So the goodish news is that I’ve scrambled myself a new job. Sort of. It’s only a temporary part time gig, but it’s better than unemployment by a fair margin.

Read more: Back to Work

Ever since I first left Darwin to seek my fortune and/or education at the University of Queensland, I’ve been simultaneously blessed and cursed with a life of eternal wandering. I never seem to be able to stay in one place for more than about eighteen months before I get up and shift everything, either through my own restlessness or through circumstances beyond my control. Even in the four years since I moved back to Darwin I’ve moved house three times.

Read more: Always Moving

Monday 21 October

My promised confirmation letter never came. I fronted up to the Centrelink office again to make some noise about it. They took my Centrelink number and made sure all my details were up-to-date. They were.

Read more: Human Services - Part Four

And now for a little flagrant cross promotion: 

Read more: The Big Smoke

When you’re unemployed you suddenly find yourself with enough time to do some of the stuff you’d always thought you’d do if you had enough time (obviously keeping my blog up-to-date is not included in this paradigm). So last week and for no-apparent reason I decided I’d go down to the weekly meeting outside the immigrant detention centre at the airport and check out what’s going on there.

Read more: On Detention