ACMI provides a three monthly Journal and writes Standards for Professional Conduct, etc. ACMI lobbies on behalf of Australian Midwives, with Governments and the Nurses Registration Boards. In Independent Practice. There is also a national independent body called, The Australian Society of Independent Midwives. Victorian Midwife Academic Group - Academics from all Universities in the state of Victoria that have midwifery courses meet about 4 times a year to discuss, support.
Most midwifery is practiced in the institutional setting.
There are tertiary referral, public, private, small and large midwifery units which employ midwives. Depending on the unit, its' size, location and the perspective of the administration, midwives are involved in birth centre care, Team midwifery programs, Early Discharge Programs, Family Care programs, adolescent care, Prenatal diagnosis, and other initiatives focusing on the health and well- being of mothers and babies. A tertiary referral hospital is where the intensive care nursery is, and where the Perinatologists reside and are located in the cities. Level 1 and Level II hospitals are more local. Each state has several Independent or privately practicing midwives.