AAPi has again been featured in the media calling for an end to the two-tier system and for the rebates for the clients of all psychologists to be increased. In The Australian newspaper article ‘Two-tier rebates ‘psychologically damaging’, AAPi Director Mark Baxter and I discussed the damage the two-tier system has caused to clients and psychologists.
We refute the claims by Australian Clinical Psychology Association president Caroline Hunt that clinical psychologists have undertaken 4-5 years additional training. Many psychologists with general registration or endorsement in other areas of psychology have undertaken a prodigious amount of extra education and training. To date there is no evidence that supports the higher rebate exclusively for endorsed clinical psychologists. AAPi is asking for a $150 Medicare rebate for all.
AAPi is working to correct the misconceptions around the endorsement system, while advocating for increased access to a diverse range of psychology courses, and the end to a two-tier rebate system. We are the only psychology association that is working towards equality in psychology and equal pay for equal work.
If you are not already a member, now is the time to join AAPi. We are stronger together.
