Special report

June 2015

Celebrating our historyIn September this year, the 50th APS Annual Conference will commence the celebrations of the 50-year anniversary of the APS, while October last year marked 70 years since its precursor, the Australian Branch of the British Psychological Society (BPS), was first established....

June 2015 | Jill Giese

Mrs Jean Rushton MAPSJean Rushton has been a member of the APS for 65 years and witnessed firsthand the growth in psychology following the war.Mrs Jean Rushton studied psychology at the University of Melbourne and the University of WA soon after the war, at a time when very few women had...

April 2015

Celebrating our historyIn September this year, the 50th APS Annual Conference will commence the celebrations of the 50-year anniversary of the APS, while October last year marked 70 years since its precursor, the Australian Branch of the British Psychological Society (BPS), was first established....

April 2015 | Jill Giese

Colonel George Owens FAPSGeorge Owens has been a member of the APS for 67 years since the very early days of its establishment as the Australian Branch of the British Psychological Society.Retired Colonel George Owens commenced his career as a psychologist in the army at the end of the WW2, and...

February 2015

Celebrating our historyIn September this year, the 50th APS Annual Conference will commence the celebrations of the 50-year anniversary of the APS, while October last year marked 70 years since its precursor, the Australian Branch of the British Psychological Society (BPS), was first established....

February 2015

Emeritus Professor Ron Taft Hon FAPSRon Taft is the longest-serving member of the APS, who was present at the inaugural 1944 meeting of the APS precursor, the Australian Branch of the British Psychological Society, and has been a member for 70 years.Emeritus Professor Ron Taft specialised in...

December 2014

As part of its commitment to promoting community mental health awareness and psychological wellbeing, for the fourth consecutive year the APS commissioned a stress and wellbeing survey of a representative sample of the Australian adult population. The survey provides a year-on-year comparison of...

October 2014 | Associate Professor Tim Hannan

It is customary for the departing President to reflect upon the achievements of the APS over the past two years, and to speculate on the future direction of the Society. This strikes me as a hazardous enterprise! On the one hand, given the complexity of the ongoing changes in the regulation of...

December 2013 | Dr Lynne Casey

As part of the commitment to promoting community mental health awareness and psychological wellbeing, for the third successive year the APS commissioned a stress and wellbeing survey of a representative sample of the Australian adult population. The survey examined the levels of stress and...