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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is providing tax breaks for business and individuals who use rapid antigen tests to be able to attend work.

In a speech on Monday, the treasurer will tell the Australian Industry Group the government is taking action to remove uncertainty around the tax treatments of these tests.

"Today, I'm announcing that we will ensure that COVID-19 testing expenses are tax deductible for testing taken to attend a place of work, giving businesses and individuals more clarity and assurance," Mr Frydenberg will say.

"We will also ensure that fringe benefits tax will not be incurred by employers where COVID-19 tests are provided to employees for this purpose."

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Scott Morrison is keen to open up Australia's international border to tourists after the success of partial openings to students, backpackers and skilled migrants.

Mr Morrison said many of the states have now passed their peaks in COVID-19 infections.

He said the government over recent weeks has asked for advice from health officials how reopening the borders could impact on the nation's hospitals.

"But I really do not believe that is far away. As people will know, we have already opened up our borders to skilled migrants and backpackers and students," he told reporters in Sydney on Sunday.

Labor's home affairs spokeswoman Kristina Keneally said the lack of information was concerning.

"Until Mr Morrison stops constantly prioritising headlines over developing a clear and safe plan to reopen our borders, Australian families and businesses won't be able to plan for a better future," she said.

NSW posted 7893 COVID-19 cases and a further 28 virus-related deaths on Sunday, while there were 7169 new infections in Victoria and six deaths.

Queensland recorded 5746 infections and nine deaths and in Tasmania there were 471 cases and one death, while the ACT reported 323 cases.

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Neighbours will halt production amid questions about its future after British television Channel 5 confirmed it would stop airing the Australian soap later this year.

The daytime drama about the residents of Ramsay Street has been shown on UK television for more than 30 years and has launched the careers of stars including Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan and Margot Robbie.

Channel 5 said dropping the soap would allow funding to be diverted to original UK dramas.

"Neighbours will no longer air on Channel 5 beyond this summer," a spokesperson said on Sunday.

"We recognise that there will be disappointment about this decision. However, our current focus is on increasing our investment in original UK drama, which has strong appeal for our viewers."

The soap, which launched in 1985, has long been more popular in the UK than in Australia, so the news has thrown the future of the show into doubt.

The longest-running drama series on Australian television, Neighbours initially launched on Australia's Channel Seven in 1985, but the channel axed it before Network Ten picked it up the following year and it became an international hit.

In Australia it has been shown on digital channel 10 Peach since 2011 after losing its place following the nightly news on the main channel, and has been reliant on the UK broadcaster for funding.

An email to staff from Fremantle Media executive producer Jason Herbison, seen by the Sydney Morning Herald, said production would stop for an indefinite period because of the lack of a broadcast partner to back it financially.

Staff have been asked to attend a meeting on Monday and filming will continue until June 10.

The email said: "Our audience remains steady and Channel Ten would love the show to continue if we could find another broadcast partner to replace (Channel 5).

"We are so proud of the show, you all and everything that you've achieved. But for now, this chapter is closing and we want to work together to give Neighbours the amazing send-off it deserves."

Neighbours was shown on BBC One until 2008, when it moved to Channel 5.

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An emotional Kelly Slater has teased at immediate retirement after winning an eighth Pipeline crown -- 30 years after his first and just days before his 50th birthday.

The 11-time world champion dominated the Billabong Pro Pipeline decider to write arguably his greatest -- and possibly final -- chapter at the famous surf break in Hawaii.

Slater's scores of nine and 9.77 in a near-perfect 18.77 heat ensured he had the breathing space to beat 24-year-old local Seth Moniz (12.53).

A 56th top-level win was Slater's first since Tahiti 2016 and capped a wild campaign on the famous North Shore break that included an incredible buzzer-beating barrel to reach the quarter-finals.

Slater also relied on an interference penalty on semi-final rival Miguel Pupo to stay alive earlier on finals day.

The win came after several injury-plagued years and days before Slater's 50th birthday on February 11.

It came against Moniz, who was born the year Slater won his fifth world title, and whose father Tony was a former rival and long-time mentor of the Californian.

"This is the best win of my life," a tearful Slater said.

"I don't know how many more of these are going to happen, this honestly might be it.

"I might not show up to Sunset (the next CT event in Hawaii), I'm not sure yet.

"I will have to have a little talk to myself."

Slater toyed with Moniz in the early stages of their final before finding his way through two deep barrels, scoring nine and 8.17-point rides to set the bar high.

Moniz, the youngest sibling of one of Hawaii's great surfing families, replied when he somehow pushed through a heavy, breaking barrel to send his fanbase on the beach into a frenzy.

A stumble as he emerged cost him though, judges marking him down to effectively snuff out hopes of a comeback.

Slater and Moniz did trade huge, late-dropping barrels for scores of 9.77 and 9.43 respectively with their final waves, to cap off a spectacular day of action.

"I've worked my life for this wave, since I was 12 years old ... got pinned on the bottom and thought 'man, I love that place'," he said.

"It's given me all my favourite memories, the most pleasure in my life."

Talk of retirement, something Slater did briefly in 1998, comes with him holding an early lead in the quest for a 12th world title and reigning champion Gabriel Medina off the tour indefinitely for personal reasons.

But if he does choose to continue Slater could hit a stumbling block when the WSL arrives in Australia in April.

An outspoken critic of mandatory vaccination, Australian officials have made clear there will be no exemptions given to the surfing great to compete at Bells Beach and Margaret River.

Australian Tyler Wright will gun for back-to-back wins in Hawaii when the women's semi-finals begin as early as Monday.

Wright won when the Maui Pro was moved to the North Shore mid-event in 2021, with this year marking the first time the women have surfed at the same break as the men from the outset.

The two-time world champion was made to wait when officials opted to pause competition due to inconsistent wind after Slater's victory.

Wright will face dangerous local wildcard wildcard Moana Jones Wong, while reigning world champion Carissa Moore will surf against Lakey Peterson for a spot in the final.

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