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]( [The Morrison government quietly began prioritising visas for ultra-wealthy foreign investors late last year]( The Morrison government quietly instructed the Department of Home Affairs to begin prioritising investor visas over other types of applicants last year, including foreign workers in critical sectors during the pandemic. [Enable Images to View]( [Australia’s white-collar workers are being lured back to the office – but one expert says businesses should consider working from home in the long term]( Australian companies should think twice before ushering their workers back into the office full-time, a leading organisational academic says. Dr Julian Waters-Lynch, a lecturer at the RMIT University School of Management, says evidence suggests working from home is beneficial for worker productivity and well-being. [Enable Images to View]( [Australian companies are being told to end the 'greenwashing' as a new report shows just how far they are from their climate targets]( Most of the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitters are barely making progress on their climate commitments, according to a new analysis from Climate Action 100+. [Enable Images to View]( [Healthcare could see the biggest growth of any industry thanks to 250,000 new jobs over the next 5 years and massive government investment]( The healthcare sector is set to hire 250,000 new people by 2025, according to the National Skills Commission. Demand has been accelerated by the pandemic, which also hastened use of telehealth and other remote healthcare services. [Enable Images to View]( [Enable Images to View]( [Flood-impacted NSW residents have applied for $3.5 million in government disaster support and nearly 10,000 insurance claims]( The Federal Government has received nearly 3,000 claims for financial support linked to severe flooding in NSW, totalling $3.5 million, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said. [Enable Images to View]( ['Hamilton' sold a quarter of a million tickets before its first show last week, smashing Australian sales records]( Global musical success Hamilton broke Australian sales records before its first show last week, with more than 250,000 tickets sold. The musical is playing in Sydney before expanding to other states. [Enable Images to View]( [Australians are selling illegal guns on the dark web, flogging everything from handguns to 3D-printed weapons]( Handguns, rifles, ammunition are the most common weapons listed on anonymous online marketplaces, according to a new report from the Australian Institute of Criminology. [Enable Images to View]( [Gamestop's earnings call hit max capacity with investors eager to hear its response to Wall Street Bets mania]( Reddit day traders' crusade sent Gamestop's stock on a wild ride last quarter, but the company refused to take questions on the call. [Enable Images to View]( [How a Victorian social enterprise that runs hospitality training for refugee and migrant youth survived 2020]( Most people would agree that 2020 was a tough year. But for anyone who runs a hospitality business, particularly in Victoria, to say it was simply “tough” is an understatement. One person who has intimate experience with these challenges is Hannah Brennan. [Enable Images to View]( Business Insider Australia © 2021 [Pedestrian Group]( [Unsubscribe]( • [Email to a Friend]( • [Privacy Policy](