Hiring contractors and the need for insurance
Member Only
InPsych
You might be hiring a contractor, but your reasons for recruiting are probably very similar to hiring a new employee. Whether you’re experiencing an unprecedented busy period, or you don’t have the budget for a permanent employee, there is one extra piece of homework you’ll ne...
Published Jun 2020
Valid selection: Changing recruitment practices in a private healthcare organisation
Member Only
InPsych
Our current economic environment places increasing pressure on organisations to do more with less – to improve efficiencies, employee productivity and profitability with fewer resources. One consequence is a greater need to use valid recruitment methods to make correct selecti...
Published Jun 2017
APS Committees: The agony and the ecstasy
Member Only
InPsych
So, you are considering joining an APS College, State, Branch or Interest Group Committee? Well, the problem is that not enough of you are considering this, leaving gaps in membership.
Up-front, I will confess to a conflict of interest. I am Convener of the Psychology of In...
Published Sep 2017
Harnessing the power of AI in psychology
Optimising AI in psychology, while minimising the risks is a key aspect of APS’s pre-budget submission and it requires urgent attention.
Whatever your position on AI, there is no doubt it is revolutionising almost every industry, including psychology.
On one hand, the...
Last reviewed May 2024
The psychology funding APS is advocating for in 2024
APS reveals some of its key focus areas to advocate for additional government investment to support the psychology profession in 2024.
Resilience has been a key tenet of the Australian identity for a long time, but after enduring multiple economic, environmental, health an...
Last reviewed May 2024
Counting the costs, reaping the benefits: Evidence for cost-effectiveness psychologic intervention
Member Only
InPsych
With the findings of the Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing (AIHW, 2013) concluding that 45 per cent of Australians will experience a high prevalence mental health disorder in their lifetime, it is vital that government policies and funding for both the ...
Published Jun 2017
Assessment of capacity in people with intellectual disability
Member Only
InPsych
People with intellectual disability (ID) can experience deficits in thinking, problem solving and decision making, which may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others (United Nations, 2006). Lack of capacity can prevent participatio...
Published Nov 2017
NDIS: Working within the National Disability Insurance Scheme
Member Only Resource
The NDIS is a national program delivered by the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) which provides services to people with a permanent and significant disability. This includes intellectual, physical, neurological and psychiatric disabilities that impact a person’s abi...
Last reviewed Nov 2024
Social media ban is coming: what you need to know, APS in The Medical Republic
This article is featured in The Medical Republic and is republished with permission.
The new law restricting under-16s from using certain social media platforms takes force on December 10—and 87% of over 1000 GPs support it, a national Healthed poll has found.
The govern...
Last reviewed Dec 2025
Insomnia disorder practice guide
Member Only
Resource
Last reviewed Jan 2023