10 things you need to know this morning in Australia

[View in browser]( [Logo]( [facebook-icon.png]( [twitter-icon.png]( [linkedin.png]( [Image]( [10 things you need to know this morning in Australia]( [10 things you need to know this morning in Australia]( [This is Business Insider Australia’s morning newsletter for Thursday, August 19]( [BHP is selling its oil and gas business. Critics say it’ll be a disaster for the environment.]( [BHP is selling its oil and gas business. Critics say it’ll be a disaster for the environment.]( [The move by BHP to sell its petroleum business isn’t an environmental coup by any stretch of the imagination, critics say]( [Australian institutional investors are rushing to set net zero by 2050 targets, as policy uncertainty constrains green investment]( [Australian institutional investors are rushing to set net zero by 2050 targets, as policy uncertainty constrains green investment]( [Drawing from 50 respondents with funds under management totaling $3.1 trillion, new data shows more than 40% of surveyed investors are targeting net zero emissions by 2050 across their entire portfolio.]( [Qantas will mandate COVID-19 vaccines for its entire workforce, becoming the largest Australian employer to enforce employee jabs]( [Qantas will mandate COVID-19 vaccines for its entire workforce, becoming the largest Australian employer to enforce employee jabs]( [Qantas has pledged to make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory across its workforce, becoming the largest Australian company to make the jab a condition of employment.]( [A youth radio program invited a conspiracy-promoting influencer to speak. Experts say it shows how gender influences how seriously we take extremist groups.]( [A youth radio program invited a conspiracy-promoting influencer to speak. Experts say it shows how gender influences how seriously we take extremist groups.]( [Experts also say that misinformation content created by women on social media has a tendency to be treated differently to that of content creators in the mostly male right-wing space.]( [Wall Street investors are worrying like it’s April 2020]( [Wall Street investors are worrying like it’s April 2020]( [Just 27% of fund managers expected growth to improve, BofA said of a survey conducted before disappointing retail sales showed a slowdown.]( [The ‘sober curious’ generation is reimagining Australia’s drinking culture, and the alcohol industry is racing to keep up]( [The ‘sober curious’ generation is reimagining Australia’s drinking culture, and the alcohol industry is racing to keep up]( [Non-alcoholic drinks sales are climbing globally, and Australian brands are getting onboard.]( [These are the best deals that you can currently grab for Afterpay Day 2021]( [These are the best deals that you can currently grab for Afterpay Day 2021]( [Afterpay Day is a huge online shopping event that promises huge savings across a massive range of brands and products.]( [Why the ‘business of experience’ is essential to reignite growth after the pandemic]( [Why the ‘business of experience’ is essential to reignite growth after the pandemic]( [COVID has changed the landscape for Australian businesses, with many now facing the challenge of emerging from the pandemic to re-establish consistency and growth.]( [Image]( [Logo]( [facebook-icon.png]( [twitter-icon.png]( [linkedin.png]( [Unsubscribe]( | [Privacy Policy](