Apparently We Don't Get Paid To Work In Australia

...we get paid to slack instead.

On a day where PM John Howard tells Opposition Leader Kim Beazley that his promise to toss out the new IR laws is because the unions had bullied him, there are actually newspaper articles about public figures being implored not to come down on people who don't bother turning up for work after watching World Cup matches.

Sorry?

How come I'm not allowed to roll in late when I've been up watching the second biggest sporting event on the planet (after the World Cup), Formula 1? There's an Aussie in that. I recall being paid to work, not roll into work. Crikey. This country is completely obsessed with bloody sport...