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Albanese sides with Victoria on WFH

Albanese sides with Victoria on WFH

Anthony Albanese has shrugged off business concerns to back the Victorian government's plan to legislate the right to work from home two days a week, claiming the proposal was consistent with the verdict of the last federal election.
With business arguing it was not a government's role to impose a blanket provision across the entire workforce, the prime minister indicated the politics was paramount.
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