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Census: Australians working less; women still doing more housework

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Australians are working less than they were five years ago, and there's a growing proportion of women in the workforce.

That's according to the latest Census data released this morning, which also shows that women in full-time employment are twice as likely as men to do 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work.

To discuss the latest stats, I spoke to Dr Liz Allen, a demographer from the Australian National University.

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Dr Liz Allen, demographer, Australian National University

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