10 things you need to know this morning in Australia

Hello folks. We hope you had good weekends – there are a few Australian coronavirus updates to get through this morning. Let's hop to it.

Australians have frozen $266 billion worth of debt so far. This one chart shows how few are able to repay it.

At the end of May, Australians had frozen repayments on $266 billion worth of loans, according to new APRA figures. While mortgages make up the bulk of them, deferrals were more common amongst businesses than home loans.

Job seekers are competing for increasingly fewer roles, as Victoria's labour market slides

Since COVID-19, there are at least 800,000 more unemployed Australians but just two-thirds of the jobs, according to the latest SEEK data. More candidates competing over a smaller pool of jobs saw applications per ad increase 10% over the last fortnight.

Virgin Australia has launched a huge sale on flights to Queensland as the border reopens

Virgin Australia has a sale on flights to Queensland now that the border has opened. Queensland opened the border to anyone from New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, the Northern Territory and the ACT but not to people coming from Victoria.

Buy now, pay later platform Sezzle is raising $86 million, days after Afterpay announced its own capital raise

US-based, ASX-listed buy now pay later company Sezzle has launched a $86.3 million capital raise. The funds raised will be used to ramp up the company's growth.

40% of people infected with COVID-19 are asymptomatic, a new CDC estimate says

The "current best estimate" from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention says that approximately 40% of people infected with COVID-19 are asymptomatic.

Florida hits new record for daily coronavirus cases, with more than 15,000 infections

Florida reported Sunday more than 15,000 new coronavirus cases, the highest single-day total for any US state so far. The previous daily record was 12,487 new infections, set by New York in April, Reuters reported. Florida logged 15,299 new cases Sunday,the state's health department said.

The new Airbus A220 is being eyed for use as a private jet. See inside a $91.5 million design with its own cinema suite and master bedroom

Three aircraft interior design and completion management companies have joined forces to come up with a cabin concept for an Airbus A220 private jet.

This sleek superyacht takes a greener approach to luxury sailing with a massive kite to pull it along — see inside the 'Ice Kite'

Meet Ice Kite, an innovative yacht that's pulled along partially by a gigantic kite. Two diesel engines working in tandem with the massive sail help to make the superyacht more efficient.

8 things we're worried about right now, according to financial planners

With COVID-19 restrictions easing, Australians are beginning to return to their jobs, and while unemployment and the economy might be faring better than first expected, it's likely we're still in for a rough ride ahead. Of course, this all hinges on whether or not we get a second wave of the virus.

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