Membership news

December 2012 | Associate Professor Tim Hannan

Under the Constitution of the Society, the APS Board of Directors may identify areas of expertise which could be strengthened or enhanced to improve Board effectiveness, and, on that basis, appoint Additional Directors to the Board for a one-year term. At its recent meetings, the Board identified...

December 2012

The APS publishes an online Medicare Psychology Providers list that is available to referrers and members of the public and can be searched by location or name. Nearly 7,500 APS members who are Medicare providers are listed: NSW – 2,493; VIC – 2,336; QLD – 1,345; WA – 556...

December 2012

At the 2012 APS Annual General Meeting, Emeritus Professor Norman Feather and Dr Iain Montgomery were elected as Honorary Fellows of the APS – the highest recognition the Society can offer – for their extraordinary and distinguished contributions to the advancement of psychology and...

October 2012

Annual General MeetingThe 2012 APS AGM was held at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre on 29 September 2012. A number of items of special business were dealt with, the most significant of which are outlined below. Members elected to the grade of Honorary FellowTwo members were elected to...

October 2012

This year, the APS Board has set up a Cost Saving Working Group, which has made a long list of recommendations for reducing the costs of operating the APS. The aim of this exercise is to ensure that more of members’ money can be used for member benefits.I have had the honour of convening...

October 2012

The deadline for meeting annual CPD requirements is 30 November 2012.There is a complex array of mandatory CPD requirements for maintenance of general registration with the Psychology Board of Australia, membership of the Australian Psychological Society, and Medicare provider status. Members are...

October 2012

Each year the APS recognises members who have made an outstanding contribution to the APS and to the advancement of psychological knowledge or practice by electing them as Fellows of the Society. Thirteen members were elected as APS Fellows in 2012.Associate Professor Jan Grant Jan Grant is an...

October 2012

An election for two General Director positions on the APS Board of Directors was held by postal ballot and electronic voting, and the result was declared at the AGM in Perth on 29 September 2012. The two successful candidates are Mr Michael Burge OAM FAPS and Associate Professor Louise Roufeil...

August 2012

Across Australia members of the APS have been assisted to meet their annual peer consultation requirements through APS peer consultation networks, with members who are interested in peer consultation arrangements now represented in every APS Branch throughout Australia. As members would be aware,...