Over the last year, formal submissions and reviews were prepared by the APS and tendered to government departments.

Council of Australian Governments (COAG)

  • National registration and accreditation of health professionals scheme proposal
    • Joint submission from APS, Council of Psychologists Registration Boards (CPRB) and Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC)
  • National registration and accreditation of health professionals scheme proposal
    • Supplementary submission from APS 

Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing

  • Mental Health and Workforce and Medical Benefits Divisions
    • Submission regarding clinical neuropsychology
  • 2007-08 Federal Budget
    • Submission regarding health psychology
  • Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    • Submission regarding Psychology Labour Workforce Report 

Australian Government Department of Education, Science

  • Review of the impact of the Higher Education Support Act 2003
    • Joint response to discussion paper from APS and Heads of Departments and Schools of Psychology Association (HODSPA)
  • Departments of Psychology and funding of postgraduate training programs
    • Submission from APS 

 

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Regulatory and other legislation

Queensland

  • Recency of practice proposal
    • Response to Psychologists Board of Queensland

South Australia

  • Psychological Practice Bill 2007
    • Response to Department of Health, South Australia

New South Wales

  • Professional Indemnity Cover and Health Care Regulation Act
    • Response to New South Wales Health 

 

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