Unpaid Student Placements
Sam Wallman
9 May 2024
In May the federal government announced several measures to support tertiary students, including lowering the HECS–HELP loan indexation rate and introducing means-tested paid placements for students studying social work, teaching and nursing. The proposed payment was $319.50 for a week’s work. Sam Wallman’s cartoon does the maths: that equates to roughly $8 an hour, well below the minimum wage.
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