Tag: Exchange
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(Student) Bank Balance Confessions: Going on Exchange, “Living in Deficit”
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 soy cappuccinos, throwing Tim Tams…
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The Lara Jeffery Show: Just There It’s A Little Different
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 Perth one generally travels through…
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Welcome to the Lucky Country?
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 Lau from China. The two…