AAPi has expressed its disappointment that psychology students were excluded from the Federal Government's new paid placement scheme.
7/05/2024
Vic budget update - mental health
AAPi Budget recommendations for further investment in Psychology have been featured in the Daily Telegraph, the Courier Mail, The Mercury, Gold Coast Bulletin NT News, and Sky News today.
AAPi's April media summary
2/05/2024
AAPi is calling for better support for Australians with complex mental health needs, following the events in Bondi over the weekend.
18/04/2024
AAPi was featured in an ABC online article and radio with executive director Tegan Carrison on new research showing the demand for mental health services in rural, regional and remote parts of Australia is 'extremely high'.
11/04/2024
Read AAPi Executive Director Tegan Carrison's letter to the editor in The Australian highlighting the continued exclusion of the majority of psychologists in the new guidelines for the assessment and diagnosis of autism.
4/04/2024
Director Carly Dober spoke with 2SM radio news about AAPi's calls for HECS debts to be cut for psychology graduates.
2/04/2024
AAPi Executive Director Tegan Carrison and member Dr Michael Carr-Gregg were both quoted in the Herald Sun regarding calls to combat the youth mental health crisis.
5/03/2024
AAPi Director Carly Dober spoke with Canberra radio station 2CC about the lack of adequate psychology sessions under Medicare to address the mental health needs of the nation.
1/03/2024
AAPi Director Dr Katrina Norris, wrote an opinion piece in The HR Leader this week about why there is a rise in mental health worker’s compensation claims and what can be done to reduce these claims.
29/02/2024
AAPi Director Carly Dober asks in this opinion piece in the Canberra Times, why mental health care was being devalued by the Federal Government.
Health Services Daily highlighted AAPi's call for 20 subsidised sessions per year this week.
22/02/2024
AAPi's calls for 20 subsidised sessions under Medicare has aired across several ABC radio stations news bulletins in the capital cities.
AAPi Chief Services Officer wrote a letter to the editor, saying the recent article in the Australian "NDIS misses autism checks" implied that families on the scheme are being given fistfuls of cash rather than accessing the services they need.
19/02/2024
AAPi President Sahra O’Doherty was featured in the Heald Sun in an article noting fewer Australians accessed subsidised mental health care last financial year, despite soaring rates of illness.
5/02/2024
AAPi Director Carly Dober spoke to 2SM radio about the Federal Government's recently announced workforce incentives program for doctors working in rural and remote areas.
29/01/2024
AAPi Director Carly Dober features in today's Guardian highlighting AAPi's call for additional psychology sessions to be reinstated, along with a higher Medicare rebate.
24/01/2024
AAPi Director Carly Dober wrote an article for The Canberra Times about the importance of neurodiverse families receiving access to mental health and psychology services.
12/01/2024
Director Carly Dober spoke with Triple J's Hack program in response to an ABC story about a young woman who was denied life insurance due to her mental health issues.
4/12/2023
AAPi Director Carly Dober featured in a story on Channel 9 TV News and online about the popularity of telehealth for psychology appointments and spoke about the need for better access to mental health care.
1/12/2023
AAPi responds to reports that some state & territory governments were concerned they would be asked to respond to the findings of the NDIS review by providing more disability services in mainstream settings, without detail on the potential costs.
AAPi Director Carly Dober spoke with 2SM news and the 6PR drive program in Perth about new data from the ABS which showed that one in five people delayed seeing or did not go to a health professional for their mental health due to cost.
28/11/2023
AAPi's calls for 40 rebated sessions for peri-natal mental health featured in the Adelaide Advertiser, Herald Sun and Sunday Tasmanian this week.
26/11/2023
AAPi has written to the Queensland Transport Minister asking for the rule requiring drivers to obtain medical clearance from a doctor confirming they are fit to drive, despite being autistic, to be reconsidered.
24/11/2023
AAPi's response to the Senate report on ADHD was included in the Herald Sun, The Guardian, this City Hub article and on 3AW, 6PR, 2SM radio and multiple ABC radio channels.
17/11/2023
An article in today's Courier Mail highlights the suicide rate for children in Queensland - a child aged between 10 and 14 is dying from suicide every four and a half weeks, double the number recorded last year.
A story on ABC online discusses the barriers facing psychology students entering the profession and AAPi’s advocacy to address this.
14/11/2023
AAPi Directors Sahra O’Doherty and Dr Bronwyn Milkins feature in this article by Western Independent, addressing the varied ways we experience grief.
25/10/2023
AAPi Director Carly Dober is featured in this ABC article today, addressing some of the potential reasons behind extended separations for some couples.
24/10/2023
Urgent action needed on health workforce strategy.
12/10/2023
A number of AAPi members are featured in a media article today about the mental health crisis, to coincide with Mental Health Month.
4/10/2023
ABC news has featured AAPi's call to the Federal Government for the number of rebated perinatal mental health sessions to be increased to 40 per year; and the impact of the session cuts on women seeking help for perinatal issues.
22/08/2023
Today's Australian newspaper details the funding disparity for veterans needing psychological care, with the NDIS paying higher and more sustainable rates than the Department of Veterans Affairs.
18/08/2023
In today's Courier Mail, Director Carly Dober appeals to the Federal Government for investment in a tangible mental health plan to improve access for all Australians.
16/08/2023
AAPi was featured in this Women's Agenda article, sharing AAPi's calls for perinatal women to be able to access 40 rebated psychology sessions per year through Medicare.
10/08/2023
AAPi was featured in The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, The Brisbane Times, WAToday and ABC radio over the weekend highlighting the dangers of self-harming trends on social media apps.
31/07/2023
AAPi's calls for additional Better Access sessions is featured in InDaily today with compelling interviews by two Adelaide AAPi members who are seeing the negative impacts of the cuts.
28/07/2023
AAPi's calls for the $150 Medicare rebate, reinstating the 20 Better Access sessions and allowing provisional psychologists to provide Medicare rebates are featured in the Tasmanian Examiner newspaper today.
Today's Sydney Morning Herald contains comments from three leading psychology bodies, including AAPi, about the impact of the cuts to the Medicare psychology sessions, six months after they were halved.
24/07/2023
AAPi member Dr Leanne McGregor spoke with ABC radio Gold Coast yesterday about the ongoing demand for mental health support, as we mark six months since the Federal Government cut back the Better Access Medicare sessions.
7/07/2023
AAPi's submission to the Senate inquiry on ADHD was highlighted in a story across The SMH, The Age, WA Today and the Brisbane Times today.
AAPi Director Carly Dober is quoted in this Herald Sun article, emphasising the profound impact of witnessing domestic violence on individuals.
23/06/2023
AAPi's calls for higher Medicare rebates and mental health reform are highlighted in an ABC online story today.
15/06/2023
5/06/2023
Today's article in The Age / SMH highlights the now-urgent issue among children who are increasingly seeking support via the Kids Helpline, but aren't getting through.
9/05/2023
AAPi Director Dr Katrina Norris spoke with Virginia Trioli on ABC Radio Melbourne today about potential changes to Victoria's WorkCover scheme.
5/05/2023
AAPi Director Sahra O'Doherty spoke about the cost of living impacts on mental health, the psychology session cuts and AAPi's budget calls in an interview on ABC TV's Afternoon Briefing yesterday.
2/05/2023
The impact of the rising cost of living on mental health featured in an article on the front page of The Age, and in other major Nine newspapers on Monday.
AAPi has called out the Federal Government's inaction on a way forward to ease the mental health crisis since the staging of its multi-stakeholder forum three months ago following the halving of subsidised Better Access sessions.
13/04/2023
The Victorian government is poised to radically overhaul the state's WorkCover scheme, which would remove workplace bullying and harassment from mental health claims.
10/04/2023
AAPi featured in the following media this week.
31/03/2023
AAPi Director Sahra O'Doherty spoke to ABC News yesterday about the ongoing inequity in accessing mental health services.
15/03/2023
AAPi's launch of the McKell Institute report and the Help Us Help More advocacy campaign at Parliament House yesterday resulted in substantial media coverage.
15/02/2023
AAPi's calls for Australians affected by natural disasters to be able to seek mental health support without the need for a GP referral features in a story on SBS News today.
30/01/2023
The issue of psychologists migrating out of the industry due to conditions, insufficient Medicare rebates, and now the slashing of Better Access sessions is building a perfect storm in which crucial, skilled practitioners may leave the sector.
18/01/2023
AAPi is featured in The Australian today, highlighting concerns that slashing the Better Access mental health sessions has forced practitioners to consider leaving the profession.
17/01/2023
AAPi continued to feature prominently in the media throughout the festive season.
13/01/2023
AAPi in the Media
9/01/2023
19/12/2022
16/12/2022
2/12/2022
AAPi Director Carly Dober features in this The Guardian article, addressing the concerning number of clients struggling to meet their basic needs due to cost of living pressures, and scaling back their therapy as a result.
16/11/2022
AAPi Director Carly Dober was featured in The Guardian yesterday, addressing the concerning number of clients struggling to meet their basic needs due to cost of living pressures, and scaling back their therapy as a result.
AAPi's latest media update.
10/11/2022
AAPi's ongoing calls for the Medicare item numbers to be reinstated and extended to include any large-scale disaster, pandemic or traumatic event were featured in the Herald Sun, The Guardian and on ABC radio nationally.
23/10/2022
In today’s Weekly Times, AAPi features prominently in a story about the shortage of psychologists in rural Australia.
28/09/2022
Meda / advocacy update.
9/09/2022
Update from AAPi Executive Director, Tegan Carrison.
2/09/2022
AAPi Director Carly Dober spoke to the ABC yesterday about: the coaching industry in Australia.
25/08/2022
An update from AAPi Executive Director, Tegan Carrison.
Today AAPi's calls for provisional psychologists to be able to provide services under Medicare were featured prominently across multiple media outlets.
27/07/2022
AAPi Media update
29/06/2022
10/06/2022
AAPi's calls to abolish the two-tier rebate system has featured prominently in an article in The Bendigo Advertiser, highlighting the difference in client rebates for clinical and registered psychologists and the impact of this on regional areas.
9/05/2022
An update on AAPi's media advocacy in March.
8/04/2022
An update on AAPi's media advocacy.
4/04/2022
In the Herald Sun and Courier Mail today, on Budget Eve, AAPi is advocating for our members, our clients and the sustainability of our industry.
28/03/2022
AAPi media update
15/03/2022
3/03/2022
31/01/2022
Two-tier rebates ‘psychologically damaging’
25/01/2022
In the last few weeks AAPi has featured prominently in the media.
31/10/2021
An update on AAPi's media presence.
20/09/2021
Executive Director Update Sky News Media coverage
2/09/2021