Allied health sector escalates call for Prac Payment reform with national petition
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At a time of urgent workforce shortages, financial barriers should not prevent students from completing their qualifications. Allied health students are essential to Australia’s health system, and equitable access to placement support must be a national priority.
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Published Feb 2026
Psychologist funding cap in NT: ‘This is going to be felt in rural and remote communities’, APS in T
This article is featured in The Daily Telegraph and is republished with permission.
Psychologists warn regional services could be cut in the NT as working in rural and remote areas becomes more unrealistic.
It follows after the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)...
Last reviewed Jun 2025
The changing face of disability services: The National Disability Insurance Scheme
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In August 2011, the Productivity Commission released its report into disability care and support in Australia. The report determined that disability services in Australia were underfunded and unfair in that the provision of services varied according to a number of factors such...
Published Jun 2017
Diversity as the key to a successful company group practice model
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Business models at work…
Chris Mackey and Associates has been operating as a group practice for more than 20 years. Chris, the practice director, reports that central to the practice’s success is a strategic focus on maintaining sufficient diversity in all areas of the busi...
Published May 2017
Dr Karl Wiener
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Karl has been a full member of the APS since the mid 1980s and became an APS Clinical College member in 2000. Karl has worked in clinical, organisational and forensic settings since 1985. After receiving his PhD in 2008, he commenced his professional growth by becoming a senio...
Last reviewed Jan 2021
Pay for therapy or rent? The heartbreaking mental health choice faced by Emily’s clients
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Some weeks, psychologist-in-training Emily Radford has to choose between paying for rent or therapy. It’s a decision many of Radford’s clients face as well.
While some are on the NDIS, meaning the government subsidises their sessions for ADHD, autism and other complex con...
Published Apr 2023
Working with individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders in an adult custodial environment
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It is recognised that people with neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., intellectual disability [ID], autism spectrum disorder [ASD] and communication disorders) are over-represented in juvenile and adult criminal justice systems. The relationship between neurodevelopmental diso...
Published Nov 2017
Now is a great time to update your Find A Psychologist entry
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The APS is expanding the Find A Psychologist service to ensure it remains the definitive directory for locating psychologists in private practice.
The APS Find A Psychologist service is being expanded to include contact details for more than 8,000 APS member psychologists. ...
Published Jan 2022
Working with clients experiencing injury and pain
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Important contributions from psychology
I write this article from the perspective of a sport and exercise psychologist who works with injured athletes, a psychologist who works with people suffering from persistent pain and injury, and as a person who has and continues to s...
Published Apr 2021
Federal Election Statement 2025
Psychologists are being asked to do more in a system that has not kept pace with demand. People are waiting too long, psychologists are stretched, and too many people are missing out on psychology services.
We have put forward a set of strategic actions to bring about pract...
Last reviewed Apr 2025