Census snapshot: Dirty laundry piles higher as 'chore wars' rage

By Jessica Irvine
July 16 2017 - 10:00am
Image: iSTOCK
Image: iSTOCK

Of all the intimate details of modern Australian life exposed in the recent national "selfie" that is the census, one factoid stands out. Get this: when asked how many hours they spent doing unpaid domestic work – not including childcare – in the week before the census, more than one in four Aussie men said none. Zero. Zilch. Nada.

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