Virus may usher working from home revolution

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Despite the wider access to broadband internet, Australia has been rather tardy in embracing the ‘working from home revolution’.

According to new research from Roy Morgan, there has been only a 1% increase in Australian employees working from home over the past decade:

While many jobs like retail, transport and manufacturing are unsuited to working from home, as illustrated in the next chart:

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.