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[View in browser]( [Logo]( [Image]( [Morrison says the government will ‘take action’ to ramp up vaccine booster program in response to surging Omicron cases]( [Morrison says the government will ‘take action’ to ramp up vaccine booster program in response to surging Omicron cases]( [Speaking after an emergency national cabinet meeting held on Wednesday afternoon, the prime minister announced a raft of new measures.]( [5 ways to boost your creativity – and why it’s important to do it]( [5 ways to boost your creativity – and why it’s important to do it]( [The opportunity for people to try something different via the creator economy, or purely to pass some time at home, meant creativity flourished during the pandemic.]( [The Doherty Institute predicts 200,000 daily cases by February. Morrison says this is ‘very unlikely’ as he heads into emergency cabinet meeting to address Omicron]( [The Doherty Institute predicts 200,000 daily cases by February. Morrison says this is ‘very unlikely’ as he heads into emergency cabinet meeting to address Omicron]( [The figures reflect an outcome based on people not altering their behaviour, no change to the booster schedule and only basic public health restrictions being put in place.]( [Global meal kit service Marley Spoon is buying Melbourne’s Chefgood for $21 million, as growth in food startups heats up]( [Global meal kit service Marley Spoon is buying Melbourne’s Chefgood for $21 million, as growth in food startups heats up]( [The sale comes amid an acceleration in growth for startups servicing the food and hospitality industry.Â]( [NFT sales hit $246 million over the past week. These were the 5 best-selling digital collections.]( [NFT sales hit $246 million over the past week. These were the 5 best-selling digital collections.]( [Total NFT sales volume hit more than $12 billion in 2021 as both investors and entrepreneurs descend upon the nascent Web3 space.]( [A co-founder of The Sandbox explains what on earth is going on in the metaverse — where land is selling for millions and Snoop Dogg is hanging out]( [A co-founder of The Sandbox explains what on earth is going on in the metaverse — where land is selling for millions and Snoop Dogg is hanging out]( [Someone bought a pad near Snoop Dogg for $450,000 in The Sandbox metaverse.]( [A Paris firm let its employees choose their own salary and hours in an effort to battle against burnout. Here’s what happened.]( [A Paris firm let its employees choose their own salary and hours in an effort to battle against burnout. Here’s what happened.]( [Workers leaving white-collar jobs made Annabelle Roberts "totally panic" about losing her team, and she says the strategy seems to be paying off.]( [The FDA just authorized the first pill to treat COVID-19, replenishing the toolkit of treatments against Omicron]( [The FDA just authorized the first pill to treat COVID-19, replenishing the toolkit of treatments against Omicron]( [Pfizer’s pill was highly effective at preventing hospitalizations and deaths among people who recently got COVID-19.]( [A US House committee is launching a bipartisan investigation into Travis Scott’s deadly Astroworld concert]( [A US House committee is launching a bipartisan investigation into Travis Scott’s deadly Astroworld concert]( [The committee will look into whether Live Nation was prepared for the event and at least ten other Live Nation events that also had safety issues.]( [Inside Australia’s booming luxury watch market, where buyers will pay thousands above retail price — and a steel Rolex is as good as gold]( [Inside Australia’s booming luxury watch market, where buyers will pay thousands above retail price — and a steel Rolex is as good as gold]( [The luxury watch market has exploded in 2021, driving prices for brands like Rolex into the stratosphere.]( [Image]( [Logo]( [Unsubscribe]( | [Privacy Policy](