Yakka: Australia At Work (2023)
From working the land, to digging up minerals, from manufacturing to the services industry, Yakka: Australia At Work explores how work has shaped Australia from the Second World War to the present.
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Episode 1 - Soil and Toil
Release Date: 2023-11-21Explore how since the Second World War, Australian agriculture has had to adapt to survive in changing global and domestic economies, a volatile political landscape, and face the challenges of an unpredictable climate.
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Episode 2 - Making a Nation
Release Date: 2023-11-28Explore how Australia was transformed from an agricultural economy into a manufacturing one & how this workplace revolution ended 40 years later amidst public acrimony, inflation, an oil crisis & the rise of the Free Market.
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Episode 3 - Groundbreakers
Release Date: 2023-12-05Post-war Australia: the miner. From the 1949 coal miners' strike to the 'Axe the Tax' demonstrations in 2010, the Aussie miner has exerted huge political influence on the workplace and the country.
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Episode 4 - At Your Service
Release Date: 2023-12-12The final episode is about the services industry and the workers who have created it, sustained it and now dominate it: Australian women.