As the rising cost of living forces more Australians to seek extra income by taking on a second or even third job, bizsecretssbs meet some of those finding creative ways to make ends meet:
“We are seeing increases across the board as demand for services continues to grow,” says CEO and Founder Tim Fung.
The federal government has agreed to allow pensioners to increase their earnings through a one-off measure. “What we would like to see is the income test removed, so that people can work and pay income tax,” says National Advocate Ian Henschke."The system we propose is the New Zealand model which is a much freer system, where 25 per cent of over 65s work, whereas in Australia it is only 14 per cent, and of that only three per cent are pensioners."The Bureau of Statistics reports that around 900-thousand Australians are working two or more jobs this year.
“No one really wants to wear the same outfit anymore, which is why clothing hire has really boomed. People hire an outfit, they wear it once they send it back, they don't even have to wash it."“It is a very popular dress, I’ve hired it 120 times,” she says.Andy Leonard is a Sydney-based actor whose earnings were impacted during COVID. During the down time he poured his creative energy into a new venture - making gin with native botanicals.
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