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Demands to pay university students' internships in Australia's critical industries: Current affair on 01 June

Demands to pay university students doing internships in Australia's critical industries
Demands to pay university students doing internships in Australia's critical industries Source: AAP

Students and advocacy groups are arguing for social work and teaching students to be paid for their mandatory vocational internships, amid growing cost-of-living pressures. Unions New South Wales argues that unpaid full-time internships are denying struggling students the chance to earn any supplementary income. Listen to the SBS Sinhala radio current affair feature on this issue.


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Students and advocacy groups are arguing for social work and teaching students to be paid for their mandatory vocational internships, amid growing cost-of-living pressures. Unions New South Wales argues that unpaid full-time internships are denying struggling students the chance to earn any supplementary income. Listen to the SBS Sinhala radio current affair feature on this issue.



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