Black Lives Matter movement and the Freelance Jungle
Black Lives Matter (BLM) has gifted us the opportunity to talk about inclusion in a way it hasn’t been in Australia before. Please note: This article contains references and names of people that are deceased. Specifically Indigenous Australians who are deceased. As a...
Welcome to Get your Gong on! Helping Illawarra businesses
Are you a business or startup in the Illawarra? Are you finding COVID-19 and the changes difficult to manage? Need help making changes with your business? We want to hear from you. The Freelance Jungle is looking for Illawarra businesses to participate in “Get your...
Using freelance skills to teach the world
You can learn a lot from Australian freelancers. We’ve got damn fine freelance skills we can share with your business. We’re happy to teach you the art of taking your business higher. And we’re happy to lend you our savvy to activism and community endeavours....
Why are we ashamed of being a freelancer in Australia?
Why do we duck and weave whenever someone asks what is a freelancer in Australia? Exactly what are we afraid of admitting? Every time I have used freelancer as a definition before 2020, people drew dust bunnies on the floor. The definition didn’t feel like it fit. Or...Freaked out about the potential Australian economic downturn? Here’s what not to do
Australian economic downturn and pandemic (or more accurately #COVID19Aus) are trending. That’s not a great feeling for freelancers and self-employed people. Especially on the back of a slower quarter in the last part of 2019 and bushfires most of spring and summer....
Skills for the bush: Freelancers helping with bushfire recovery
Welcome to Skills for the Bush, an opportunity for Australian freelancers to help other self-employed people and small businesses recover from the 2019 to 2020 bushfires. The Australian bushfires have touched many of us, directly and indirectly. It’s hard to...The State of Australian Freelancing
The State of Australian Freelancing is the name of the 2019 report into Australian freelancing conducted by the Freelance Jungle. The aim was to collect and clarify the challenges the facing Australian freelancing sector while exploring the opportunities for change....