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]( Good morning, folks. [Enable Images to View]( ['Disaster written all over it': Watering down lending laws will see banks trample customers for profit, consumer advocates warn]( Consumer advocates have sounded the alarm over the Morrison government's planned changes to wind back responsible lending laws. Some slammed it as "a short-sighted fix", putting individuals at risk of becoming over-leveraged in a "flailing economy". [Enable Images to View]( [New research found that millennials and Gen Z are more likely to take an interest in their finances, thanks in part to the ‘gamification’ of budgeting apps]( Research from UBank has found COVID has shifted the way Australians look at budgeting, particularly millennials and Gen Z. It found that 68% of millennials have a budget, compared to 58% of Gen Xers and 55% of Gen Zers. [Enable Images to View]( [Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017, according to tax returns obtained by the New York Times]( An investigation by The New York Times revealed a trove of tax-return data from President Donald Trump's and his businesses that detail massive losses and 10 years of avoiding federal income taxes. [Enable Images to View]( [Trump nominates antiabortion conservative Amy Coney Barrett to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court]( President Donald Trump on Saturday announced his nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, an antiabortion conservative, to replace liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. [Enable Images to View]( [Enable Images to View]( [An anonymous Facebook exec says 'right-wing populism is always more engaging' and that's why conservative posts thrive on the platform]( An anonymous Facebook executive said conservatives' success on the platform is due to having content that is "always more engaging," according to a Politico report. [Enable Images to View]( [Google's CEO says the future of work involves a 'hybrid model' and that the company is already reconfiguring its offices for employee 'on-sites']( Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the company is "reconfiguring" its offices amid a more permanent shift to working from home. Pichai discussed the future of work at Google during an interview for Time 100 this week. [Enable Images to View]( [These are the best and worst performing super funds in Australia in 2020]( Online investment adviser Stockspot has ranked the best and worst performing super funds for 2020. They show that Australian superannuation funds are returning anywhere between 9% and -2% returns. [Enable Images to View]( [Airbus' new zero-emission concepts reveal the direction of the aviation industry's planes of the future — here's why today's aircraft aren't cutting it]( Airlines and aircraft manufacturers are investing millions to create truly sustainable aircraft after years of improving emissions in aircraft is proving not enough. [Enable Images to View]( [5 ways to 'trick' your brain into being more productive, according to science]( Numerous studies have found ways to help us be more productive in less obvious ways. Many of these hacks exploit the unusual quirks of the human brain. [Enable Images to View]( Business Insider Australia © 2020 [Pedestrian Group]( [Unsubscribe]( • [Email to a Friend]( • [Privacy Policy](