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

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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