In the contemporary workplace, many workers now value non-monetary benefits such as flexibility and a healthy workplace over the traditional, monetary-based incentives that have previously reigned supreme. 

This does not mean that financial benefits are irrelevant; rather, it emphasises the importance of employers adopting a nuanced approach. 

In clinical practice, discrimination against people in the LGBTQIA+ community can take many forms, from overt discrimination—
also known as macroaggressions—to more subtle but still harmful microaggressions.

Macroaggressions are public, visible and direct forms of discrimination that affect entire communities. 

How established is simulation as part of the clinical training of physiotherapy students?

Loretta Kirkovski joined the Victorian branch of the APA as a receptionist/membership clerk on 1 December 1983—passing an incredible 40-year milestone with the APA in December 2023.

Loretta was 17 and a half years old when she was employed by the APA, having finished her Higher School Certificate year just months before commencing work. 

It can be incredibly overwhelming for new employees to begin employment in a completely new workplace, whether it’s their first job after graduation or their tenth. 

It is in the employer’s best interest to facilitate the employee’s transition into the workplace as smoothly as possible and this is best done through an induction process. 

It was during the second COVID-19 lockdown in Sydney in 2020 that things began to change for Lauren Wade FACP. 

The Physiotherapy Board of Australia has released updated physiotherapy practice thresholds for Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.

I can assure you that here at the APA, we won’t slow down in 2024, especially in our advocacy and in the political arena. 

We will continue to follow our strategic blueprint, working towards our vision of a future in which all Australians have access to quality physiotherapy.

In the 2022–23 financial year, the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) received 841 notifications of boundary violations against practitioners in all professions.

This is close to double the number of notifications Ahpra received three years ago.