Thursday, 14 August 2025

Constituency questions

Southern Metropolitan Region

Ryan BATCHELOR (Southern Metropolitan) (12:41): (1742) My question is to the Minister for Industrial Relations. My question is: how can residents in the Southern Metropolitan Region have their say on the government’s plans to protect workers rights to work from home? The Premier’s recent announcement of the government’s moves to enshrine a right to work from home two days a week has been welcomed by many across the Southern Metropolitan Region. It gives people who have the capacity to work from home more flexibility. Studies show that it helps boost productivity, and we think, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, there are around 150,000 residents in the Southern Metropolitan Region who have worked from home or do work from home. This is exceptionally welcome policy, and I encourage everyone in the Southern Metropolitan Region to have their say on what this means for them.