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3–4 Hours of the Day

A foot caught in a house-shaped trap, with a quote by Hugo Moline, 'Australians on average work the first 3–4 hours of the day in order to pay their housing debts, be they rental or mortgage.'

Created as part of a series of graphic recordings of the All Hands on Deck symposium, held at the University of Technology Sydney in July 2023, Sam Wallman’s cartoon gets to the heart of a sobering statistic. For the average Australian, a significant portion of the workday is spent ensuring that they continue to have a roof over their head, with other aspirational goals seemingly out of reach.