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10 things you need to know this morning in Australia G'day, folks. Ten beautifully curated items of general news interest, coming right at you.

South Australia has reopened to everyone but Victoria and New South Wales — and the Premiers are blowing up about it South Australia has opened its borders to Western Australia, Tasmania, and the Northern Territory and is considering adding Queensland to the list.

Businesses will no longer be taxed for using Uber and rideshare companies in good news for business travellers The federal parliament has passed an amendment that allows rideshare companies to be exempt from the Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT). It puts the likes of Uber, DiDi and Ola on equal footing, at least in the eyes of the taxman, for the first time.

Swinburne University is ditching the ATAR requirement for 2021, but experts are torn over the 'narrow and flawed predictor' of success Swinburne University is providing an early entry program for Year 12 students that doesn't require an Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR).

Queensland's theme parks will begin to reopen after haemorrhaging $15 million a month during the shutdown Queensland theme park operator Village Roadshow has revealed it will begin reopening its theme parks under new COVID-19 restrictions. Visitors will be required to download the Village Roadshow app to gain access, with it to be used to enable contact tracing and virtual queuing.

Bauer Media is getting out of Australia, selling New Idea, Women's Weekly and its other magazines just eight years after acquiring them German publisher Bauer Media is close to ending a tumultuous eight year stint in Australia after agreeing to offload its local magazines including The Australian Women's Weekly and New Idea to buyout fund Mercury Capital.

Trump told China's president that building concentration camps for millions of Uighur Muslims was 'exactly the right thing to do,' former adviser says President Donald Trump expressed approval of a concentration camp for Uighur Muslims in China during a private meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to former national security adviser John Bolton's upcoming memoir, "The Room Where It Happened."

Our galaxy could have at least 36 intelligent alien civilizations, researchers say. It may take thousands of years to find them. The Milky Way should have at least 36 intelligent alien civilizations active right now, according to a new study. There could be hundreds of extraterrestrial civilizations active in the galaxy at this very moment, if life that can broadcast through space lasts longer than 100 years.

'Bluey' is the Aussie cartoon that has won praise around the world. Here's what it takes to create a global sensation. Australian children's television series "Bluey" has become both a national and international hit, available on the ABC as well as Disney. Business Insider Australia spoke to the co-founders of Ludo Studio, the Queensland-based studio where "Bluey" is created.

Aussie creatives share how you can help keep the industry afloat through the coronavirus pandemic Despite the gradual ease of lockdown restrictions across Australia, with cafes and pubs reopening under strict new guidelines, the creative industries are still, for the most part, closed until further notice.

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