Australians on average work 1855 hours a year, or 38.6 hours a week if you assume they work 48 weeks a year.... US workers are second, averaging 1835 hours a year, followed by Japan (1821) and New Zealand (1817). Finland (1730) led the table in Western Europe, followed by the much-maligned British workers, who put in 1708 hours a year - three hours a week less than Australians.[1]

Hmm. Stereotypes, hey?

[1] http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/give-us-a-break-austr...