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Tough Times Tips

Tough Times Tips

by Monica Davidson Times are tough. Are you OK? The current economic climate in Australia is challenging for creatives, even if we don’t have mortgages or are lucky enough to not have big grocery bills. The cost of living crisis, inflation and heightened interest rates are having a knock-on effect in every part of the economy, and it’s definitely affecting freelancers, small arts businesses, and anyone working in the creative sector. For us, it’s even more marked as what we make and do is largely considered non-essential goods or services. We’re important, of course, but outside of a small and valued minority, we’re often the ‘nice to haves’, not the must-haves. When every available cent...

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