‘Awful lot': Nearly a million Aussies hold down a second job to make ends meet
Sky News host Paul Murray discusses how almost a million Australians are holding down a second job to make ends meet.
'An awful lot of people, well, many may be working a second job … today we learned about just how many people are working more than one job,' Mr Murray said.
'Let me translate 6.5 per cent of people, into how many people in Australia more than one job? Basically, a million people.'
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