Current consultations

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.

Public consultation – Updating the Guidelines for the 5+1 internship program

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:

• Better align the internship program requirements with the contemporary regulatory context
• Reduce the regulatory burden and complexity of the internship program, and
• Generally update and refresh the exam guidelines to improve readability.

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.

• Consultation paper – Updating the 5+1 guidelines (493 KB,PDF)
• Attachment A – Draft Guidelines for the 5+1 internship program (520 KB,PDF)
• Attachment B – Public consultation submission template (185 KB,DOCX)&nbs

Released: Wednesday 7 May 2025
Closes: Wednesday 2 July 2025

Making a submission

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.

Publication of submissions

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 There may be circumstances under which submissions may not be published.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.

Resources

An advance copy of the Professional competencies for psychologists is published on our website.