ANU academic Dr David Bissell, whose popular earlier studies include the pain and joys of commuting, will research the pressure on families caused by mobile work practices that affect tens of thousands of Australians.
Dr Bissell, from the ANU School of Sociology, says the assessment is the first of its kind.
“The strains that travelling for six hours a day puts on peoples’ family life is immense,” David says, recalling one woman who only saw her 10-year-old son on weekends because of a decade of long commutes between the Central Coast and Sydney.
“The opportunity cost was very marked and this was particularly the case for young families.”

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