The Guardian has featured AAPi's response to the budget.
“The Australian Association of Psychologists Inc (AAPi) peak body calling the overall new funding “tokenistic”. The AAPi welcomed a greater focus on early intervention through the online service, but called for more detail, and raised concern that it must not simply duplicate existing services or use “a lower-qualified workforce”.
AAPi was also critical of no extension of Medicare-backed psychologist visits under the Better Access scheme beyond the current 10 sessions, saying “we don’t force people to ration physical health”.
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