Flexible work should continue for commuters when COVID-19 pandemic ends: Labor

Kate McIlwain
Updated May 11 2020 - 8:25pm, first published 4:00pm
'Re-think of how we work': Wollongong MP Paul Scully said the COVID-19 pandemic has proved people don't need to commute to Sydney every day to be productive at work. Picture: Adam McLean.
'Re-think of how we work': Wollongong MP Paul Scully said the COVID-19 pandemic has proved people don't need to commute to Sydney every day to be productive at work. Picture: Adam McLean.

Public sector workers who live in the Illawarra should be able to keep working in Wollongong when the COVID-19 pandemic is over, according to state Labor politicians.

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Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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