Time Bomb: Work, rest and play in Australia today

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Time poverty is a problem for many Australian households and work is the main culprit. Australians start work young, and we are working more, and longer into old age. While maximising our productivity and enhancing our professional skills, we must also raise our children well, care for our aged, be involved in our community and shrink our carbon footprint a footprint shaped by the patterns and habits of our work, social obligations and households. What is it costing Australians to try and do it all And what is it costing our families and communities Incisive and thought-provoking, Time Bomb throws light on poor urban planning, workplace laws and practices, care obligations and other issues that rob us of time and put our households under pressure. And it looks at how work affects our response to the greatest concern of our time our environmental challenges.

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"[Time Bomb] holds a mirror up to our busy working lives and invites us to question what work gives and what it takes. Highly recommended for what it illuminates about Australian life today--and how we might live and work better." --Geraldine Doogue, broadcaster and journalist

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Barbara Pocock is the inaugural director of the Center for Work + Life at the University of South Australia. Natalie Skinner is a research fellow at the Center for Work + Life, managing the Australian Work and Life Index. Philippa Williams is a research fellow at the Centre for Work + Life, managing the Work, Home, and Community Project.