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***MEDIA ALERT*** Report reveals ways govt can end placement poverty for social work students

Australian Services Union < 1 min read

 

A coalition of students, academics and union representatives are demanding an end to unpaid placements for social work students, as new research unveils models the federal government could adopt. 

 

WHO: 

  • ASU NSW & ACT secretary Angus McFarland 

  • Australian Council of Heads of Social Work Education representative Professor Christine Morley

  • Per Capita executive director Emma Dawson

  • Social work students, employees

WHEN: 9.30am, Wednesday 27 March

WHERE: Mural Hall, Parliament House, Canberra

Media contact: 

Matt Coughlan 0400 561 480

Sofie Wainwright 0403 920 301 

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