Is the $261 hourly rate discussed in the Nous Group’s report, Review of the 2024–25 APR with respect to physiotherapy, enough? Maybe. It’s a great start.

APA Titled Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist Jacqui Haskett MACP grew up knowing that she wanted a career that involved sport in some way. 

As managing director of Physio Health Perth, Shabreena Mavi APAM spends her days helping older adults regain movement, confidence and independence. 

It’s a role that unites her fascination with how movement transforms lives and her belief that physiotherapy is ‘a perfect blend of compassion, empowerment and movement’. 

Compliance with exercise programs is something that most physiotherapists and their patients struggle with. 

What can participants expect to gain from attending these workshops? 

The workshops place practical learning within the context of the evidence, including key findings from a comprehensive systematic review of rotator cuff tendinopathy and qualitative studies involving both patients and world experts. 

Plasticise was developed by physiotherapists Sarah Turner APAM and Kumbelin Levin APAM and allows physiotherapists to film their patient doing an exact exercise, while providing verbal cues, so the patient can watch it back and follow along at home. 

During a mini keynote session at APASC25 in Adelaide, seasoned sports physiotherapists James Trotter MACP and Keren Faulkner FACP shared insights into what the next decade means for physiotherapists keen to work at Brisbane 2032.

In April 2025, a national women’s rugby league program advertised an unpaid role for a physiotherapist.

The advertisement was soon amended but it had already sparked an important discussion about volunteerism and other unpaid work in Australian sporting environments.