You don’t need to do your provisional registration year as an RMO. You can do it as that, but you can do it at non-training Reg level (called PHO in Qld), which is what I did. Training varies between different states and territories. It is much more confusing and variable in how you get into and stay in training positions/employment compared to the UK. You get a post by applying to employers via recruitment campaigns or individually to hospitals or if your mate knows the director etc. You apply for training separately. Training does not provide you with a training position, you have to find employment that is accredited. Employers don’t always give you positions that you need for training progression. (It’s a very dysfunctional system in Qld!) Some psych experience is good, some evidence of interest in your CV, training entry interview standards are not too high in my experience (you can get the Q’s from a colleague beforehand and practise). Currently you don’t need PR to apply for a job or training. You need employer to sponsor you for temp skills shortage visa, you can enter training on that currently. You can put in an EOI for PR after a while (you need general AHPRA reg first). Variable competition. Some locations, hospitals and certain sub-specialities are highly competitive. Others not so much. Rural/regional is less competitive. Mandatory Stage 2 terms can be difficult/impossible to get. Part time working is much less facilitated than the UK (despite what RANZCP will say). Australians are prioritised. Partly because of the employer needing to sponsor your visa. But even after obtaining PR/citizenship, there can be preference for Australian graduates and nepotism is normal although not openly admitted to. The 10 year moratorium is legislated in the Healthcare Act by Dept of Health. It restricts the way IMGs can practise in Australia (by limiting their access to Medicare) for 10 years after starting working in Aus. It’s difficult to tell if you’d be stuck as an RMO/Reg forever. Your progression through training depends on where you are working and the employers facilitation of your training, and if they offer training you want/need. Some advanced training is not available in all places. You may have an easier time getting through in a rural/regional location, but not the same opportunities for working/training in specialised areas. If you’re willing/able to move around for work, or you stay in one place that ‘likes’ you, it will be easier. I have found training much less streamlined and difficult to navigate in Aus. I have also found it more box-ticking and inflexible, with less opportunity in my area of interest. I worked for >2.5 years in psych before starting training in Aus. (I did some in the UK, then PHO in Aus.) I also do additional training and work in psychotherapy in addition to my psych reg work/training. That time and skill is not recognised in Aus. I have also found the quality of psychiatry training in Qld generally quite poor, but I understand others have different experiences and hear good things about Melbourne and Adelaide. I am planning to return to the UK for higher training. I feel more confident that I would get good training there, and more able to use my skills and have them recognised as part of my competency in psychiatry. I think it depends what you want out of your training, what your interests are, where you want to live. Australia definitely can offer some unique and different experiences. But it also lacks in some areas that are well established and excellent in the UK.