Site Search HomeEditors' Picks Working from home could be a radical reform, or productivity disaster. We should be finding out Working from home could be a radical reform, or productivity disaster. We should be finding out By Bernard Keane Monday July 12, 2021 Vested interests are trying to influence policies on WFH. (Image: Adobe/AnthonyC) Australia has a major productivity problem. As the government’s recent intergenerational report says, achieving the report’s assumption of 1.5% annual growth “will require an improvement over recent performance. Productivity growth averaged 1.2% annually over the last complete productivity cycle in the 2010s. Government policies can assist in lifting productivity, including by helping individuals and businesses take advantage of new innovations and technologies”.