Nearly 600,000 jobs were lost last month in Australia – an unprecedented collapse in the employment market – and one in seven young people are now out of work.

Also today:

• Western Australia sends kids back to school while restrictions are eased in NSW from today.
• After a decade, the NBN finally nears completion
• Indicative bids for the failed Virgin Airlines are due today, with four serious bidders likely to come forward.

Plus an interview with Jacqui Emery, Business Director of Royal Far West children’s charity, about how the not-for-profit sector is managing the COVID-19 pandemic.