APS shares resources to help you offer better support to your clients (and yourself) if wellbeing challenges emerge over the holiday period.  As the end of the year draws closer, many people are counting down the days until they can put their 'out of office' notices on, log...

Last reviewed Dec 2024

• As the final quarter of the APS financial year commences (after 11 February 2020), now is a good time to encourage a colleague to apply for membership of the APS. Applicants receive up to 15 months’ membership for the price of 12 months. Membership will be paid for through t...

Published Mar 2021

Last month I was finally able to respond to a longstanding invitation to attend an important annual leadership and advocacy event of the American Psychological Association (APA). As well as attending the Conference, I also spent considerable time with the CEO and senior staff ...

Published Jun 2017

The APS held its 2022 Annual General Meeting on Friday, 18 November 2022. APS members considered one ordinary resolution and one special resolution to amend our Constitution. Ordinary resolutions are carried when 50% or more of votes cast are in favour. Special resolu...

Last reviewed Dec 2025

Over the last decade, approximately 13,000 refugees have been resettled in Australia each year, and in recent years nearly 30 per cent of these are people who have come from Africa. Most African refugees have fled war, famine and displacement from their home country, and many ...

Published Jun 2017

Every year since 2002 Mission Australia has conducted an annual nationwide survey of young Australians. Last year, the eleventh Youth Survey asked 15,351 young people aged from 15 to 19 to share their perceptions of living in the lucky country (Mission Australia, 2012). As wel...

Published Jun 2017

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead Social protest movements are collective efforts to enact or prevent some form of social, political, economic or environmental cha...

Published Sep 2020

The use of social media has grown exponentially over the past decade and social media tools such as Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, blogs and Twitter have become commonplace in business and personal life. Social media can be used to support psychologists in their practices, but t...

Published Jun 2017

During the mid to late twentieth century (1940s to 1980s), it was common practice for babies of unwed mothers to be adopted by married couples. Many of the infants were taken from their mothers at childbirth as a result of extreme pressure and coercion that they experienced fr...

Published Jun 2017

In recognition of the unique needs and concerns of APS members who are setting out or in the early stages of their careers, the APS has recently launched an early career resource hub on the APS website. The hub brings together a suite of valuable resources and initiatives aime...

Published Jun 2017