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The Productivity Commission found work from home is unlikely to be a cause for stagnating growth.

Working from home – sometimes – found to be good for the economy

Working from home was widespread during the pandemic - and the Productivity Commission found it is not to blame for Australia’s stagnating economic growth.

  • Olivia Ireland

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The desire for views in the best buildings has tightened supply and raised rents.

What’s the view at the top of a glitzy office tower really worth?

Companies are paying tall premiums for expansive views at the top of Sydney and Melbourne’s glistening high-rise office towers as they battle to attract stay-at-home staff.

  • Simon Johanson
Working from home meant the number of people using parents to care for their children has fallen.

Can two career-driven parents both make it work? This could be the solution

Balancing family and career is like a dance.

  • Jamila Rizvi
Working from home is linked with lower wage growth, higher productivity and happier staff.

Would you lose $4000 a year to work from home?

Can you put a price on flexibility? For thousands of workers, it seems like the answer is yes, and it’s a price they’re happy to pay.

  • Victoria Devine
Monday is madness, Friday is a waste. If you’re going to spend one day working remotely then you must choose Tuesday every time.

Why the worst day of the week is the best day to work from home

Amid the furore over the future of flexible work arrangements, people are missing the most crucial question: what is the best day to work from home?

  • Thomas Mitchell
Peter Dutton at a state campaign launch in Exton, northern Tasmania, on Sunday.

Three challenges for Dutton in landing the backflip on working from home

The opposition leader has made a necessary decision to stage a big policy shift so he can assure voters – especially women.

  • David Crowe
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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

Dutton dumps controversial plans to axe bureaucrats and end working from home

Dutton will face questions about whether the Coalition can find $7 billion in savings now that the party has ruled out forced redundancies from the public service.

  • Paul Sakkal
Working from home has enabled a generation of men to be better fathers.

I was an absent father until WFH changed everything

For generations, fatherhood was a side hustle crammed into weekends and hurried bedtimes. But over the past few years, we’ve seen something radical: a model of fatherhood grounded not in absence but in presence.

  • David Halliday
If you want to make 2025 a great year, a MAP can help show you how to get there.

Working from home is part of the new normal. Bosses need to lay off

Happier, more productive workers and cheaper office space: working from home means everyone’s a winner

  • Trent Wiltshire

How’s your work-life imbalance? This ‘loopy’ office show is uncannily gratifying

Severance has become Apple’s most-watched series. It taps the anxiety and compartmentalisation of the modern working person.

  • Julia Baird

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