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	Podcast:		Please Explain
	Episode:		Australians are working longer hours, so is it finally time for a four-day work week?
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:13:22
	Publish Date:		2025-08-03 19:00:00
	Description:		If you feel like you’re working like crazy, but getting nowhere fast, you’re far from alone. It turns out that Australians work many more hours, per week, than our counterparts in Germany and Japan. But a new study has shown the benefits of a four-day work week. Today, economics writer Millie Muroi, on why the government keeps going on about productivity. And whether a shorter work week, which has already been adopted in other countries, could be heading our way. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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