In a nod to the fact that we’ve basically watched everything Netflix has to offer in the last couple of years, our federal, state, and territory leaders have agreed to reduce the COVID isolation period for positive cases. From Friday, 9 September, it changes from 7 to 5 days if you have no symptoms – unless you’re a worker in high-risk settings, including health and aged care. “Clearly, if you have symptoms, we want people to stay home. We want people to act responsibly,” PM Anthony Albanese said following yesterday’s National Cabinet sesh. The other announcables from the meeting: workers who don’t have access to paid sick leave will still have access to the pandemic leave disaster payment despite Treasurer Jim Chalmers saying that it “can’t continue forever”. And from next Friday, the mandatory mask mandate on domestic flights will be lifted.