Margaret* is a 61-year-old woman from Sydney who works hard to pay her rent and buy her groceries.
But what she has to say reflects what thousands of people across Australia have told ABC Your Say.
Now working two, sometimes three jobs.
For the past eight weeks, teams from across the ABC have been out and about across the country talking to people about what matters to them.
Life feels hard and like it is getting harder. Many feel unheard by people in power and no longer trust those they elected to represent them to govern for them.
ABC Your Say has reached deep into communities across Australia to ask three questions:.
Tyson is in his 30s living in outer suburban Perth.
Sarah, a mum of three in her late 40s, is battling to make ends meet in suburban Melbourne.
"We are a family of five, a couple and 3 kids."
We are building up debts left, right and centre.
The most dominant issues that people have wanted to talk about have been housing and the cost of living.
Across every place and every demographic group, the worry about where people are going to live is top of mind. The cost of housing, rental insecurity, homelessness, downsizing and the impact on social cohesion and community connection have dominated conversations and online submissions.
Rosie* is in her 30s and lives in Canberra.
"Housing gets covered as deposits, rates, supply."
"Multiculturalism worked in this country when people had time to spend with people unlike themselves."