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Employed Australians lost an average of 167 hours of work from March to October because of COVID-19 which cost the economy $47 billion in lost productivity, new data from the Australian National University shows. The longitudinal survey of 3000 people also revealed anxiety and worry levels continued to climb between May and October with women and young people reporting the highest levels of psychological distress. The survey data showed that men lost an average of 95 hours of work compared to an average loss of 38.5 hours for women. People who had finished year 12 but not…