From The Summary Podcast - Is Daylight Saving Killing Australian Productivity?
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This is the fourth episode of our daily news podcast, to follow and get your updates throughout the day search 'The Summary' in your podcast app, and tap the follow button. The Summary, a podcast that keeps you connected to what matters, and why. Twice a year, Australia splits into a confusing patchwork of five different major time zones. Beyond the personal hassle of lost sleep and schedule shifts, what is this temporal divide doing to our bottom line? On this episode of The Summary, host Josh Bryant sits down with time zone researcher Thomas Sigler to trace how we got here. Then, Innes Willox from the Australian Industry Group makes the case that state-by-state clock differences are actively hurting national productivity at a time when businesses can least afford it. Tap the follow button in your podcast app to get the latest episode from The Summary. The Summary, a podcast that keeps you connected to what matters, and why. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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