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]( Morning folks! A bit of AstraZeneca vaccine news today. [Enable Images to View]( [The Australia-NZ travel bubble has already led to a massive spike in bookings – but authorities don't expect tourism to hit pre-pandemic levels before 2022]( Airlines and travel agencies have reported hundredfold spikes in interest for destinations in New Zealand, after the two-way quarantine-free travel bubble was revealed. [Enable Images to View]( [Scott Morrison says he'll re-apply for the release of Australia's 3.1 million contracted AstraZeneca doses]( Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he will again petition the European Union and AstraZeneca for the release of 3.1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, amid a growing diplomatic stoush between the jurisdictions. [Enable Images to View]( [Christine Holgate slammed her former boss in a blistering 154-page submission following her ouster as Australia Post CEO. Here's what you need to know.]( Christine Holgate has broken her silence five months after she was dismissed as Australia Post CEO. In a 154-page submission to the Senate Inquiry reviewing the dismissal, she alleges she was forced out of the organisation by chair Lucio Di Bartolomeo despite having done nothing wrong. [Enable Images to View]( [Aussie tech unicorn Canva is now valued at $19 billion on paper following a fresh round of US funding]( Australian graphic design startup Canva has rocketed to a new milestone with a valuation of $US15 billion ($19.7 billion). This comes after the Australian-based company secured $US71 million in funding. [Enable Images to View]( [Enable Images to View]( ['There has never been this many jobs to fill': The Australian economy is bouncing back, but wage growth may not follow]( The Australian job market is rebounding strongly as job vacancies hit a record high. Data from Indeed provided exclusively to Business Insider Australia shows job vacancies are 32.2% higher than they were before the pandemic began. [Enable Images to View]( [Two Australian men have been charged after police found a bomb and extremist material in a raid on the homes of neo-Nazi group members]( South Australian police have arrested two men as part of an investigation into ideologically motivated violent extremism. A 32-year-old man was arrested for allegedly possessing an IED, and a 28-year-old man was arrested for allegedly possessing extremist material. [Enable Images to View]( [An Aussie couple bought a van for $2,200 and converted it for a 3 month trip from Queensland to Western Australia. Here's how they did it.]( Hayley and Roger Mason are currently embarking on a non-stop 3-month drive with their family across Australia in a 12-seater van they converted themselves. [Enable Images to View]( [A 26-year-old CEO has been crowned the youngest self-made billionaire on Forbes' annual billionaires list after Kylie Jenner was removed]( Austin Russell became a billionaire almost overnight in December when his company, Luminar Technologies, was listed on the Nasdaq via an SPAC merger. [Enable Images to View]( [How Haus of Dizzy, the Indigenous Australian jewellery brand, grew from a bedroom floor to Australia's 'Queen of Bling']( Haus of Dizzy is a handmade jewellery brand by Wiradjuri woman and self-proclaimed Queen of Bling, Kristy Dickinson. It’s a brand that, at its core, celebrates her Indigenous culture with a distinctly contemporary twist. [Enable Images to View]( Business Insider Australia © 2021 [Pedestrian Group]( [Unsubscribe]( • [Email to a Friend]( • [Privacy Policy](