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Australia instructs workers to take a break

By Peter Smith in Sydney

Published: December 4 2008 18:33 | Last updated: December 4 2008 18:33

Australia’s 11m workers can hardly believe their luck.

A day after official figures signalled that the country was moving perilously close to recession, the Australian government on Thursday instructed its workforce to take a break.

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