Wylie Miller was performing on a cruise ship when the pandemic upended his life.
Like people out of work for the first time in a long time, all over Australia, Miller faced the disorienting prospect of the work he relied on suddenly, and brutally, no longer existing. “We have a long way to go to get the economy back anywhere close to its full potential,” Dr Stanford says. Miller has been offered his old job back, but the conditions have deteriorated. His pay has been halved and, he’s been asked to work on the cruise ship six days a week for three months at a time. Previously, he worked on the ship for no longer than two weeks at a time.
henriettacook ClayLucas About time! Only 9 months too late in bringing us these stories of lost livelihoods, despair and lost hope. Not everyone in Vic has been able to 'cheerily' work from home - Victoria has ruined our national Covid response, and it's all due to our current govt's ineptitude