New Victorian Premier Faces Pressure To Make WFH Permanent Because As Much As Melbourne Carries On About How Bad Lockdown Was They Actually Don't Wanna Return To Real World

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The newly sworn in Victorian Premier has delayed the state’s work-from-home reforms until the November state election is well and truly out of the way.

This is heartening news for both the business community and the commercial real estate sector, who desperately want to make use of those giant office buildings standing in the middle of Melbourne's ghost town CBD.

The proposed changes, which were introduced by ex-premier Jacinta Allan, would give eligible workers the 'right' to work from home two days a week forever - with or without that airborne virus that disproportionately affected baby boomers when they were still the most powerful voting block and therefore worth destroying the entire economy for.

In a press conference on Tuesday morning, Premier Carroll said the work-from-home reforms “would not proceed” on September 1 as expected and would instead be pushed out until July 1, 2027.

However, Labor are being criticised for not making an official call on whether or not the state expects people to actually leave the house and do things - or if they believe that the ravaged Victorian economy can heal itself with half of the population sitting at home wearing snuggies and smoking THC vapes.

It is believed that the new cabinet remain hopeful that by delaying this decision for a whole year, Victorians might 'get a taste for leaving the house' in the meanwhile.

A spokesperson for the rejuvenated Victorian government says this is a particularly difficult political issue in Melbourne.

"It's a real rock and a hard place" they said.

"For one, Victorians love complaining about how bad they had it during the Dan Andrews lockdowns"

"But at the same time, they kind of like the idea of being frozen in time and not having to grow up."

"We get it. The real world is scary. But we can't hide away from forever"

It is believed the Carrol government are very well aware that this particular issue is the sole reason the Liberal Party only won 6 seats in Victoria in the 2025 election - because being seen to oppose 'working from home' has been misconstrued as an attack on God-given human rights.

The party remains hopeful that a sunny Melbourne summer might snap them out of their silly buggers.