Could You Survive on the Breadline?
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In this new format from Lune Media, three prominent Australians will go on separate immersive journeys into three distinct Australian localities and communities, to gain insights into the world of poverty and disadvantage in Australia, and to see whether... they themselves could survive on welfare and low-incomes. Some of the contributors will have pre-existing views of those who live on welfare; others may be in positions to influence welfare policy.
Across three episodes, they’ll ask some tough questions, and test some commonly-held beliefs. They’ll also have their own views challenged - but how will the experience change them?
In Episode One, our three contributors will be forced to hand over their credit cards, and forgo all access to their current lives. They’ll travel separately to three different parts of New South Wales where they’ll live for the next nine days. From a disadvantaged inner-city community, to the outer suburbs and a regional area, they’ll have to navigate life on various forms of welfare. They’ll discover first-hand what things people are forced to live without - things like proper heating, secure and safe accommodation, adequate health care and a decent diet.
In the Episode Two, they’ll probe deeper into the lives of others living in these disadvantaged communities. It’ll be a case of “welcome to my world” as our first contributor moves in with a single-parent household to witness first-hand the challenges they face. A second contributor will live in a carer’s household to experience what life is like for a carer; and a third will find themselves living in cramped conditions with a family whose main breadwinner is trying to support their family on welfare.
In Episode Three attention shifts to the job market, as they experience the challenges of trying to find work and survive on an irregular pay-packet in this tough new era of employment in Australia. From applying for non-existent full-time jobs to working as underpaid and under-employed food delivery drivers on zero hour contracts; to retrenched white-collar workers doing multiple menial and low-paying jobs to get by.
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Across three episodes, they’ll ask some tough questions, and test some commonly-held beliefs. They’ll also have their own views challenged - but how will the experience change them?
In Episode One, our three contributors will be forced to hand over their credit cards, and forgo all access to their current lives. They’ll travel separately to three different parts of New South Wales where they’ll live for the next nine days. From a disadvantaged inner-city community, to the outer suburbs and a regional area, they’ll have to navigate life on various forms of welfare. They’ll discover first-hand what things people are forced to live without - things like proper heating, secure and safe accommodation, adequate health care and a decent diet.
In the Episode Two, they’ll probe deeper into the lives of others living in these disadvantaged communities. It’ll be a case of “welcome to my world” as our first contributor moves in with a single-parent household to witness first-hand the challenges they face. A second contributor will live in a carer’s household to experience what life is like for a carer; and a third will find themselves living in cramped conditions with a family whose main breadwinner is trying to support their family on welfare.
In Episode Three attention shifts to the job market, as they experience the challenges of trying to find work and survive on an irregular pay-packet in this tough new era of employment in Australia. From applying for non-existent full-time jobs to working as underpaid and under-employed food delivery drivers on zero hour contracts; to retrenched white-collar workers doing multiple menial and low-paying jobs to get by.
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Produced By: Lune Media
Broadcaster: SBS Australia | Year of Production: 2021
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