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, good morrow. [Enable Images to View]( [White House calls for 'immediate' investigation into forced diversion of Ryanair flight carrying Belarusian dissident]( President Joe Biden was briefed on the situation and spoke with NATO allies. [Enable Images to View]( [Amazon could reportedly announce a roughly $9 billion deal to acquire MGM, the studio behind James Bond and Rocky, as early as this week]( Amazon wants to expand its Prime streaming library with MGM's deep catalogue of content. [Enable Images to View]( [A cash lottery to encourage Australians to get vaccinated is 'on the table', the chief medical officer says]( Australia's chief medical officer will not rule out a lottery or other novelty incentives to drive the nation's COVID-19 vaccination rate. [Enable Images to View]( [Singaporean scientists have developed a new 'breathalyzer' test for COVID that can detect the virus within one minute]( The test involves a person blowing into a disposable mouthpiece linked to a breath sampler. [Enable Images to View]( [Enable Images to View]( [The new rich: How these 20 Australians propelled themselves onto this year's Rich List]( Blackmagic Design, a Melbourne-based manufacturer has produced products for 20 out of the 30 highest-grossing Hollywood films of all time. [Enable Images to View]( [A woman on TikTok is accusing Converse of stealing her shoe designs from a job application]( She says the Chuck 70 style closely resembles a pitch she sent in a 2019 internship application. [Enable Images to View]( [One in three young Australians say they'll be 'much worse off' than their elders, as wages stay low and house prices skyrocket]( Drawing from 60,000 responses, the 2021 survey found little hope among younger generations. [Enable Images to View]( [Afterpay co-founder Nick Molnar has been investing millions into some of Australia's fastest-growing startups]( Molnar is tipping some of his $2.2 billion into startups including online checkout platform Fast, social media startup Linktree and trading app Superhero. [Enable Images to View]( [South Australian universities plead for the return of international students, amid a 33% drop in enrolments]( South Australian universities have been hurt by drastic declines in student numbers. [Enable Images to View]( [Ethereum rises roughly 40% from lows below $1,750 after a brutal week for the second-largest cryptocurrency]( It was a reprieve for the cryptocurrency after a tumultuous week. [Enable Images to View]( [A market analyst explains the pros and cons of trading on the US stock market]( Home to the two largest exchanges worldwide, the US stock market can seem particularly daunting to Australian investors looking to get a slice of the action. [Enable Images to View]( Business Insider Australia © 2021 [Pedestrian Group]( [Unsubscribe]( • [Email to a Friend]( • [Privacy Policy](