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Australia Explores Reducing Working Hours For Productivity
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On August 19, Treasurer Jim Chalmers will host an economic roundtable in Canberra focused on "productivity", bringing business, unions, academia and advocates to propose reforms. The piece links current lobbying to a historical argument that shorter working hours raised output a century ago, and urges government trials like a four-day week, citing 2024 unpaid overtime data.
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