Former top bureaucrats have backed the Coalition’s push to get public servants to return to the office, warning the shift to working from home was damaging productivity and preventing agencies from developing policy.
John Fraser, who led Treasury from 2015 to 2018, and former National Disability Insurance Agency head Martin Hoffman said public servants needed to be in the office regularly to collaborate, declaring that overuse of remote work blocked creativity and innovation and hindered the development of younger workers.
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Michael Read is the Financial Review's economics correspondent, reporting from the federal press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously an economist at the Reserve Bank of Australia and at UBS. Connect with Michael on Twitter. Email Michael at michael.read@afr.com
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