Welcome golfried.
Former ACT resident here (among a long list of other places)
The latter part of your reply is looking to become the new normal. A survey (don't know by whom) indicated over 30% of people working from home now due the covid 19, would prefer to continue after the restrictions are fully lifted.Working from home until at least September for me. And then I will try to negotiate a few days a week after that.
Also, many employers have realised that productivity has not been negatively affected.