Stuck

I absolutely cannot work at the moment. My brain, which is used to non-stop writing, is completely confused - something like the feeling when the power goes out and you keep being surprised that things don't turn on when you flip their switch. This is the product, I assume, of coming off Zoloft and going onto Allegron. Never again will I doubt the existence of writer's block.

Refugee Update: attack on asylum seekers living in Australia

Federal government to launch crackdown on asylum seekers (SMH, 27 August 2017) "Under the new visa conditions, income support of about $200 a fortnight will cease on Monday and a three-week deadline to move out of government-supported accommodation will be imposed... It is understood about 400 asylum seekers and their children are living in Australia at present after medical transfers from offshore processing and all of these people could be hit with the new visa conditions."

Coalition to cut income support for 100 asylum seekers in Australia (GA, 27 August 2017)

Family faces uncertain future after government's visa crackdown on asylum seekers (Brisbane Times, 28 August 2017) "

The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre needs donations to support asylum seekers cut off by the government, and asks us to call Senators and MPs to ask them to oppose the policy.