That sound you hear is Andrew Leigh shouting with joy in the streets. The Canberra Labor MP has been on a mission to have non-compete clauses banned from contracts (especially since it began applying to yoga teachers and hairdressers) and he has had a win.

As AAP reports:

The federal government will ban non-compete clauses for most workers in its budget.

Labor has long taken issue with the measures as they can prevent Australians from moving jobs or force them to take months off work, and addressing the clauses could alleviate cost pressures by allowing workers to boost their wages more easily.

Though this specific measure is new, the government says it’s part of a budget that builds on the efforts of its predecessors and provides cost-of-living relief without fuelling inflation.

So people earning under $180,000 a year (which is all but about 95% of us – huzzah) will no longer be subject to non-compete clauses. Which means that if you want to leave a job and work at a similar one in the same area – you can.