09/02/2026
Hello everyone!
Welcome to 2026! Hope everyone is enjoying the holidays (or placement if you are on placement)!
This is some very exciting news, if you have a spare moment please sign the below petition and pave the way for fellow students! 🤩
Speech Pathology Australia supports Allied Health Professions Australia in calling for the expansion of the Commonwealth Prac Payment to include all allied health students.
A petition launched today by Independent Helen Haines MP and Senator David Pocock, alongside Allied Health Professions Australia, calls for equitable placement support across health disciplines.
Allied health students – including speech pathology students – complete extensive mandatory unpaid placements, often at significant personal cost. Expanding placement support is a practical step to reduce financial hardship, strengthen workforce sustainability, and ensure students can complete their training without unnecessary barriers.
Equitable access to placement support must be a national priority.
If you want to help end placement poverty for allied health and medicine students, sign the petition below.
👉 https://bit.ly/3O13mVi
