EPISODE · Jun 11, 2026 · 4 MIN
Unpaid placements leaving professions decades behind
from Checkpoint
"It's psychologically demoralising to be working for nothing". That from advocates who say having to do hundreds of hours of unpaid on the job training is leaving some professions decades behind the earnings of minimum wage workers. Nurses, teachers, medical students, midwives and social workers must do supervised placements to finish off their degree. But that can mean clocking up the kilometres and finding extra money for gas. Bella Craig reports.
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Unpaid placements leaving professions decades behind
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