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 everyone. [Enable Images to View]( [Australia's new 4-stage pandemic plan slashes international arrivals and allows vaccinated travellers to quarantine at home]( National Cabinet has agreed to a new four-stage plan to mitigate the risks of coronavirus and the new Delta variant, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced. [Enable Images to View]( [Afterpay is keeping a close eye on Europe where lawmakers want to reign in the buy now, pay later sector and protect vulnerable customers]( Australian buy now, pay later darling Afterpay says it is monitoring developments in Europe after the announcement of proposed lending reforms. [Enable Images to View]( [Australia has signed the global initiative to wrestle profits back from tech giants like Google and Facebook. It could net the country an extra $3 billion tax revenue a year.]( Australia is among 130 countries which have signed onto a global tax initiative that requires a 15% minimum tax from multinational corporations. [Enable Images to View]( [Australian traders have embraced the power of the meme, with Tesla, GameStop, and AMC among eToro's top 10 most-held stocks]( Tesla, GameStop, and AMC ranked in the 10 most-held shares among Australian eToro investors in the second quarter of 2021. [Enable Images to View]( [Enable Images to View]( [This Young Farmer of the Year created an app to connect farmers around Australia. Now she wants more young people to take their innovation skills from the city to the country.]( 28-year-old farmer Emma Ayeliffe created a social app last year that connects farmers across the country. She thinks the next generation in Australian agriculture needs to be diverse, from metropolitan Australia, and to bring more tech and engineering skills into the space. [Enable Images to View]( [Jeff Bezos is stepping aside as Amazon CEO, but it's unlikely he's slowing down. The billionaire tech tycoon has a passion for extreme adventures, from dog-sledding to ocean exploration.]( Bezos' next voyage will take him to the outer reaches of Earth's gravitational pull when he blasts off aboard a Blue Origin spacecraft. [Enable Images to View]( [WHO warns that coronavirus variants are spreading faster than vaccines can stop them]( Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that nations around the world are doing too little to stop the virus, which has got more contagious over time. [Enable Images to View]( ['Dr. Doom' economist Nouriel Roubini warns the global economy is barreling towards stagflation - and central banks face an impossible challenge]( The NYU Stern professor pointed to the hype around crypto, meme stocks, SPACs, and retail trading as evidence of excessive demand. [Enable Images to View]( [These are the car insurance extras you might not want to skimp on]( The cost of car insurance can vary depending on the age and model of your car, your own age, where you live and the type of insurance you choose. [Enable Images to View]( Business Insider Australia © 2021 [Pedestrian Group]( [Unsubscribe]( • [Email to a Friend]( • [Privacy Policy](