10 things you need to know in Australia this morning

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Boeing is facing a fresh crisis after Qantas found cracks in a 737 plane, adding to a growing number of airlines grounding some of the planes

Qantas has found cracks in a 737 Next Generation plane, adding to Boeing's woes. The cracking problem had already been discovered by Boeing, prompting the US's aviation regulator to order airlines to inspect planes that had made more than 30,000 flights.

Instagram has released a list of some of the quirkiest trends in Australia, from avocado art to 'cleanstagrams'

Instagram has lifted the lid on some of its latest trends in Australia. In its inaugural A-Z of Instagram report, the platform highlighted the 26 trending hashtags, communities and accounts in Australia.

Investors are creeping away from the property market at a rate not seen before, as Australians start to actually pay down their debt

Lending to property investors contracted for the third consecutive month in September, the first time it's happened since record-keeping began and the largest fall since 1991.

Despite soaring prices, Australian property could be at its most affordable point in a decade – but it's unlikely to get any better

Capital city prices may have taken off in recent years, but so has housing affordability according to the Housing Industry Association (HIA). Its latest index shows that property is at its most affordable in more than a decade, both nationally and across all eight capital cities, due largely to falling interest rates.

A Melbourne startup is building a fleet of autonomous submarines to create a Google Street View for the ocean floor

Melbourne startup UAM Tec has unveiled its first product, an underwater submarine which uses artificial intelligence and an array of sensors and cameras to map the ocean floor.

Australians are ratting out businesses in record numbers for rorting workers and the tax office, as the war on wage theft continues

The ATO has received a record 15,000 tip offs, as Australians dob in businesses suspected of dodgy behaviour. The main habits being dobbed in are underreporting sales and income, and paying in and demanding cash to distort tax payments. Australians are also suspicious of anyone seen living above their means, suspecting illegitimate activity.

Adam Neumann demoted his chief of staff for being pregnant, according to a new complaint against the ousted CEO and WeWork

Adam Neumann's former chief of staff has filed a complaint saying that the ousted CEO, WeWork, and the company's current chief operating officer discriminated against her for being pregnant.

Mark Zuckerberg hits back at 'The Social Network' screenwriter with his own words: 'America isn't easy'

On Thursday, the writer of "The Social Network" - the movie about Facebook's founding - published a scathing letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in The New York Times.

How this woman is using accounting to help Indigenous Australia close the financial gap

Shelley Cable has always known that accounting is more than a profession that serves the lives of individuals. It's also a set of skills that can effect seismic social change.

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