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Tag: AUWU

Posted on 31 Aug 20208 Sep 2020

Mutual obligation is ritual humiliation

I wrote a quick opinion piece for The Guardian about going on the dole and navigating the confusing, punitive mutual obligations system. Shout out to the Australian Unemployed Workers Union, who have been a huge support in this time and one of few groups consistently advocating to raise the rate and suspend mutual obligations.

Posted on 17 Jul 20205 Aug 2020

It doesn’t work like that

‘Artists are in a constant state of precarity and crisis. For many of us, there’s nothing to return to, nothing to recover. The status quo is already broken. It’s an empty bowl – with a smear of racism, sexism and ableism to boot.’

I wrote about unemployment and the pandemic for the Victorian Council of Social Service’s #MyCorona series.

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