Australia's transformation into a cashless society has left people like Morgan behind. Here's how they're coping
Australia's transformation into a cashless society has left people like Morgan behind. Here's how they're coping
How is Australia's increasingly cashless society affecting people experiencing homelessness? Experts say it has been a challenge for some rough sleepers.
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Left behind because people aren’t carrying cash? They’re homeless, they’ve already been left behind. What an odd article. What I don’t understand is how people like this individual aren’t on Centrelink? Are we as fucked as America in so far as you need an address to get Centrelink?
You ever been on Centrelink? It's heaps fucked aye.
They cancel you all the time and fuck around with your livelyhood while you try waiting on the phone for hours to speak to someone, the 'jobseeker' program is a fleece to put money into the pockets of agencies who never actually help one bit, etc. It's a system designed to not support people long term, or at all really.
And that's with having stable accommodation, imagine how much harder it all is on top of that while being homeless.
Here's a bit of a read into it:
The jobseeker program is just like the weight-loss industry. They do just enough to appear to be doing something, but not enough to actually fix the problem. If they did succeed, they'd be out of a job.
Oh but the second you get a job yourself? They ring up asking for details so they can put it down in the system that they helped you and get the cash bonus from the government for doing their bloody job.
Nothing felt better than telling them to get stuffed and not giving them a shred of information.