THE AMERICA ONE NEWS
Jun 6, 2025  |  
0
 | Remer,MN
Sponsor:  QWIKET 
Sponsor:  QWIKET 
Sponsor:  QWIKET: Elevate your fantasy game! Interactive Sports Knowledge.
Sponsor:  QWIKET: Elevate your fantasy game! Interactive Sports Knowledge and Reasoning Support for Fantasy Sports and Betting Enthusiasts.
back  
topic
The Telegraph
The Telegraph
7 Apr 2025
Iona Cleave


Australia PM candidate drops plan to end government home-working

Australia’s opposition leader has abandoned a major election promise to stop public servants working from home, after a backlash.

Peter Dutton apologised on Monday, saying his Liberal-led coalition had “made a mistake” with an unpopular policy that included plans to sack thousands of government employees.

Australians head to the polls on May 3, and working from home has emerged as an election battleground. The Liberal Party said last month it would boost productivity by ending flexible working for hundreds of thousands of public service workers.

Critics of the plan, including Anthony Albanese’s Labour government, said it would disproportionately disadvantage women and increase commuting costs at a time when the cost of living is the primary concern for most voters.

“We’ve made a mistake in relation to the policy. We apologise for that. And we’ve dealt with it,” Mr Dutton told Channel Nine, clarifying that no changes would be made to work-from-home options.

He claimed his centre-Right coalition was only planning to target public service workers in the capital of Canberra, accusing Labor of claiming otherwise as part of a “smear campaign”.