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Work-from-homers may come to regret their couch time

Capital-city employees who avoid the office may eventually find themselves replaced by cheaper workers in Manila.

Aaron PatrickSenior correspondent

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Public servants, who want to run the country from home, risk running many of their fellow Australians out of jobs.

Under its plan to create a workers’ paradise, Albanese government negotiators – engaging in brinkmanship with their political opponents and capitulation with their employees – have agreed that almost every day is a work-from-home day.

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Aaron Patrick is the senior correspondent. He writes about politics and business from the Sydney newsroom. Email Aaron at apatrick@afr.com

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