are guided by research evidence that pregnant women and mothers benefit from having access to midwifery care throughout their childbearing experience.
ACM is guided by a voluntary Board of Directors consisting of some of Australia’s foremost leaders and professionals. ACM also has branches in each state and territory across Australia, with their activities predominantly undertaken by professional midwives on a voluntary basis.
Company History
Founded in 1984, midwifery associations in a number of states and territories came together to create a national peak body for Australian midwives.
ACM has expanded and become more sophisticated since its inception however the core values have not changed. ACM continues to deliver on its commitment to be the unified voice for the midwifery profession, support midwives to reach their full potential and provide national advocacy and representation.