The APS receives a number of queries from members who have been the subject of a notification associated with their registration as a psychologist, which is a situation that creates a great deal of anxiety. The following questions and answers have been prepared by the APS P...

Last reviewed May 2026

2010 APS Annual Oration delivered by Professor Richard Bryant FAPS The 2010 APS Annual Oration was delivered by Professor Richard Bryant, APS Fellow, Scientia Professor in the School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, an ARC Laureate Fellow, and Director of the T...

Published Oct 2022

The Assessment and Treatment templates for record keeping The Assessment and Treatment templates for record keeping provide an overview of the key issues to record when providing psychological services to clients. These resources help members to meet the ethical obli...

Last reviewed Apr 2026

An election for two General Director positions on the APS Board of Directors was held by postal ballot and electronic voting, and the result was declared at the 2016 APS AGM on 15 September 2016. The two successful candidates are Dr Aaron Frost MAPS and Mrs Jill Wright MAPS an...

Published May 2017

  Ethical dilemmas are an inevitable aspect of psychological practice because of the nature and context of the service and the central trusting relationship between the psychologist and client that has inherent power inequalities. There will be many situations th...

Last reviewed Apr 2026

An election for two General Director positions on the APS Board of Directors was held by postal ballot and electronic voting, and the result was declared at the AGM in Sydney on 16 October 2010. The two successful candidates are Mr Tim Hannan FAPS and Professor Trang Thomas...

Published Jun 2020

Many indicators reveal youth violence has been rising in Australia in recent decades. Recorded rates of youth assault and sexual assault have increased and are high relative to comparable nations. For example, rates of arrest for violent offences (assault and other offences) f...

Published Jun 2017

The Psychology Board of Australia Code of Conduct came into effect for all registered psychologists practicing in Australia on 1 Dec 2025.  The following resource will be updated to align with the new Code of Conduct. This resource should be read in conjunction with the Code o...

Last reviewed Jan 2026

Perspectives from the APS Psychology of Relationships Interest Group Although understanding relationships is important to just about every area of psychology, the members of the APS Psychology of Relationships Interest Group (PORIG) have a particular interest in understandi...

Published Jul 2017

The costs of disunity Divisions within the psychology profession over the two-tier Medicare rebate structure are once again threatening to derail advocacy for the maintenance of current funding for the highly successful Better Access initiative. Over the last few months, AP...

Published Jul 2017