Victoria had bipartisan support for a legal right to work from home. So why has Ben Carroll kicked it down the road?

Ben Carroll’s decision to delay work from home legislation in Victoria may be extending an olive branch to business – but business does not seem particularly interested in making peace, writes Benita Kolovos. Photograph: Christopher Hopkins/AAP

In 2025, Jacinta Allan pulled off a rare political masterstroke.

Off the back of a federal election that Peter Dutton arguably lost, in part, because of his crusade to force public servants back into the office, Allan announced that Victoria would legislate the right to work from home two days a week for those who can reasonably do so.