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The Economics of COVID-19: Risks and Opprtunities

The effect of the coronavirus has added to the economic challenges the Australian economy will need to respond to in 2020. The devastating bushfire season followed by floods have added to Australia’s usual economic pressures. While we have seen the best of the Australian community’s response to the immediate crisis, it is the long tail of this disaster that will impact most on community resilience.

What needs to change for flexible work to work?

“It’s not a conversation where those working differently make excuses for working in different ways. It’s not a strategy for retaining talent, and it is never a conversation where a colleague says ‘enjoy your day off’ as you finish work for the week at 2:30pm on a Wednesday. There is no need to refer to it as flexible work because it is just work.”