Having failed to get an Australia's Work and Holiday Visa (WHV) back in 2018, Edwin finally arrived in the country in February using this type of visa.
Hoping to seek experience and save money to build his dream business in Indonesia, this Pekanbaru man immediately started working on his arrival in Sydney.
But because the impact of the coronavirus outbreak is unbearable for some of the business owners, Edwin is among those employees who got his contract terminated from the warehouse and restaurant where he worked for around a month.
Now being unemployed but must continue to pay for his survival in Australia, how does Edwin get through it in the past month? And what will he do next?
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