Prison Officers Association of Australasia

This body comprises members of registered Trade Unions who are employed as prison officers or corrective officers below the level of management or executive ranks. The body contains representatives from every State in Australia and includes officers who work in both private and public prisons.

New Zealand and New Guinea are also affiliated though they seldom attend the annual meetings.

Currently Matt Bindley, the chair of the NSW POVB, of the PSA is on the executive of the POAA.

The body is an advisory one only and has no real industrial power. It meets annually on a rotational basis.