Bulk-billing psychologists earn as little as $12 an hour, Australian peak body says

One psychologist was forced to close a thriving practice; another waives her fees for desperate' patients who can't get a referral because of GP wait times

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Psychologists who predominantly bulk bill are making as little as $12 an hour, which is why it just isn't an option for the majority of them", the executive director of the Australian Association of Psychologists, Tegan Carrison, has said.

Almost half of all Australian adults will face mental ill-health at some point in their lives, but for the most vulnerable of them, accessing affordable mental healthcare has become more difficult as general practitioners and psychologists move away from bulk billing.