10 things you need to know this morning in Australia

Good morning! [View this email via your browser]( [Business Insider Australia]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [LinkedIn]( [Enable Images to View]( [Enable Images to View]( [10 things you need to know this morning in Australia]( Hong Kong International Airport cancels flights as protests continue. [Enable Images to View]( [Global stocks slide as continued unrest in Hong Kong shakes already-rattled investors]( Stocks slipped on Monday as thousands of demonstrators forced Hong Kong's main airport to cancel all flights in the latest escalation of protests within city. [Enable Images to View]( [Australians are expected to lose $532 million to scams by the end of 2019 — and romance scams are the most 'devastating']( As National Scam Awareness Week kicks off, the ACCC is projecting the amount of money Australians lose to scams to exceed $532 million by the end of 2019. [Enable Images to View]( [Jeff Bezos donated $100 million to fighting homelessness — and in an unusual move, he's letting the charities control how it's spent]( Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is acting as a hands-off philanthropist with his Day 1 Families Fund. [Enable Images to View]( [Subway Australia says it 'makes no apology' for helping franchise owners increase profits amid explosive claims of underpaying staff and a 'toxic culture of bullying']( The Fair Work Ombudsman has confirmed it is investigating Subway. [Enable Images to View]( [Enable Images to View]( [The RBA is now considering the drastic measure of negative interest rates — meaning you could be paid to borrow money from the bank]( The Reserve Bank of Australia has suggested it could be forced into "unconventional" methods of getting the Australian economy back on track. [Enable Images to View]( [Qantas and Australia Post have signed a $1 billion deal to deliver your parcels by air — and it could be the key to Amazon's success down under]( Australia Post has signed a new $1 billion partnership with Qantas that it promises will prove a coup for customers and Australian businesses alike. [Enable Images to View]( [The Apple Card is a brilliant move by Apple to keep people shackled to the iPhone]( Apple is entering the credit card business this month with the launch of the first-ever Apple Card. [Enable Images to View]( [A 3-step guide to ease into whiskey drinking like you know what you're doing]( When I say 'whiskey' I dare you not to immediately picture some Don Draper-esque suited up gent with perfectly styled hair. [Enable Images to View]( [How to turn off read receipts for messages on your Samsung Galaxy phone]( You can turn off read receipts on a Samsung Galaxy phone from the settings menu in the Messages app. [Enable Images to View]( Business Insider Australia © 2019 [Allure Media]( [Unsubscribe]( • [Email to a Friend]( • [Privacy Policy](