10 things you need to know this morning in Australia

[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]( Hello, and welcome to the long weekend. [Enable Images to View]( [The Australian government's $680 million HomeBuilder scheme is being slammed by critics]( The federal government's $680 million HomeBuilder grants scheme has been panned as "an inadequate response" by Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese. [Enable Images to View]( ['A slap in the face': Woolworths staff criticise the company's 'bare minimum' reward for workers on the pandemic front line]( Woolworths staff and one of the key unions representing them have slammed the supermarket giant’s $50 million reward offer, calling it a “slap in the face” after months of working on the front line of the pandemic. [Enable Images to View]( [New analysis estimates universities will lose $16 billion by 2023 because of the coronavirus. Experts reveal how this could affect Australia.]( Universities Australia estimates that Australian universities could lose $16 billion by 2023 because of the coronavirus pandemic. Experts highlighted the consequences of reduced funding to universities such as a weaker higher education sector and a generational loss of researchers. [Enable Images to View]( [Qantas and Jetstar have announced plans to add more than 300 return flights by the end of June, as coronavirus restrictions ease]( Qantas and budget subsidiary Jetstar have announced new plans to get their planes flying again. The airlines will triple capacity this month with the possibility they'll return to 40% of their normal operation by the end of July. [Enable Images to View]( [Enable Images to View]( [Westpac blames its massive money laundering scandal on tech failings, poor judgement, and gaps in its compliance systems]( Westpac says technology failings, human error, poor judgment and gaps in its compliance and risk systems caused last year's massive money-laundering scandal, which included allegations of inadequate vetting of payments linked to paedophilia. [Enable Images to View]( [Dyson poured $629 million into an electric car before abandoning it — here's what its Tesla competitor was supposed to look like]( Dyson scrapped its electric car project in May, after spending more than $US600 million on its development. The company released new images of the prototype this week. [Enable Images to View]( [70% of people infected with the coronavirus did not pass it to anyone, preliminary research shows. Superspreading events account for most transmission.]( An average person with the coronavirus infects about two other people, but an infected person sometimes passes the virus to far more people during a superspreader event. [Enable Images to View]( [A Norwegian cruise ship worker who's been trapped at sea for more than 80 days shares his gruelling experience]( The coronavirus pandemic has left thousands of crew members trapped on cruise ships around the world. Business Insider spoke with a crew member stuck on the MS Norwegian Epic about his experience onboard. [Enable Images to View]( [Many Australians turned to further education during their time in isolation – and these people are proof a career change is possible]( As LinkedIn Learning has seen a 15% increase in the number of people using the service, it's safe to suggest that the desire to upskill during lockdown was at the forefront of many Australians' minds. [Enable Images to View]( Business Insider Australia © 2020 [Pedestrian Group]( [Unsubscribe]( • [Email to a Friend]( • [Privacy Policy](