Home comforts: can remote work be better for the environment?

Many Australians now have the option to work from home.

But is it better or worse for the environment?

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The normalisation of working from home and flexible work has been one of the Covid-19 pandemic’s few positive legacies.

Today more than a third of Australians – and most managers and professionals – spend at least some of their working lives out of the office, https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/earnings-and-working-conditions/working-arrangements/latest-release">according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.