![]() ![]() And I'm very scared to get to that point.Įvery time, it's just people constantly fighting for government support. But lockdown seven or lockdown eight might be the ones that kind of push me to the point where I can't actually physically pay rent. I think this lockdown, I'm going to get through. They are how I fund tours to other places and stuff like that.Įach lockdown I've just been, like, depleting on that more than I would like. My savings is capital for future investment. What does it mean for you?Īs a performer, I am effectively a small business, so my savings aren't just kind of a nice thing to have for saving for a holiday or whatever. You mentioned because of your job, because you are a stand-up comedian, when lockdown's in effect, you can't work. (Daniel Pockett/AAP Image/The Associated Press) Australia's second-largest city is in its sixth lockdown with a state government leader blaming the nation's slow vaccination rollout for the decision. ![]() Health-care staff watch as workers construct a pop-up COVID-19 testing site in the carpark of a college in Melbourne on Thursday. So I think people in Sydney having their second lockdown, seeing them trying to figure it out, whereas we're just kind of, you know, kicking back and just being, like, "All right, let's do this." You know, crack the knuckles, get back into the routine. In Melbourne, we've had a lot more lockdowns than other states, partly because we're a very popular state to visit and we've got a lot more movement, and also partly because of failures in other states' quarantine procedures. It breaks my heart to hear you say the phrase "lockdown routine," because I guess when you go into six lockdowns, it's a reality. I think most people, like me, have a lockdown routine now. I kind of went to the shops to kind of stock up on a couple of things that would make me feel a little bit more comfortable. All those tickets are being reorganized by the venue to hopefully be free to perform that show at another date. It meant the show that I was performing at 9:30 - so an hour and a half after the start of the lockdown - that show was cancelled. Specifically, what does that mean for you? So you get four hours' notice of a lockdown. ![]() So it was just very suddenly out of nowhere. There was a press conference at, I think, 4 p.m., and the lockdown hit at 8 p.m. You want me to stay home? THEN PAY ME!- understand this is being described as a snap lockdown. I know these lockdowns are necessary, but it’s also pretty important for me to pay my damn rent. And there's been very little to no income support to cover that here in Australia.Īt 9:30 tonight I was going to perform a sold out comedy show that would’ve paid my next two months of rent. Every time we're locked down, it's taken out my ability to pay my rent. I'm feeling pretty abandoned by my government right now because I work as a comedian, I work as a performer, and I keep having gigs that are meant to pay my rent just get shut down, get snatched out from under me. I think that's what kind of pulled the rug out from under people, that we barely got out before we were dragged back in again. I think we just expected to be out and free for longer than a week. ![]() Here is part of her conversation with As It Happens guest host Katie Simpson.Īnna, can you believe that Melbourne is in its sixth lockdown now? If things continue like this, she worries won't have enough money to pay her rent and may have to leave comedy altogether. Scott says she understands lockdowns are necessary to stop the spread of COVID-19, but she's frustrated with her country's slow vaccine rollout, and what she considered inadequate financial support for people who are out of work. But recent stop-and-start lockdowns amid a sluggish vaccination rollout, with only about 21 per cent of people over the age of 16 fully vaccinated, have frustrated residents. Snap lockdowns, strict border controls and swift contact tracing have helped Australia keep its coronavirus numbers relatively low, with just over 35,600 cases and 933 deaths. More than 60 per cent of Australia's 25 million citizens are in hard lockdowns as of Friday to try to contain a surge in the coronavirus's highly contagious delta variant. Scott is a performer in Melbourne, in the state of Victoria, which entered its sixth lockdown on Thursday. Australian comedian Anna Piper Scott is tired of cancelling shows. ![]()
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