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 all. [Enable Images to View]( [Australia's COVID-19 vaccine booking site is now online – but some clinics say the long-awaited system took them by surprise]( Australia's COVID-19 vaccination booking system is online, allowing Australians in Phase 1B of the rollout to secure an appointment from Monday. [Enable Images to View]( [The Commonwealth Bank is launching its own buy now, pay later product into an increasingly crowded market]( The Commonwealth Bank is diving into the buy now, pay later sector with its own offering.. [Enable Images to View]( [ASIC has urged Australia's flood of first-time stock traders to do their research, saying the GameStop saga 'inflated people’s appetite for risk']( The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has explicitly warned first-time stock traders to be wary of investment advice gleaned on forums like Reddit, Facebook, and LinkedIn. [Enable Images to View]( [A successful legal challenge to the status of gig economy workers in the UK could lead to similar moves here, according to some experts]( Uber this week forced to pay UK drivers minimum wage and grant them a host of new rights after a landmark Supreme Court ruling. With a similar push happening in Spain, there appears to be support building for Australian gig economy workers to also earn better pay and conditions, according to employment legal service JobWatch. [Enable Images to View]( [Enable Images to View]( [Gotta buy 'em all: eBay Australia says Pokémon powered a 12,000% spike in collectible card sales in late 2020]( Renewed interest in Pokémon cards drove a 12,000% spike in trading card sales on eBay Australia late last year, the online marketplace says. In a new report, eBay Australia said it also tallied a 301% increase in the sale of basketball trading cards in October. [Enable Images to View]( [Atlassian’s Scott Farquhar sees Australia as a ‘test bed’ for tech regulation around the world in the future]( Atlassian co-founder and co-CEO Scott Farquhar spoke to US-based technology news website The Verge about tech’s influence on recent media legislation. [Enable Images to View]( [Scribd has launched its e-book subscription service in Australia, putting it in direct competition with Amazon]( Scribd announced it will enter the Australian e-book market with a subscription service, competing with Amazon and Audible. The platform will offer a $13.99 a month subscription for Australian readers that will give them access to Scribd’s stable of two million local and international e-books. [Enable Images to View]( [These are the best deals for Afterpay Day 2021, including Dyson, Samsung and The Iconic]( Afterpay Day is a huge online shopping event that promises huge savings across a massive range of brands and products. Afterpay Day 2021 starts on Thursday March 18 and runs until Sunday March 21. [Enable Images to View]( [The 3 most important things to consider when choosing an investment platform, outside of low costs]( The world of stock trading has never been easier to join, particularly for those with little knowledge of how it all works. [Enable Images to View]( Business Insider Australia © 2021 [Pedestrian Group]( [Unsubscribe]( • [Email to a Friend]( • [Privacy Policy](