Yakka: Australia At Work

Season 1

2023 · 4 episodes · 3h 49m in all

Episodes

1. 

   1. Soil and Toil

   21 Nov 2023 · 57 min

   Explore 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.

2. 

   2. Making a Nation

   28 Nov 2023 · 59 min

   Explore 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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   3. Groundbreakers

   5 Dec 2023 · 57 min

   Post-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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   4. At Your Service

   12 Dec 2023 · 56 min

   The final episode is about the services industry and the workers who have created it, sustained it and now dominate it: Australian women.