Australia’s very own version of The Office is out now on Amazon Prime Video, and it’s a really interesting watch — but one that might grate for fans of the US version of the show. At times, it follows firmly in the US version’s footsteps,

In a bygone age, when TV used to stay where it was made, you might have got away with this new Australian version of The Office (Amazon Prime Video). But in the world of global streaming, where anything half decent (and much that’s not) in the English language has already been picked up and spooled out by Netflix,

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The remake mirrors the US version: a romance, office tensions, an old-school boss who craves camaraderie, and a staff for whom work life comes second to what they’d rather be doing.