The new payment will be funded 50:50 between the Commonwealth and States and Territories, with final details including eligibility and compliance to be released by Services Australia.

However, the requirement to wear face masks will remain in some circumstances – like visiting a hospital, care facility or any other indoor space.

The outsourced skilled labour in India is 25 to 50 per cent cheaper than in Australia.

Every year, between 5% and 9% of Australian students do not meet year-level expectations in literacy or numeracy.

"One can only make three claims over a period of six months, except for some extraordinary cases."

Do books and stories really matter when a deadly disease is sweeping the globe?

Allowing increased transmission will impact the economy by resulting in higher numbers of people affected by long COVID.

Foreign-appointed judges still sit on the Court of Appeal in certain countries.

To many, this scenario probably sounds like a dream lifestyle, especially for those of us who spent large chunks of the past two years under lockdown. But is the shift to remote regional work as idyllic as it seems? What kinds of people decided to become e-changers? And what have their experiences been?

The ICT industry projections to reach 1.2 million tech jobs by 2030 will mean Australia needs an extra 653,000 by the end of this decade.