Yakka: Australia At Work - Season 1
1 - Soil and Toil
Air Date: November 21, 2023
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 - Making a Nation
Air Date: November 28, 2023
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.
3 - Groundbreakers
Air Date: December 5, 2023
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.
4 - At Your Service
Air Date: December 12, 2023
The final episode is about the services industry and the workers who have created it, sustained it and now dominate it: Australian women.