Psychologists renew demand for doubling of Medicare-subsidised sessions
News
Psychologists are renewing calls for the federal government to double the number of subsidised psychology sessions a patient can access, along with reducing the growing gap fee, as the cost-of-living crisis puts households under financial strain.
The Australian Association ...
Published Jan 2024
Certificate in Animal Assisted Psychotherapy (CAAP)
Non-APS Event
The Animal Assisted Therapy Programs of Colorado (AATPC) is at the forefront of developing training for professionals that meet regional and international standards for providers of animal assisted counseling, therapy and psychotherapy in the United States.
The AATPC offers...
2025 Board of Directors elections
Nominations for the following Board positions closed on 26 October 2025:
General Director, APS Division of Psychological Research, Education and Training (DPRET) – to serve to the 2028 AGM
President – to serve to the 2027 AGM
We are delighted to announce that the ...
Last reviewed Oct 2025
Code of conduct
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Last reviewed Jul 2025
The rise of pay-per-hour cuddlers, APS in The Daily Telegraph
This article is featured in The Daily Telegraph and is republished with permission.
As Australia is gripped with a loneliness epidemic, people are paying professional cuddlers for human contact and there's nothing sexual about it.
To the casual observer, it looks like yo...
Last reviewed Jun 2025
APS Review of the Code of Ethics
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InPsych
Background
The current APS Code of Ethics was approved by the APS at its AGM in September 2007. The previous version was approved in September 1997, and the one before that was in 1986. The last process of review took just under two years and involved transforming the 1997 ...
Published Jul 2017
APS discusses the impact of excessive screen time on children in The Courier Mail
This article is featured in The Courier Mail and is republished with permission.
The longer kids look at screens, the less time they spend talking, developing their brains, sleeping and moving, a new international study has found.
The most profound impacts are on toddle...
Last reviewed Sep 2025
The future of higher education funding for psychology
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InPsych
The APS has had a longstanding program of advocacy in place aimed at improving funding for the psychology discipline in higher education. Advocacy efforts were ramped up from 2004 when the Federal Government reduced the funding of Commonwealth-supported postgraduate places in...
Published Aug 2017
Reform of the Mental Health System
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InPsych
Throughout 2014, the National Mental Health Commission undertook the National Review of Mental Health Programs and Services (the Review) – arguably the largest and most significant review of the mental health sector in recent years. After considering the Commission’s final rep...
Published Jun 2017