Are you a Sydney workaholic? The areas and jobs with the longest hours

How hard does your suburb work? This map compares weekly work hours across Sydney.

  • Matt Wade andCraig Butt

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How many hours do you work? Australia’s most gruelling jobs revealed

A full-time worker in Australia puts in almost 44 hours a week on average,with miners,farmers,surgeons and even politicians among the occupations with the longest hours. Use our interactive to find out how many hours a week people in your job work on average.

  • Matt Wade,Craig Butt andMarissa Calligeros
Ambassador to the United States Kevin Rudd and NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey at the Citi A50 Sydney Investment Summit

Kevin Rudd reveals Sydney’s trump card to lure global investors

Australia could do more to leverage its vast pool of superannuation savings,the Australian ambassador to the US told the NSW treasurer during a Sydney investment summit.

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Fixing housing’s a vote winner. But which fix and which voter?

Voters on the hard right and left of politics agree on one thing. Our centrist government needs to listen.

  • Matt Wade

Most people think CEOs are grossly overpaid. What can we do about it?

The average CEO of a publicly listed company earns more than 100 times the pay of the average full-time employee. This needs to change.

  • Matt Wade
Motorists on Sydney’s M7.

We’re spending a lot less time commuting. Here’s why

Daily commute times in both Melbourne and Sydney are down by almost twenty per cent. That’s good for our health and wellbeing.

  • Matt Wade
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‘No one else is doing it’:Allegra Spender wins top prize for tax push

Independent MP Allegra Spender has been awarded the McKinnon Prize for Emerging Political Leadership.

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Premier Chris Minns,unveils reforms to planning laws earlier this month

Some say Sydney housing reforms have gone too far. These stats show they haven’t gone far enough

About half of residential land in Sydney is zoned for such low-density housing. A leading housing economist says that’s a massive constraint on a city with a population climbing towards 6 million.

  • Matt Wade
Tax claims for car related expenses vary widely across Sydney

The suburbs claiming the biggest tax breaks for car-related expenses

Access to public transport has a strong impact on the level of deductions claimed. This map shows how your suburb compares.

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Commuter Matthew Beck.

Sydney tops longest commute times – but there’s an upside

Sydney has Australia’s longest average commutes,ahead of Brisbane and Melbourne.

  • Matt Wade