Hello. 喂。
How are you? 你好吗？
我挺好的，好，听得到吗？
Yeah. 嗯。
What do you think I should do? 你看我该怎么办？
Because I need to pay my rent. 因为我还要交房租。
I need to pay the bills 付账单
which... 这些，
I don't have enough money to do 现在，我的钱已经
right now. 不够了。
可能有约高达50万的留学生已经失业了。
亚伦是其中之一。
So I'm from Malaysia. 我来自马来西亚。
Just a small town in Subang. 梳邦的一个小镇。
My family, we're not well off. 我的家庭，并不富裕。
We're not very wealthy. 我们不是有钱人。
My parents managed to 我的父母
pull together their savings, 拿出了所有积蓄，
their super and everything 退休金和其它财产
they used up... 倾其所有
just to send me here to get a 供我来这里接受
better education. 更好的教育。
I used to work in a nightclub 我之前的工作是在一间位于
on Collins Street. 科林街的夜店。
I just lost all my rosters, my shifts, 我不用再去上班轮岗了，
and that's it, for me. 对我来说，完了。
我很担心。
因为老实讲，
我也没能力帮你。
I've applied for, 我申请了，
I don't know, 我也不知道
many, many, many jobs. 多少份工作。
Until now, I haven't been able to 可直到现在，也没
land anything and 能找到工作
that's worrying for me. 真让人着急。
From my last pay, all I have left is 我上一次拿完工资后，现在
about $200 in my account 账户里只剩下了$200元
so I stay home, like sometimes 所以我都待在家里，有时候
I don't even have, 我甚至不能，
I don't go out to buy food, 我都不能出门买吃的，
I just eat some biscuits and 我就吃些饼干
make do with that. 将就将就。
I actually just have noodles. 我就吃些面条。
As much as it's lovely to have 在比较好的时期
visitors to Australia in good times, 澳大利亚欢迎大家，
it is time, as it has been now 现在这个时期，这种情况
for some while, 已经持续了一段时间，
and I know many visitors have, 我明白很多到访者必须
to make your way home. 要安排回国。
At this time, Australia must focus on 现阶段，澳大利亚必须重点
its citizens and its residents. 关注自己的公民和居民。
I think this is the most 在我看来，政府的这次的举措
reckless act of a government 是不计后果的，
in my lifetime, 我这辈子见过的最鲁莽的行动
to leave 1.1 million 对110万的
temporary migrant workers like 例如艾伦这样的临时入境工作者
Aaren out in the cold. 不管不顾。
政府拨款1300亿的寻工激励计划
获益人不包括临时入境者。
Temporary migrants workers 临时入境工作者
make up 10% of the country's 占整个国家劳动力
total workforce. 总和的10%。
While they're here, 他们在这里的时候，
they're paying tax into a 交的税用于
medicare system they never get to 公费医疗体系但他们自己却
use. 不能享受。
They're paying tax to support 他们纳税为福利系统
welfare for all those other 做贡献，
Australian workers that are 支持那些
unemployed. 失业人士。
And during these 在这一
extraordinary times, 特殊时期，
the government needs to extent its 政府应该扩大
wage subsidy to make sure 工资补助福利的范围
all people in this country are 确保这个国家的所有人
looked after. 都能得到照顾。
My agent has sent me this. 我的中介给我发了这个。
"If you are in urgent need of rental “如果你急需租房补助，
relief, please fill out the attached 请填写附件里的
form. 表格。”
Will you be re-employed once the 在危机解除或封城结束后
crisis or lockdown is over?" 你会被再次雇用吗？”
No. 否。
"Have you applied for “你以前是否申请过
income support through Newstart?" 新起点津贴的工资补助？”
Yes, but I don't think I'm entitled 是，但我觉得我没资格领取
to it. 这项补助。
The rent is due next week. 下周就要交房租了。
Hopefully they can let me know by... 希望他们能告诉我结果。。。
before the next rent because 在下次交房租之前告诉我
I can't pay the next rent 因为我付不起下次房租
so I need it like, immediately. 所以，我需要，立刻的。
Like... yeah. 对。
If they're not in a position to be able 如果他们无法
to support themselves, 养活自己，
then, there is the alternative 那么，另一个选择
for them to return to their 是回到自己的
home countries. 国家去。
That would mean that 这就意味着
my two, actually three years 我的两年、实际上是三年
being here is actually just 在这里的时间都
a waste. 没有意义了。
The time that I've spent, 我花的时间，
the money that I've spent 我花的钱
is all going to be for nothing if 都打水漂了，
I go back. 一旦我回去的话。
I feel like a disappointment, I guess. 我觉得，很失望。
Because I haven't been able to 觉得没有
achieve the things that I was 实现自己的
aiming for. 目标。
So I think that, in times of crisis 所以，我想，危机时刻
it's not like we 并不是我们
intentionally don't want to work 故意不想工作
or we abuse the system. 或是钻系统空子。
In this time, we just need a little bit 这个时期，我们仅仅是需要一些
of support. 帮助。
Just until this thing blows over 等到这阵子过去
and we can get back on our feet 我们就能重回正轨
and we'll contribute again. 又可以继续做贡献了。
我很担心你，保重。
Yeah, no worries, thanks. 知道，没事的，谢谢。
Take care, bye. 保重，再见。