![The share of Melburnians and Sydneysiders with a job has risen markedly over the past 20 years.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170827005946im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/t/w/q/i/b/image.related.square.80x75.gy3uoo.2f8s9.png/1503794234788.jpg)
![Drew orphett working for Channel 7 in the early 1990s.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170827005946im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/4/q/9/o/image.related.square.80x75.gy4sro.11wz9w.png/1503769858317.jpg)
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