According to Public Service Minister Katy Gallagher, opposition frontbencher Jane Hume plans to “frogmarch” public servants back into the office the day after the federal election, should the Coalition win.

Hume suggested as much in a speech on Monday night, pledging a Peter Dutton government would mandate full-time office attendance. Labor was prioritising “a right for the individual, not an arrangement that works for all” by allowing public servants to work from home.