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Tag: the dole

Posted on 1 Dec 20203 Sep 2021

I can’t apply for another grant | un Magazine

‘Arts funding is a cancer. Applying for it has become its own job, a job no one enjoys or wants.’

For un Magazine 14.2, ANTI/ANTE, I wrote about the perverse relationship between art, money, and survival, and why I want to set it on fire and start over. Read or listen at the link.

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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.

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