Government to Fund Workplace Placement for Nursing, Teaching, Social Work Students

Published on May 7, 2024

Students undertaking mandatory workplace placements will soon be paid with the Albanese government’s new Commonwealth Prac Payment. The funding will provide a $319.50 (US$210) weekly payment to around 68,000 higher education students and over 5,000 VET students across teaching, nursing, social work, and midwifery disciplines, starting July 1 next year. This amount is benchmarked to the single Austudy rate and serves as a supplemental income to any financial support students already receive. Social work students are required to do 26 weeks of unpaid placement before graduation, nursing students 20 weeks, and teaching students 16 weeks. As such, many Australian students face financial difficulties during their clinical and professional placements, as they are forced to give up work to comply with course requirements....

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