10 things you need to know this morning in Australia

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The Wuhan coronavirus will hurt these Australian companies and cost the economy billions, according to global bank UBS

The full figure could come in far higher however, with UBS analysts believing a two-month group travel ban would cost Australian $1 billion in tourism alone.

The Australian Open is played on hard courts, despite clay courts offering players more endurance. Here's why.

The French Open is the only one of the four grand slam tournaments on clay courts. Despite their name, clay courts aren't made of clay. Instead they have a solid base like limestone and a fine layer of crushed brick.

Inside Australia's 'doomsday network' – warehouses across the country packed with vaccines, specialised drugs and protective equipment

In nondescript warehouses across the country, a $1 billion element of Australia's defences against terrorist or biological attacks, pandemics and natural catastrophes is stacked to rafters in boxes officials hope will never need to be opened.

The government could splash $16 billion more on social services, boost the economy, and preserve its budget surplus all at once – and it probably won't do it

The Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS) has revealed its 2020 budget submission, ahead of the May 12 budget. ACOSS has urged the government to spend $16 billion to boost desperate social services and stimulate the economy, including by raising the Newstart unemployment payment by $95 a week.

Optus has been slugged with a $504,000 fine for spamming customers – the second-largest penalty ever imposed by regulator ACMA

Singtel Optus has been slapped with a $504,000 regulatory fine for breaching Australia's spam laws.

China says Wuhan coronavirus victims who die should be quickly cremated without funerals as death toll rises

New trial regulations from China's National Health Commission (NHC) have banned funerals and other similar activities involving the corpses of deceased victims of the novel coronavirus.

China just completed work on the emergency hospital it set up to tackle the Wuhan coronavirus, and it took just 9 days to do it

China just finished building an emergency hospital set up specifically to battle the Wuhan coronavirus. Work started on January 23, and the last brick was laid on Sunday morning, according to Chinese state media.

The gold-standard Iowa poll was cancelled 1 day before the Caucus because Pete Buttigieg's name was thought to have been left off a poll call

The final Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom Iowa caucus poll was cancelled on Saturday evening, just one full day away from the Monday caucus. The cancellation came after a Pete Buttigieg supporter said that the candidate's name was ommitted by a poll worker, prompting the campaign to raise the issue to the pollsters.

The next Apple Watch is expected to finally get one major feature it's been missing that Fitbit has offered for years. Here's everything we know so far.

Apple is expected to release a new Apple Watch in 2020, as it's done every year since 2015. The biggest new addition to this year's watch is expected to be sleep tracking, a feature that would help Apple catch up to rivals like Fitbit and Samsung.

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