Vic government puts dollar figure on women's unpaid work

New research estimates Victorian women are doing the majority of the state's unpaid work and puts the value of this work at $205 billion.

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Published 17 October 2018 1:10pm

Updated 18 October 2018 11:20am

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What is daily housework, cooked meals, hours of feeding, changing and looking after children worth?

The Victorian government has endeavoured to put a price to these labours of love - $205 billion.

That's about half the worth of Victoria's Gross State Product.