1. 100,000 travellers per week expected between Australia and New Zealand

The trans-Tasman travel bubble set to begin on April 19 will see up to 100,000 people per week travel between Australia and New Zealand, with a Qantas spokeswoman telling The Australian that tickets between the two countries were "selling like hot cakes". Prime Minister Scott Morrison said authorities had looked at Singapore, Japan and South Korea as potential destinations for a future travel bubble, but noted that "we are not in a position to move forward on any of those at this point".

2. Christine Holgate accuses Australia Post chairman of lying to parliament

Former Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate has accused Australia Post chairman Lucio Di Bartolomeo of lying to parliament and said the time before her resignation last year was "the most harrowing 10 days of my career" in a submission to the Senate inquiry into her departure. "The chair of Australia Post not only unlawfully stood me down, he lied repeatedly to the Australian people and to their Parliament about his actions," Holgate wrote.

3. US wants to "discuss" 2022 Beijing Olympics boycott

US State Department spokesman Ned Price said a joint boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, which is less than ten months away, "is something that we certainly wish to discuss" with their allies. "2022 remains a ways off, but we will continue to consult closely with allies and partners to define our common concerns and establish our shared approach to the PRC," Price later tweeted.

4. Robot creates $900,000 digital artwork

A robot developed by Hong Kong company Hanson Robotics has collaborated with an Italian artist for the creation of an artwork that sold for US$688,888 ($900,000) as a non-fungible token (NFT). Sophia the Robot tweeted that it was "the first NFT collaboration between an AI, a mechanical collective being, and an artist-collector".

5. Indexes dip from record highs

The Dow Jones fell 96.95 points or 0.29% on Tuesday to 33,430.24 after reaching new record highs on Monday. After posting a new intraday record high during the session, the S&P 500 ended the day down 3.97 points or 0.10% to 4,073.94. The Nasdaq dipped 7.21 points or 0.05% to 13,698.38.