Robert Perry
Director
Yakka: Australia At Work (2023)
Season 1
From working the land, to digging up minerals, from manufacturing to the services industry, Yakka: Australia At Work explores how work has shaped Australia from the Second World War to the present.
Released Nov. 21, 2023
Episode 57 min
None+
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: WildBear Entertainment, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Network: ABC TV
S1E1 - Soil and Toil
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.
Nov. 21, 2023, midnight
S1E2 - Making a Nation
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.
Nov. 28, 2023, midnight
S1E3 - Groundbreakers
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.
Dec. 5, 2023, midnight
S1E4 - At Your Service
The final episode is about the services industry and the workers who have created it, sustained it and now dominate it: Australian women.
Dec. 12, 2023, midnight
Network: ABC TV
Episode Runtime: 57 min.
Season Runtime: 229 min.
Released: Nov. 21, 2023
Last Air Date: Dec. 12, 2023, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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