RevitArt - A.I. Taking My Job

Book 1 - A.I. Is Taking My Job - PLAN NOW!: Australian Guide to Preparing For and Surviving Redundancy
Written and published by Maxwell A. Jefferies

A Survival Guide for the (Future?) Unemployed

The letter has not arrived yet (hopefully). That is exactly why you should read this.
In March 2026, Anglicare surveyed nearly 49,000 rental listings across Australia and found one that a person on JobSeeker could afford. One in three Australian households went without food security last year. And a worker over 55 who loses a job now takes about twenty months to find another one. And this is only the beginning. You do not need a wave of AI redundancies to be in serious trouble. You need one, and it has to be yours.

This book is written for two readers. The first still has a job, can see the writing on the wall, and wants to be ready rather than blindsided. The second has already lost a good, well-paid job and needs a plan by Friday. Written by an older Australian for Australians, it is a plain, practical, unsentimental handbook to the things nobody explains until you need them:
The twelve-month rehearsal - what to do in the year before, while it is still cheap and calm. The real numbers - what you have, how long it lasts, and how to work it out on one page. Centrelink - JobSeeker rates, the liquid assets waiting period, the income maintenance period, and why your redundancy payout delays your first payment. Debt - an Australian method built on superannuation and HECS-HELP, not an imported American one. Housing - including the honest, unglamorous chapters on downsizing, moving regional, and living in an older caravan, treated as a planned decision instead of a failure. Food - how Foodbank, OzHarvest and church pantries actually work, and why the shame is misplaced. Health - Medicare, concession cards, bulk billing, and the mental health plan most people do not know they can ask for. Children - what to tell them, when, and what they actually remember afterwards. Work - whether chasing your old career is still the right call

It will not tell you everything will be fine. It will tell you what the numbers actually are, what your options actually are, and which decisions cost you the most if you leave them until later. Includes a month-by-month twelve-month preparation checklist, an Australia-wide crisis and welfare contact directory, a secondhand caravan buying checklist, and a state-by-state guide to free camps, rest areas and van parks.

General information only. Not financial advice. Rates and thresholds current as at August 2026.