Iceland recently conducted trials of a four-day working week and found not only were workers happier but firms reported increased productivity.

As Australia looks towards a post-COVID life and begins to imagine how we might want to juggle returning to the office after spending so long indoors, is a four-day week the way of the future?

Today on Please Explain, senior economics writer Jessica Irvine joins Nathanael Cooper to look at whether it is possible.

Iceland recently conducted trials of a four-day working week and found not only were workers happier but firms reported increased productivity.
As Australia looks towards a post-COVID life and begins to imagine how we might want to juggle returning to the office after spending so long indoors, is a four-day week the way of the future?
Today on Please Explain, senior economics writer Jessica Irvine joins Nathanael Cooper to look at whether it is possible.

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

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The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

Mounting the case for a four-day working week

The Albanese government came to power promising to ease the housing crisis by increasing supply. But has its housing agenda stalled? 

This week, the Greens hardened their opposition to two key elements of the government’s housing policy. 

The Prime Minister has urged the Greens to “get on with it” and wave the plans through. So will Labor be able to secure its agenda? And if not, who will pay the political price? 

Plus we have a look at the war of words between the business lobby and the government. Is this just the usual tension we often see between a Labor government and corporate interests? Or is it something more significant? 

Joining Jaqueline Maley to discuss, is federal political correspondent Paul Sakkal and chief economic correspondent Shane Wright.

Cut through the noise of federal politics with news, views and expert analysis. Subscribers can sign up to our weekly Inside Politics newsletter.

The Albanese government came to power promising to ease the housing crisis by increasing supply. But has its housing agenda stalled? 
This week, the Greens hardened their opposition to two key elements of the government’s housing policy. 
The Prime Minister has urged the Greens to “get on with it” and wave the plans through. So will Labor be able to secure its agenda? And if not, who will pay the political price? 
Plus we have a look at the war of words between the business lobby and the government. Is this just the usual tension we often see between a Labor government and corporate interests? Or is it something more significant? 
Joining Jaqueline Maley to discuss, is federal political correspondent Paul Sakkal and chief economic correspondent Shane Wright. Cut through the noise of federal politics with news, views and expert analysis. <a href="https://www.smh.com.au/link/follow-20170101-p5apym">Subscribers can sign up to our weekly Inside Politics newsletter</a>.

Inside Politics: Help to buy, build to rent. Will the government's housing agenda work?

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What obligation does the Australian government have to help retrieve its citizens from debilitating circumstances, overseas?

This question will be at the heart of a High Court case on Monday, which will help decide the fate of 12 Australian women, and their 22 children, who’ve been languishing in refugee camps in Northern Syria for five years.

To those who have opposed bringing them home, the women are a threat - the family members of slain or defeated Islamic State fighters who may believe in dangerous ideologies.

But to those who say they should be repatriated, they are victims of war. 

Today, associate editor and special writer Deborah Snow on what distinguishes these women from those before them, who were successfully brought home to Australia.

What obligation does the Australian government have to help retrieve its citizens from debilitating circumstances, overseas?
This question will be at the heart of a High Court case on Monday, which will help decide the fate of 12 Australian women, and their 22 children, who’ve been languishing in refugee camps in Northern Syria for five years.
To those who have opposed bringing them home, the women are a threat - the family members of slain or defeated Islamic State fighters who may believe in dangerous ideologies.
But to those who say they should be repatriated, they are victims of war. 
Today, associate editor and special writer Deborah Snow on what distinguishes these women from those before them, who were successfully brought home to Australia.

Should the relatives of Islamic State fighters be returned to Australia?

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Over the next week, while you and I are sleeping, members of the Murdoch family will be duking it out in an American courtroom over control of one of the most powerful media empires on the planet.

It’s the latest escalation in a civil war that has been building within the family for years.  

Today, media writer Calum Jaspan, on why Rupert Murdoch has pitted one of his children, Lachlan, against three of his other kids. And how the outcome of this case will impact all of us.

Over the next week, while you and I are sleeping, members of the Murdoch family will be duking it out in an American courtroom over control of one of the most powerful media empires on the planet.
It’s the latest escalation in a civil war that has been building within the family for years.  
Today, media writer Calum Jaspan, on why Rupert Murdoch has pitted one of his children, Lachlan, against three of his other kids. And how the outcome of this case will impact all of us.

Rupert Murdoch's succession saga will affect us all

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Mounting the case for a four-day working week

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