APS tells staff to work from home as ACT goes into lockdown

Doug Dingwall
Sarah Basford Canales
Updated August 12 2021 - 5:41pm, first published 4:00pm
Australian Public Service Commissioner Peter Woolcott. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong
Australian Public Service Commissioner Peter Woolcott. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Thousands of public servants will begin working from home again as Commonwealth agencies tell staff to avoid their regular workplaces during the ACT's week-long lockdown.

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Doug Dingwall

Doug Dingwall

Parliamentary bureau chief

Doug Dingwall is The Canberra Times' parliamentary bureau chief. He writes about government and federal politics, and has an interest in integrity, industrial relations and foreign affairs. Previously he worked at The Examiner in Launceston, where he won a Tasmanian Human Rights Award for his reporting. Contact him on doug.dingwall@canberratimes.com.au

Sarah Basford Canales

Sarah Basford Canales

Politics and public sector reporter

I'm a federal politics and public sector reporter with an interest in national security, integrity and regulation. Contact me with general tips and thoughts at sarah.basfordcanales@canberratimes.com.au or confidential tips to sbasfordcanales@protonmail.com.

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