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04/08/2026

Find out what is happening in Parliament today, documents about sittings and access transcripts of debates.

24/07/2026

🚨 Reminder - 2:00pm on Monday the national test of AusAlert 🚨

Anyone who anticipates the loud alert may cause distress or impact your safety, get ready now.

The alert sound can be found through this page if a practice run will help you or a family member prepare: https://www.ausalert.gov.au/alerts-explained/community-testing

24/07/2026

🥳 Paid prac for allied health! 🥳

Psychology is one of 10 Allied Health disciplines that will be added to the list of courses eligible for the Commonwealth Prac Payment, along with:
- physiotherapy
- occupational therapy
- speech pathology
- paramedicine
- radiography
- pharmacy
- rehabilitation therapies
- audiology
- podiatry

Very welcome news, this will reduce financial pressures and support so many more students to continue in their studies, and/or to manage to feed themselves while they do.

(Media release: https://www.pm.gov.au/media/government-expands-paid-prac-strengthen-medicare )

In a huge win for psychology, the Government has announced the Commonwealth Prac Payment program will be extended to psychology students from 1 July 2027.

Building on years of sustained advocacy by the APS, along with the allied health sector, this important win for our profession will allow all psychology students completing placements to access support during their studies.

The APS has pushed for this for years, through pre-budget submissions, meetings with Ministers, and a petition tabled with Independent MPs as recently as June.

This is the outcome we have been fighting for.

Official briefing documents currently define the Government's use of the term "clinical psychology" as, 'courses leading to registration as a psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia’ - a description that goes well beyond the clinical endorsement alone.

Psychology is not just clinical psychology.

We have spoken directly with the Government and confirmed this is a matter of incorrect wording, that will be amended in future.

Today’s announcement means all psychology students are covered. Because all psychology students deserve to be covered.

We will have more detail on this soon and will continue to share it as it comes to hand.

27/05/2026

🚨 National Emergency Test Alert - 27 July 🚨
If you have a hidden or secret safety phone, or are likely to be distressed by the loud sound of the alert, plan ahead for the test alert. Looks like for our region this will be 2pm Monday 27 July 2026 but some places are earlier - check your location at https://www.ausalert.gov.au/alerts-explained/community-testing

22/04/2026

22/04/2026

📢 !Shameless plug! 📢

So excited 😆 We're running four parent & carer workshops, focussing on what we - the grownups - can do to help our kiddos with anxiety in different stages:
🧠 preschool / early childhood
🧠 junior primary (prep to grade 3)
🧠 middle childhood (grade 4-year 7)
🧠 adolescence (year 8 onward)

FREE to attend, but please register:
💻 https://tinyurl.com/dkymes3v.
☎ (03) 5362 4000

Thanks to for making the series possible!

21/04/2026

Some tip-top parenting advice from Max. Unfortunately you can't get a referral to see Max, as he was just on a brief school holiday secondment to Physiotherapy & Pilates, and has now returned to his usual position of Grade 2 Student.

An excellent list of small ways to have humans - big and small - at our best. I would humbly submit one small addition, although I have not run this past Max: "Give a drink of water or a snack (or perhaps both?)".



[Image reads: If you have kids you should: 1. Be Kind. 2. Be helpful. 3. Do good things for them. 4. give them time outside. Written in kid's handwriting on a whiteboard. The number 4 has a starburst.]

13/04/2026

An FYI for our clients and visitors from our clinic housemates 👷🚧

(Should have no impact on appointments, just a bit going on!)

10/04/2026

We are excited to let you all know that we are running Tuning into Teens in Term 2.

Finding it hard to connect with your young person or support them through the rollercoaster of emotions and experiences they go through as a teenager? Tuning into teens can help. Our six week program supports parents and carers of young people to learn how to check in and communicate with their teen by learning about emotion coaching. The program aims to build skills and deepen parents relationships with their young people, so they can be more connected.

If you are interested in joining, register your interest at: https://form.jotform.com/260978140334054
For more information, feel free to give us a call on 53811543 or email at [email protected] 😊

13/03/2026

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