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The Sydney and Melbourne suburbs that do the most housework
Don't want to do any housework? Then live in the inner suburbs of Sydney and Melbourne.
Eryk Bagshaw is an economics reporter for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, based in Parliament House
Don't want to do any housework? Then live in the inner suburbs of Sydney and Melbourne.
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