Labor overturns Morrison-era ban on public servants working Australia Day

Coalition accuses ALP of trying to deliberately undermine' public holiday by allowing government workers flexibility on 26 January

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The Albanese government has reversed a short-lived Morrison-era restriction on flexibility for government workers taking public holidays, allowing public servants to work on 26 January if they don't wish to observe the Australia Day public holiday.

The minister for the public service, Katy Gallagher, downplayed the move and said it simply reverted the situation to exactly how workplaces operated on 26 January last year.

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