Starting in July 2025, university and TAFE students who complete mandatory placements studying courses like teaching, nursing, social work, and midwifery will receive payments of over $300 a week during the duration of their placements.
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After years of being ignored by governments, universities and union bureaucrats, the crisis of unpaid placement-induced student poverty and burnout is reaching a peak.
The struggle of students on placement is a symptom of a larger system of austerity — a world where the cost of living is soaring, where young people have no hope of ever owning a home.
