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Jamie

My work place has shut down and I've been told I won't have a job when it ends as they have decided not to go ahead with planed renovations to…

Thomas

due to this new issue in society, my work place has shut down and there are temporarily no work hours for me, I am casual, so I can not afford I pay my…

Natasha

Have been still working as a teacher aide in a public school. Supporting the children, teachers, coworkers and the families.

Tina

Some parents are sending their children to school and using us as a baby sitting service, it is absolutely disgusting. We are all in this together but very few parents are considering…

Angela

I have traveled interstate where i have been for the past 2 months to help care for my terminally ill father, who is now in palliative care at home. I have used up…

Sharon

I am still working at present but my special needs son goes to a Ed support school and they texted me today to say the school closes Friday week! No mention that children…

Claudia

I have been deemed retired, since last year of September due to illness, was diagnosed with Pancreas Cancer, had the operation & lost my spleen & half the pancreas, am dependent on insulin…

Dax

I am one of the lucky ones, my boss is making extraordinary efforts to save every employee. Having leaders that support unions and workers rights are the employers I support and continue to work…

Bernadette

I would like to request that health care workers are given bottles of hand sanitiser to take home because you cant buy it at the shops and due to our work it is…

Jim

Dropping $75000 a year with a mortgage to pay etc isn’t fun , but I know others are worse off than me. Don’t get the feeling the Banks are prepared to take any…

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