Overland 256 is the third issue in a suite of four special editions dedicated to commemorating 70 years of Overland. Inside its pages you'll find: Daniel Browning on the politics of memory, Antonia Pont on impatience, Sarah Wehbe on Palestinian fury and joy, and a special editorial by our departing poetry editor Toby Fitch. There's also new short fiction from Rowan MacDonald, Bethany Lalor and Amalia Stone, and new poetry from Josie Suzanne, Tim Loveday, Lulu Houdini and more.
Jay Coonan relies on the JobSeeker payment to supplement inadequate income from insecure work and is subjected to the jobactive system. He resists poverty and seeks to improve the lives of everyone surviving on social security payments through his work in policy, research and advocacy at The Antipoverty Centre.