Australian teachers are being encouraged to move to the regions to fill staff shortages, with cash incentives of up to $50,000 up for grabs.

HelloFresh, Blue Apron and other major meal kit companies struggle to retain customers. WSJ examines how these food delivery companies, big and small, are competing to find and keep customers in a saturated market with an uncertain future. Photo illustration: MacKenzie Coffman

A buyer based in Hong Kong has paid about $17m for the Lavender Bay mansion owned by Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan and his wife Lucinda.

The ASX has closed up 28.7 points, or 0.41 per cent, to finish the week on 6,954.20.

REA Group economist Anne Flaherty has recognised a “shift in the sentiment of sellers” with more properties being brought onto the market. The auction value is up about 24 to 56 per cent in Sydney and Melbourne respectively. “Sellers were feeling pretty negative about market conditions at th...