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]( Good morning, folks. [Enable Images to View]( [Sydney's lockdown will be extended for at least another 2 weeks]( Sydney's COVID-19 lockdown is set to be extended for at least another two weeks. The lockdown is now officially set to end on July 30, but it is possible it will be extended further. [Enable Images to View]( [Aldi will spend $1.3 billion to open corner stores in Australia, trial self-checkouts, and replace workers with robots]( Aldi will spend more than $1 billion over the next five years to overhaul its Australian operations. The supermarket chain will open new small-format layouts called 'Corner Stores' and roll out its first self-checkouts as part of a modernisation effort. [Enable Images to View]( [PayPal has rolled out its own buy now, pay later feature to 9 million Australians, as big tech goes toe-to-toe with Afterpay]( PayPal has launched its own buy now, pay later offering to its 9 million Australian users. From Wednesday, PayPal customers will be able to 'Pay in 4', with no threat of late fees. [Enable Images to View]( [NSW industry leaders have praised the new flood of emergency government funding – but critics say it's no JobKeeper 2.0]( Industry groups have welcomed the new emergency funding for businesses and workers impacted by the Greater Sydney coronavirus lockdown, which has been lengthened another two weeks. [Enable Images to View]( [Enable Images to View]( [An Australian telco audit has cast 'serious doubts' over whether staff are sufficiently trained to assist vulnerable customers]( Australia's telecommunications watchdog has issued a new list of industry guidelines, designed to protect vulnerable customers when seeking new phone and internet plans. [Enable Images to View]( [I tried Peloton's spin bike ahead of its Australian launch this week. The cult-like branding is a little much – but it definitely got me moving.]( Peloton launches in Australia on Wednesday, with its bike range now available for sale online. The luxury exercise brand has amassed 5.4 million dedicated users globally across the US, Canada, the UK and Germany, with a view to adding plenty of Australians to the Peloton community. [Enable Images to View]( [Truckies are threatening to strike and 'cripple food and fuel supplies across Australia', as Toll allegedly tries to slash wages and outsource jobs]( Toll is staring down the threat of an enormous strike, as negotiations break down between management and truck drivers. The Transport Workers Union (TWU) claims almost 7,000 workers could be swept up in industrial action, as the logistics company tries to change the existing workplace agreement. [Enable Images to View]( [TikTok just hit a critical milestone only Facebook has been able to achieve]( TikTok has been installed 3 billion times. The only others to hit that level are Facebook's subsidiaries of WhatsApp, Messsenger, and Instagram [Enable Images to View]( [Using work management techniques in your personal life can lead to relationship problems, a psych explains]( Managing people and personalities is part of the parcel when you have a job – regardless of whether or not you have anyone reporting directly to you – in order to get something done or to get a conversation to go in the direction you want it to. [Enable Images to View]( Business Insider Australia © 2021 [Pedestrian Group]( [Unsubscribe]( • [Email to a Friend]( • [Privacy Policy](