Lang Walker calls time on work from home

Australia's 14th richest person has a clear message for the nation: it's time to take the tracksuit pants off and let industry drive us out of recession.

Chief executive and cofounder of Walker Corporation, Lang Walker, in his Sydney office on Friday. Louise Kennerley

Fiona CarruthersTravel editor

Jun 21, 2020 – 8.07pm

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It's what every boss is thinking – but it takes the nation's 14th richest man to just come out and say it.

"The country needs to get back to work," said Lang Walker, the founder of Walker Corporation, the nation's largest privately owned property development company, which currently has about $35 billion worth of projects in the pipeline over the next 15 years.

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Fiona CarruthersTravel editorFiona Carruthers has written and edited travel for the Financial Review for almost a decade. She has held senior roles with ABC Radio National, Deutsche Welle Radio, TIME and The Australian, and was deputy editor of Traveller.