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10 things you need to know this morning in Australia Good morning.

8 in 10 Aussies are willing to forgo a pay rise for work perks – here's what they're looking for to sweeten the deal As wage growth in Australia continues to slow, workers are looking for companies to offer perks to attract them. From flexible work arrangements and bonus paternity leave to additional training and lifestyle benefits, businesses are having to offer more to recruit and retain talent.

A startup with the lofty goal of 'eliminating single-use plastics in every Aussie kitchen, bathroom and laundry' has raised $60,000 in crowdfunding on day one Aussie startup Zero Co wants to elimate single-use plastics in the packaging of household items. Founder Mike Smith wants to raise $250,000 through Kickstarter to fund the first production run of a series of recycled plastic dispensers and a "closed loop" system of refills.

A new Aussie plant-based meat startup has launched, backed by the CSIRO and the founder of Hungry Jack's Australian plant based meat startup v2food launched in Australia on Tuesday. The startup was created in partnership with the CSIRO and Hungry Jack's founder Jack Cowin.

The big banks are refusing to pass on the RBA's interest rate cut in full – and the government isn't happy about it The RBA cut the official cash rate to 0.75% on Tuesday, a new historical low for Australia. The big four banks however appeared reluctant to pass on the cut in full to customers, with the Commonwealth Bank and NAB cutting most of their standard variable rates by 0.13% and 0.15% respectively.

Your favourite snacks are reportedly destroying 'the orangutan capital of the world' – but companies like Nestlé outright deny the allegation A new investigation by the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) has alleged some of the world's largest snack food companies are using illegal palm oil. The list includes Unilever, PepsiCo, Nestlé, Mondelēz, General Mills, Kellogg's, Mars and Hershey's.

Here's everything Microsoft announced at its big hardware event, including an Android phone and a super-fast, super-slim Surface Pro Microsoft held its annual hardware launch event on Wednesday. It introduced the Surface Pro 7 laptop/tablet hybrid and the Surface Laptop 3 - updates to existing devices.

Boris Johnson reveals his final Brexit offer to the EU Boris Johnson reveals his proposed Brexit deal to the European Union. The plan, the key elements of which were leaked on Wednesday, would require new checks on the island of Ireland and between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.

Hong Kong Police say shooting an 18-year-old student protester in the chest was 'reasonable and lawful' as he recovers in hospital Hong Kong Police said Wednesday that shooting an 18-year-old protester in the chest on Tuesday was "reasonable and lawful." Tsang Chi-kin was taken to hospital in a critical condition after protesters cornered police officers in Hong Kong's Tseun Wan district.

This could be our first look at Apple's next AirPods, which are rumoured to support noise cancelling Apple reportedly has a new and improved set of AirPods in the works. The new AirPods would represent the first major update to the AirPods since they launched in December 2016.

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