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Teleworkability in Australia: 41% of full-time and 35% of part-time jobs can be done from home

  • Written by Mehmet Ulubasoglu, Professor of Economics, Head of the Department of Economics and Director of the Centre for Energy, the Environment and Natural Disasters, Deakin University
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Victoria’s outbreak of COVID-19 infections, with 75 more cases identified overnight on top of 173 cases the previous five days, underlines the need to stick with social distancing measures wherever possible.

Working at home, in particular.

About 23 cases have been linked to Melbourne’s Stamford Plaza hotel, where people...

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