APS members who renewed their membership by 31 July 2025 received this activity free as part of a CPD bundle valued at over $400. Join now and receive access to discounted CPD and exclusive member benefits. This AI & Psychology Members' Symposium provides a comprehensive ex...

Colleges represent the nine specific areas of psychology in the practice, research and study of the discipline. Join a College or reinstate your College membership The Colleges support practice standards and quality assurance, organise education and training, and informa...

Last reviewed Jul 2024

Many APS members attended the very successful International Congress of Applied Psychology (ICAP) which the APS hosted in July 2010 in Melbourne. One major benefit to arise from the success of the Congress was the opportunity to enhance the profile of Australian psychology in ...

Published Aug 2017

Many members will be aware that, under the new National Registration and Accreditation Scheme (NRAS), all registered psychologists will be required to have professional indemnity (PI) insurance. As the Scheme is due to be implemented on 1 July 2010, those practitioners who do ...

Published Jun 2017

The capacity for new members to join the APS through an online rather than paper-based application process has recently been added to the growing suite of APS online membership services. Students can join instantly by uploading details of their current enrolment, though new AP...

Published Dec 2017

Mandatory training requirements will be introduced by the Psychology Board of Australia (PsyBA) for all supervisors of trainee psychologists from June 2013. The requirements for supervisors, which are currently in a transition phase, will result in a stringent national process...

Published Jun 2017

Nominations are now open for the President-Elect and two General Director positions on the APS Board of Directors. The President-Elect position is for a one-year term followed by two years as the APS President, and the two General Director positions are each for a term of thr...

Published Jun 2017

The commencement of national registration is almost upon us! At the time of going to print, all States and Territories except Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania had passed the necessary legislation to enable participation in the new scheme by 1 July 2010. State re...

Published Jun 2017

When the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme for the Health Professions was first mooted in 2006 we predicted that it would bring major changes for the psychology profession and a substantial shake-up of existing arrangements. Now some four years on, with the start ...

Published Jun 2017

As well as the peace psychologists who attended ICAP 2010 (profiled in the previous edition of InPsych), the Congress was also buzzing with environmental psychologists from around the world. They hailed from across the Americas and Europe, as well as nearer to home in New Zeal...

Published Jun 2017