Wireless Institute of Australia  The Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA) was formed in 1910, and is the first and oldest national amateur radio society in the world. It represents the amateur radio operators of Australia as the AR "peak body" in dealings with the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), the authority under the government of Australia that administers communications within and external to Australia. The WIA publishes a bi-monthly journal for its membership called "Amateur Radio". The organisation is the national society representing Australia in the International Amateur Radio Union. The WIA today is a single integrated nation-wide body, but it commenced as separate though collegiate state-based bodies and throughout most of its history was a federation of these state bodies. It traces its origins to the formation in 1910 of the New South Wales Institute of Telegraphy. The Wireless Institute of Victoria was established in 1911. Next came the short-lived Wireless Institute of Queensland, which held its first meeting in May 1912. The Western Australia Radio Club was formed shortly before first World War I. The WIA is an Australian "peak" Radio Amateur society. It has existed for over 100 years, and a foundation member of the IARU (Region 3). The IARU represents the Radio Amateurs and their global spectrum allocations with ITU. The ITU World Radio Conference is being held this year and the WIA is sending two volunteers - a non trivial expense. We have already attended a number of preparatory meetings for this. The International Telecommunication Union, originally the International Telegraph Union, is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is responsible for issues that concern information and communication technologies. It is the oldest among all the 15 specialised agencies of UN. On 16 May 2004, the Annual General Meeting adopted a new constitution that established a national organisational structure (seven Directors with individual membership of persons in the national body) versus the former federal arrangement (membership held in state Divisions, and the Divisions having membership of the Federal body). The 100th anniversary of the WIA was commemorated in 2010. A special event callsign and station was established and used throughout 2010: callsign VK100WIA. The Annual General Meeting was held in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, over 28–30 May 2010, and included:  The WIA conducts training sessions and has training materials for people wishing to become licensed Amateur Radio operator. For over 20 years, the WIA provided exam services for the Radio Amateur qualification, the AOCP. Under the ACMA deed 2009-2019. the testing utilised a system of accredited testers, and issued the authorisations for the ACMA to issue licences.