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I was working full time as a head chef at a beach side restaurant when my colleagues and I got stood down when management realised the touristic season is not going to happen this year.
Beside getting stood down, all casuals got terminated and one of the chef has to be terminated as well. My wife is pregnant and I just bought a house the timing couldn’t be worse and the lack of support from our employer or the government is flabbergasting. We are being disposed of instantly with no hope to find any jobs in our fields anytime soon. Being a touristy town it could be easily from 6 months or until next years season..

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We wish to pay respect to their Elders — past and present — and acknowledge the important role all First Nations peoples continue to play within Australia and in our union.

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