Queensland public servants buck bosses' back-to-office push
Despite many bosses ordering workers back to the office, Queensland's public servants are logging on from home in increasing numbers.
The latest workforce survey shows 54 per cent of the state's public servants worked from home in 2024, up from 51 per cent a year earlier, and 49 per cent in 2022.
In comparison, about 36 per cent of all working Australians regularly did so from home in 2024, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Across the Queensland public sector, almost one-in-three remote workers said they did so one day a week on average, 49 per cent did two days at home, and just 3 per cent did five days.
The Department of Energy and Climate had the most staff working remotely, at 86 per cent, with 60 per cent of those out of the office two days a week.
At the Office of the Information Commissioner, every survey respondent worked remotely some of the time, and 42 per cent did so three days a week.
At the Queensland Human Rights Commission, 88 per cent did some work remotely. Of those, 54 per cent did two days a week, and 11 per cent worked out of the office full-time.
Former opposition leader Peter Dutton backed down mid-campaign on his pledge to force federal public servants back to the office amid a politically damaging backlash fuelled by fears it would spill over into the private sector and disproportionately affect women.
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