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The Board carries out wide-ranging consultation on proposals that affect the profession.
The Board may also publish a discussion paper to explore and seek feedback on practice issues that could affect the profession and the public.
Where there are consultations or discussion papers open for input, they will be shown below.
Where there are consultations which have closed, they will be shown under Past Consultations, along with the submissions that were received.
The Psychology Board of Australia is consulting on updating the Guidelines for the 5+1 internship program.
The current Guidelines for the 5+1 internship program have been in effect since 2013 and are therefore due for review. The purpose of revising these guidelines is to conduct a full review of the internship requirements and administrative rules to:
We invite practitioners, members of the community, employers and other stakeholders to give feedback on our proposal. We are particularly keen to hear from people who are involved in the 5+1 internship, such as provisional psychologists and their supervisors.
Released: Wednesday 7 May 2025 Closes: Wednesday 2 July 2025
If you wish to provide detailed feedback, please complete the feedback submission template at Attachment B and submit the form by email to: [email protected].
To provide brief feedback you can use the online consultation survey. This survey includes multiple choice questions and some limited free text options for you to provide written feedback. The format follows the ‘questions for consideration’ that are listed on page 13 of the consultation paper.
Submissions to this consultation may be published on the Board’s website. There may be circumstances under which submissions may not be published. Published submissions will include the names of individuals and/or organisations that made the submission unless confidentiality is requested.
An advance copy of the Professional competencies for psychologists is published on our website.
