No Hollywood Ending

Fiona Katauskas’s cartoon encapsulates the challenges of 2023 for many people: a person lies sprawled on the floor swamped by a pile of common household bills, from ‘Rent rise’ to ‘Surprise bill’. The title of the 2022 Academy Award–winning film, Everything Everywhere All at Once, ironically illustrates the feelings of Australians facing cost-of-living pressures.