Tag Archives: Exchange

By Cathy Tan   Last week, The Cusp published a spending diary of a 33-year-old Eastern Suburbs woman earning $775 a week. On a Facebook post linking the article, partner site, Junkee, asked: “What does it look like to live week-to-week in Sydney?” Yet, for the writer, living “week-to-week” means …

I couldn’t be called well-travelled. I was born in Australia. I moved from the country WA to the capital when I was three, and from the west coast to the east almost two years ago. I’ve visited every state and territory except the Northern Territory, because when one is from …

It was a sunny afternoon. Mel Fung, 22, and her housemates were having a BBQ party at Bronte Beach. Mel lives in an international house in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. Almost all the tenants are from different countries; Mel from Indonesia, Poom Pukkawat Leesawan from Thailand, and Shukai Lian and Martin …