Australian students in teaching, nursing, and social work to receive weekly payment during work placements

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As part of their degrees, teaching students are required to undertake about 600 hours of placement, while aspiring nurses have to do about 800 hours, forcing many to give up part-time jobs for unpaid labour. Source: Getty / High School Teacher Siva Pathmanathan, Social Worker Kalpana Sriram (OAM)

The government will establish a new Commonwealth payment for an estimated 68,000 students studying nursing, teaching and social work. Praba Maheswaran spoke to High school teacher Siva Pathmanathan, Social Worker Kalpana Sriram(OAM) and presenting a news explainer.


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