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Overflow vs Flow

A woman's stressed thought bubble fills the panel. She hurriedly ruminates on all of her career branches and options. The cat on her lap thinks, 'I am.'

Megan Herbert captures the dilemma of many creative people, particularly freelancers, as they try to carve out a sustainable career in Australia. The federal government’s five-year Revive policy, which has been in place for almost three years, has the ‘Centrality of the Artist’ as a key pillar, an acknowledgement of the need for career structure and fair remuneration. Living a creative life has always been a precarious position, even without the disruptive threat of generative AI.