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It's not just the APS taking fewer sickies

Katie Burgess
January 4 2021 - 4:30am
Logic dictates if we're all working from home, physically distancing and washing our hands more frequently because of COVID-19, we're likely to contract fewer other infectious diseases. Picture: Shutterstock
Logic dictates if we're all working from home, physically distancing and washing our hands more frequently because of COVID-19, we're likely to contract fewer other infectious diseases. Picture: Shutterstock

I'm sure the public servants who've been craned over a fold-out table in the spare bedroom since March were pleased to hear their months of working at home characterised as a "permanent holiday" by certain quarters of the media last week.

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Katie Burgess

Katie Burgess

Federal politics reporter

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