Being the best we can be in Quality is important

Welcome to the Australian Organisation for Quality, the national association for people who work in quality.
We help our members achieve personal and professional excellence in their roles and interests in quality.
AOQ is Australia’s national quality member organisation. It’s led by members, for members – quality practitioners like you. AOQ provides connections with like-minded people, engagement with people for whom quality is a passion. Professional support to help you be your best. Information you can rely on. Resources you can call on.

AOQ delivers great value to our Members:

Café Quality™

AOQ magazine

Café Quality™ gatherings occur regularly. Across Australia members get together to build our networks, and hear about the latest developments in Quality, that we can apply right away.

Explore the quarterly AOQ magazine Quality Business® to get the latest in-depth information and news. Get access to tips and practical ideas that you can apply in your own organisation.

 

Qualcon®

Represent AOQ

 

The Qualcon® national conference brings people together to really explore current themes. Hear excellent speakers or become one yourself and present a paper! Maybe join the annual AOQ Delegation to the Asia Pacific Quality Organisation conference and get great access and savings.

Take the opportunity to represent AOQ at a Standards Australia Technical Committee. This is a genuine professional growth experience, where you can make a lasting contribution in your area of expertise.

 

Training

eNewsletter

 

Whether you’re new to Quality, or wanting to stay up to date, developing your Quality knowledge is essential.  That’s where AOQ Training delivers. From training in general Quality subjects, through
to learning specific skills and competencies, AOQ has the training you need. 

The monthly AOQ eNewsletter gives you updates on quality news.

 
 

QB Quality Business® Magazine

Mastering Quality Management

Welcome to the final issue of Quality Business for 2024.
This edition carries two Themes: this year’s World Quality
Week theme, and the continuation of our theme for 2024
Quality Gurus. We have articles that address each of these themes.

November includes World Quality Week and this year’s
theme is “Quality: from compliance to performance” – we
elaborate on this in a special article, which then introduces
other articles we have on this topic.

Want more like this? Quality Business Magazine is a
benefit of AOQ Membership. Find out more HERE.

AOQ member Dr Matthew Rathinam, has published an essential reference for any Quality practitioner or person who wants to catapult their business to new heights.

“Mastering Quality Management – 7 Principles to Revolutionise your Business” “ contains all the elements we need to know about maintaining and excelling the quality of products and services.

Purchase your copy HERE

 

Coming Events

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AOQ Training Course - Introduction to ISO 9001

Date:
11 February 2025
Time:
10.30am AEDT

Courses comprise 4 x 2-hour MS Teams sessions, twice weekly (Tuesdays & Thursdays) starting Tuesday 11th & Thursday 13th February : 10.30am-12.30pm AEDT.

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AOQ Training Course - Introduction to Modern Quality

Date:
25 February 2025
Time:
10.30am AEDT

Courses comprises 4 x 2-hour MS Teams sessions, twice weekly (Tuesdays & Thursdays) starting Tuesday 25th & Thursday 27th Feb : 10.30am-12.30pm AEDT time

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RECORDING National Webinar - ISO Integrated Use of Management System Standards 2018 HB (Guest speaker Mike McLean)

Date:
09 March 2025

REGISTER HERE FOR ACCESS TO RECORDING : Dealing with one ISO Management System Standard can be tough, especially for the uninitiated. When you add more standards into the mix, it can become a multi-headed beast. But ISO has developed some useful guidance, cases and survey in an updated Handbook on how to tame this beast.

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AOQ Training Course - Auditing Skills

Date:
11 March 2025
Time:
10.00am AEDT - 1.00pm AEDT

The course comprises 4 x 3-hour MS Teams sessions over 2 weeks - starting Tues 11th & Thurs 13th Mar : 10.00am - 1.00pm (AEDT)

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RECORDING - Navigating Risk: Assurance Strategies for Business Success (Guest speaker Henry Reynolds)

Date:
24 September 2026

REGISTER HERE FOR ACCESS TO RECORDING : Navigating Risk: Assurance Strategies for Business Success

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RECORDING - AOQ Webinar - Practice & Integrity in Forensic Science (Anna Heavey)

Date:
30 October 2026

REGISTER HERE FOR ACCESS TO RECORDING : More than a non-conformance: How a new perspective on quality issues could enhance practice and integrity in forensic sciences

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