Unpaid internships putting extra pressure on struggling students in critical industries

QUEENSLAND NAPLAN

Children at Stafford State School in Brisbane Source: AAP / DAN PELED/AAPIMAGE

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.


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