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. Hope you had good weekends. [Enable Images to View]( [A record number of Australians returned home in the early days of COVID-19, reversing a long-running migration trend]( A record 99,200 Australians living overseas returned to Australia over the 2019/2020 financial year, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. [Enable Images to View]( [Rent is now more expensive on the Gold Coast than in Sydney, as a mass exodus from capital cities drives prices through the roof]( Rent prices for houses outside of major cities skyrocketed in the first quarter of 2021, with higher average rents recorded in coastal cities like the Gold and Sunshine Coast than in Sydney and Canberra. [Enable Images to View]( [A growing number of Australians are using their super to trade cryptocurrency. Some say the risky strategy has paid off in a big way.]( Cryptocurrency exchanges are seeing a flood of signups for their SMSF products, as Australians look to invest their retirement savings into digital assets. [Enable Images to View]( [Fully vaccinated American tourists will be allowed to visit the European Union this summer, The New York Times reports]( EU and US officials are in talks about vaccine certificates that could be used to prove tourists' vaccination status. [Enable Images to View]( [Enable Images to View]( [Dogecoin's slide this week after the failed 'Doge Day' has crypto traders eyeing a replacement for the world's favorite meme token]( On April 20, dubbed 'doge day' by meme-token fans, newly created safemoon took the spotlight. Dogecoin has slid since, dipping below $0.20 Friday. [Enable Images to View]( [India's richest people are fleeing on private jets as the country hits almost 350,000 COVID-19 infections in another daily global record]( Several countries have imposed travel restrictions on visitors from India as it battles a catastrophic second coronavirus wave. [Enable Images to View]( [NASA's Ingenuity helicopter flew faster and farther than ever before in its third aerial adventure over Mars]( Sunday's flight pushed the helicopter to its farthest distance yet: around 330 feet. Ingenuity has another two flights ahead. [Enable Images to View]( [300+ employees have left Travis Kalanick's ghost-kitchen startup, in an exodus that reflects deep tensions over leadership, secrecy, and pay]( Travis Kalanick's stealth $5 billion startup, CloudKitchens, is Uber all over again, ruled by a 'temple of bros,' insiders say [Enable Images to View]( [The benefits ethical investing can have for your portfolio, according to an expert]( As more stakeholders continue to shift their attention to socially responsible investments, it's worth knowing the benefits of ethical investing that go beyond moral values. [Enable Images to View]( Business Insider Australia © 2021 [Pedestrian Group]( [Unsubscribe]( • [Email to a Friend]( • [Privacy Policy](