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Rethinking the way we work

Summary by Government News
As City of Launceston staff prepare to vote for a four-day week, CEO Sam Johnson tells GN the move is just another step in Australia’s long history of industrial reform. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, people routinely worked more than 80 hours a week across six days. Children worked up to 58 hours. Women did not work at all. There was no annual leave. No sick leave. No long service leave. Mental health was not discussed. Women ran households…
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Government News broke the news in Glebe, Australia on Sunday, February 1, 2026.
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