A young Australian woman has posted a controversial TikTok claiming to feel poor despite working a full-time job. Freya Leach is a 21-year-old Australian, and her viral video amassed over 15K likes and more than 200K views. In her post, Ms Leach expressed her frustration with the cost of living crisis and asked the question, “Has it become normal to feel poor in Australia?” The University student still lives at home and is currently engaged and hoping to buy a property with her partner.
Ms Leach told news.com , “You constantly feel squeezed for money,” and if she had to rent it would set her back years. She said she went to Woolworths to save some money on makeup, and she was met with the realisation that the product prices had increased.
“I went to Woolies today to buy some makeup because I wanted to save money, and Mecca and stuff is a rip-off; get to Woolies, start looking for a foundation, and it’s like 35-40 dollars for drugstore makeup,” she said. The 21-year-old said after paying tax and her student loan, it would take her two hours of work to afford to buy one bottle of drugstore foundation. “Why do I feel like I’m not able to buy stuff that I used to?” she asked.
Ms Leach then explained her take on inflation to her followers, expressing her distress over the cost of living crisis in Australia . Many of her followers agreed that prices were out of control, and some provided some saving suggestions. “Inflation is going wild in Australia,” one pe.