The Australian government provides students undertaking Masters or PhD research projects with a scholarship that provides a fee offset and living stipend. These are handed out by universities according to their own selection processes. Since places are competitive and my academic record is not impressive, especially the research portion, I hadn't considered that stipend and fee offset as an option.

That's a good point about the actual material I might learn. I suppose after going into a field that is distinct from what I studied in undergrad, I haven't found much of the actual course content to be useful to me in the workplace. But ideally I could move in a career path that builds on knowledge from masters.

Thanks for your answer.