The Original Side-Hustler

Growing up with a hustler, before everyone had a side hustle

Photo by Pietro Schellino on Unsplash

My grandparents lived in government housing on a small estate in a run-down suburb of Sydney. They were both on the pension and had been since I was born. They were working-class their whole lives and could barely get by on the pension or the “rock n’ roll” as my grandfather would call it, rhyming slang for the dole…