What the new psychology rules mean for all of us
Starting from the 1st of December 2025, all psychologists in Australia will be required to follow new Psychology Board of Australia regulations ensuring cultural safety and health equity are core elements of a psychologists everyday work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Cultural safety is about creating environments where people feel respected, valued, and […]
Untying Settler-Colonial Knots in Australian Psychology
This reflexive paper is written from the positionality of an Indigenous psychologist in response to the majority-Australia vote against constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the National Referendum, October 14th, 2023. I utilise the Net Metaphor conceptual tool offered by Jongbloed, Hendry, Behn Smith, and Gallagher Kʷunuhmen to articulate settler-colonialism in […]
Decolonising psychology
Situated in the context of racism during the global COVID-19 pandemic and Black Lives Matter movement in 2020, this article provides an overview of the ongoing efforts of Australian Indigenous Psychology Education Project (AIPEP) in decolonising the psychology education curriculum across Australia’s tertiary psychology programs. Good practice case studies of specific programs are provided, which […]