Here's a tip: just ignore commercial TV's deluded 'work-life balance' advice

By Michael Lallo
Updated March 28 2017 - 3:13pm, first published 3:07pm

As with most bulk-billing clinics, there was an old TV in the waiting room. A lifestyle program blared at full volume, to drown out the wheezing pensioners and wailing toddlers. First, the panellists interviewed a washed-up pop star. Then, a demonstration of how to cook spaghetti in your microwave (hint: don't). But it was the next segment that made an old bloke shuffle over and stab the off button.

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