by Paige Jenkins | Sep 28, 2024 | Arts/Lifestyle/Culture, News
The casualisation of the workforce may offer flexibility, but for some young people the job instability and irregular income can cause uncertainty and anxiety about their future. Year 12 student Sienna Karunarathne has worked in the same entry-level position for the...
by Paige Jenkins | Aug 28, 2024 | Arts/Lifestyle/Culture, News
Rental shortages are forcing young people to live with their parents for longer, with university students struggling to make ends meet. With the housing market at an all-time high, and the cost-of-living crisis continuing to rise independent of wages, it is becoming...
by Paige Jenkins | May 29, 2024 | Arts/Lifestyle/Culture, Feature, News
“Don’t make eye contact, because the moment you do, it’s inviting them to come over and start saying sh*t.” Twenty-year-old student Ella Duffus is amongst the one in four women who feel unsafe when alone at night in Australia. Ella shared an encounter she had last...
by Paige Jenkins | Sep 5, 2023 | Arts/Lifestyle/Culture, News
Community theatre groups are struggling to fill seats as cost of living forces theatregoers to decide if they can afford a night out. The notion of the starving artist has been a cliché for many years, long before the pandemic and the financial crisis that followed....
by Paige Jenkins | Aug 25, 2023 | News
Early August saw a resumption of negotiations between Hollywood studios and the Writers Guild of America (WGA), which has been on strike since the beginning of May this year. Local theatre may not be anywhere near the Hollywood echelons, but both cast and crew in the...
