‘No-brainer’: why Victoria’s work from home laws could benefit the regions

Ballarat resident Adriana Saraga, left, says living regionally and working from home gives her family a more affordable and balanced lifestyle. Photograph: Stuart Walmsley

When Adriana Saraga and Peter O’Brien were looking to move out of Melbourne, they followed the railway tracks.

“When we first started looking for somewhere to live, we were following the V/Line,” O’Brien says. “We just narrowed down the search based on that.”