23/07/2026
A huge win for podiatry 👏🏼
We did it! From July 2027, eligible podiatry students will receive payments of $338.60 weekly during their clinical and professional placements.
Podiatry is one of the 10 additional allied health professions where students will receive cost of living relief and be supported as our future healthcare workforce.
Thank you to our APodA members Beth Kerr and Blake Withers, and PhD candidate Elise Stevenson who along with our advocacy team campaigned with Allied Health Professions Australia (AHPA) to expand the Commonwealth Prac Payments to all allied health students.
Thank you to the following for their support: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Minister for Education Jason Clare MP, AHPA, Dr Helen Haines MP, Senator David Pocock, Dr Sophie Scamps MP, Dr Monique Ryan MP, Andrew Gee MP, Allegra Spender MP, Senator Fatima Payman and everyone who signed the petition.
