The Premier of the Australian state of Victoria has announced plans to enshrine working from home into law.
Under Jacinta Allan’s plan, workers would be entitled to work from home at least two days per week - if the role allows for it.
Australian correspondent Oliver Peterson says business groups have since hit out at this move - and claimed this would decimate CBD spending.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Oliver Peterson Sex pr Perth Live Presenters with us Ali Hey,
Heather right is Victorian nuts.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Of course, that's why they're over there, you know, that's
that little part of Australia we wouldn't like to kind
of talk about from time to time. But yes, the Premier,
justinto Allen, wants to enshrine in law that workers can
have the legal protection to stay at home or work
from home two days per week, which is obviously quite bizarre.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
This is going to be on the public service. This
is about people working in.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Private enterprise who would have in Victoria the right to
turn around to their boss and say, but the Premier
told me I could be at home.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
I don't need to come into the office. Now.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Business groups have hit out at this, saying, one, there's
already a lot of relationships in place in various industries
for this. We understand this flexibility now it happened through
the COVID years, Natty's continuing. But two they're also arguing
that this is going to kill and decimate what we
know is like the CBD of Melbourne as an example,
Think of all those coffee shops which are going to
(00:59):
go bus. Think of all of those cafes as restaurants,
the hustle and bustle the city. It just seems as
though there's a myriad of problems in Victoria at the moments.
They have got crime out of control while Australia.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
Is still powering ahead.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Their housing crisis is getting worse, more so than it
is in any other parts of this country. And every
now and then someone in the Victorian government, whether it's
former Premier Daniel Andrwy's now Premier just Into Allen says,
don't worry about what's going on over there.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
Here's another idea, like a bright spark.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
You can all stay at home for two days a
week and work from home so they can stay in
power for as long as the Labor Party of Victoria
wants to be there.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
So do you I mean, yeah, I hadn't thought of
it like that, Like this is going to happen because
most punters are workers. And are they even going to
love this? Aren't they?
Speaker 3 (01:44):
They are?
Speaker 2 (01:45):
And you know, Victoria is really becoming, you know, the
welfare state, the state that employs everybody in the public service.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
So they're going to go with this and say, oh,
he's that a good forage? You know, you just join us.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
I don't like this, I really don't like this, this
idea that you are going to be telling a private
enterprise how they operate the I mean, iwas, look at
the jobs that we all do in the media. It
says about the media, but look at the physios, look
at the people who.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
Are building houses. They can't say, no, I'm a brickie,
I'm going to work from home two days a week.
That house won't get built.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
No, exactly. I mean, they're going to have to be
so many carve outs, and I just wonder if that's
the savior here, is that they do so many exemptions
that actually any business can manage to get around it.
You'd have to have your fingers crossed for it. And
that is basically a hollow announcement. Listen, tell me what's
going on with the flooding in New South Wales.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
Well, the Warrigamber Dam's about to burst, and unfortunately haven't
we heard that time and time again in recent years.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
They've got to change something here though, because stored water
cannot be released.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
The Warrigamber Dam is operated as a water security dam,
so even if it's reaching capacity, they can't get rid
of it, which I just find bizarre when you flush
it away before you knew there was going to be flooding.
The real issue though, is we've got places like Campsey
Smith's Lake Armadale where they have been already told to
evacuate because of flooding, and we've already got over fourteen
thousand homes and businesses without power again. It's unfortunately a
(03:03):
story we keep hearing about in northern New South Wales
just been inundated with rain for days and days and days.
This side of the country where I am in Perth,
we've had a lot of rain as well. It is winter.
It doesn't come as a surprise, but you really feel
for these communities which have been fart affected almost on
an annual basis.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
At the moment, Heather, we hope everybody's okay.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Hey listen, tell me about this foot and mouth vaccine.
Is this for real?
Speaker 3 (03:24):
Absolutely?
Speaker 2 (03:25):
It is for real and it's going to be developed
here in Australia's an mRNA vaccine to protect our cows
against foot and mouth disease. Comes obviously after we have
enabled a change in the laws where we can import
American beef and there where some concerns over foot and
mouth disease.
Speaker 3 (03:41):
It's something that obviously Australia takes very seriously.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
I know New Zealand does too, biosecurity measures in regards
to protecting particularly our agriculture industries. So this is going
to be developed locally in a new South Wales facility
and that'll hopefully be rolled out as soon as possible
to protect our cows from foot and mouth, which is
a good step in agriculture and biosecurity.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
You should use that voice more often. I liked, Hey,
thanks very much, I appreciate it. Oli Peters and six
pur Perth Life Present. Hey, can I tell you what
I read about this center? Allan announcement over the weekend.
This is the one where people can stay home work
from I think she described it as a right that
you should be able to work from home two days
out of five, which is completely nuts. And then she said,
you know, all the latest evidence suggests it's a good thing.
(04:25):
We'll actually know all the latest evidence is quite the contrary.
But whatever. But the thing that really got my goat,
and gets my goat every single time is when they
say this the move could save the average worker so
many dollars a week cut congestion on roads and keep
more women in the workforce. Now, hang on a tack.
Let's just unpick this for as a woman, I object
(04:47):
to this. Let's unpick this for attack. Why are we
making women stay at home two days a week in
order to stay in the workforce, Because what Jacinta's doing
is she's going, oh, listen, we know it's the women
at home who do the dishes and do the laundry,
and vacuum and mop and pack away everything and make
the kids' beds, and you know, like, well the list
(05:07):
never ends, right, So what they're doing is going, listen,
if the women and the childcare and take the children
to the doctor, I'm we just go on, right. So
what they're doing is saying, let the women stay at
home because then they can do all of those things
while also working. Actually, no, that's not what I want
for my life, thanks very much. I don't want to
be doing that at home and then also going to work.
(05:28):
That's not fair. Well, it's some trenching gender roles, there,
aren't they. So when they tell you that they're all
woky and stuff and trying to fight for women, look
at that. They're just keeping the women in the kitchen,
there aren't they.
Speaker 3 (05:39):
For more from Heather duplessyell and drive.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
Listen live to news talks the'd Be from four pm weekdays,
or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio
Oliver Peterson Sex pr Perth Live Presenters with us Ali Hey,
Heather right is Victorian nuts.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Of course, that's why they're over there, you know, that's
that little part of Australia we wouldn't like to kind
of talk about from time to time. But yes, the Premier,
justinto Allen, wants to enshrine in law that workers can
have the legal protection to stay at home or work
from home two days per week, which is obviously quite bizarre.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
This is going to be on the public service. This
is about people working in.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Private enterprise who would have in Victoria the right to
turn around to their boss and say, but the Premier
told me I could be at home.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
I don't need to come into the office. Now.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Business groups have hit out at this, saying, one, there's
already a lot of relationships in place in various industries
for this. We understand this flexibility now it happened through
the COVID years, Natty's continuing. But two they're also arguing
that this is going to kill and decimate what we
know is like the CBD of Melbourne as an example,
Think of all those coffee shops which are going to
(00:59):
go bus. Think of all of those cafes as restaurants,
the hustle and bustle the city. It just seems as
though there's a myriad of problems in Victoria at the moments.
They have got crime out of control while Australia.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
Is still powering ahead.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Their housing crisis is getting worse, more so than it
is in any other parts of this country. And every
now and then someone in the Victorian government, whether it's
former Premier Daniel Andrwy's now Premier just Into Allen says,
don't worry about what's going on over there.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
Here's another idea, like a bright spark.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
You can all stay at home for two days a
week and work from home so they can stay in
power for as long as the Labor Party of Victoria
wants to be there.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
So do you I mean, yeah, I hadn't thought of
it like that, Like this is going to happen because
most punters are workers. And are they even going to
love this? Aren't they?
Speaker 3 (01:44):
They are?
Speaker 2 (01:45):
And you know, Victoria is really becoming, you know, the
welfare state, the state that employs everybody in the public service.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
So they're going to go with this and say, oh,
he's that a good forage? You know, you just join us.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
I don't like this, I really don't like this, this
idea that you are going to be telling a private
enterprise how they operate the I mean, iwas, look at
the jobs that we all do in the media. It
says about the media, but look at the physios, look
at the people who.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
Are building houses. They can't say, no, I'm a brickie,
I'm going to work from home two days a week.
That house won't get built.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
No, exactly. I mean, they're going to have to be
so many carve outs, and I just wonder if that's
the savior here, is that they do so many exemptions
that actually any business can manage to get around it.
You'd have to have your fingers crossed for it. And
that is basically a hollow announcement. Listen, tell me what's
going on with the flooding in New South Wales.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
Well, the Warrigamber Dam's about to burst, and unfortunately haven't
we heard that time and time again in recent years.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
They've got to change something here though, because stored water
cannot be released.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
The Warrigamber Dam is operated as a water security dam,
so even if it's reaching capacity, they can't get rid
of it, which I just find bizarre when you flush
it away before you knew there was going to be flooding.
The real issue though, is we've got places like Campsey
Smith's Lake Armadale where they have been already told to
evacuate because of flooding, and we've already got over fourteen
thousand homes and businesses without power again. It's unfortunately a
(03:03):
story we keep hearing about in northern New South Wales
just been inundated with rain for days and days and days.
This side of the country where I am in Perth,
we've had a lot of rain as well. It is winter.
It doesn't come as a surprise, but you really feel
for these communities which have been fart affected almost on
an annual basis.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
At the moment, Heather, we hope everybody's okay.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Hey listen, tell me about this foot and mouth vaccine.
Is this for real?
Speaker 3 (03:24):
Absolutely?
Speaker 2 (03:25):
It is for real and it's going to be developed
here in Australia's an mRNA vaccine to protect our cows
against foot and mouth disease. Comes obviously after we have
enabled a change in the laws where we can import
American beef and there where some concerns over foot and
mouth disease.
Speaker 3 (03:41):
It's something that obviously Australia takes very seriously.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
I know New Zealand does too, biosecurity measures in regards
to protecting particularly our agriculture industries. So this is going
to be developed locally in a new South Wales facility
and that'll hopefully be rolled out as soon as possible
to protect our cows from foot and mouth, which is
a good step in agriculture and biosecurity.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
You should use that voice more often. I liked, Hey,
thanks very much, I appreciate it. Oli Peters and six
pur Perth Life Present. Hey, can I tell you what
I read about this center? Allan announcement over the weekend.
This is the one where people can stay home work
from I think she described it as a right that
you should be able to work from home two days
out of five, which is completely nuts. And then she said,
you know, all the latest evidence suggests it's a good thing.
(04:25):
We'll actually know all the latest evidence is quite the contrary.
But whatever. But the thing that really got my goat,
and gets my goat every single time is when they
say this the move could save the average worker so
many dollars a week cut congestion on roads and keep
more women in the workforce. Now, hang on a tack.
Let's just unpick this for as a woman, I object
(04:47):
to this. Let's unpick this for attack. Why are we
making women stay at home two days a week in
order to stay in the workforce, Because what Jacinta's doing
is she's going, oh, listen, we know it's the women
at home who do the dishes and do the laundry,
and vacuum and mop and pack away everything and make
the kids' beds, and you know, like, well the list
(05:07):
never ends, right, So what they're doing is going, listen,
if the women and the childcare and take the children
to the doctor, I'm we just go on, right. So
what they're doing is saying, let the women stay at
home because then they can do all of those things
while also working. Actually, no, that's not what I want
for my life, thanks very much. I don't want to
be doing that at home and then also going to work.
(05:28):
That's not fair. Well, it's some trenching gender roles, there,
aren't they. So when they tell you that they're all
woky and stuff and trying to fight for women, look
at that. They're just keeping the women in the kitchen,
there aren't they.
Speaker 3 (05:39):
For more from Heather duplessyell and drive.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
Listen live to news talks the'd Be from four pm weekdays,
or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio
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