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Sunday 18 October 2020

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10 things you need to know this morning in Australia

Good morning, team. Hope you had good weekends.
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Fair Work recovered $123 million in unpaid wages for workers in the last financial year alone

The Fair Work Ombudsman released its latest annual report, recovering $123 million for more than 25,000 workers during the last financial year. Included in the recovery was $90 million in underpayments that employers self-reported.
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This is how Australia's political parties are using Facebook advertising during the 2020 state elections - and how much they're spending

Facebook advertising has emerged as one of the key parts of modern political campaigning, including for Australian state elections. New disclosures from Facebook reveals how advertising strategies vary from state-to-state and even party-to-party.
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2020 was the year zero-commission share trading took off in Australia. These are the 6 platforms letting you invest brokerage-free.

While local share trading platform Stake has been letting Australians invest commission-free for years, there's suddenly a whole lot of competition.
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The Liberal Party's favourite pollster has been given access to 27 million unlisted Australian phone numbers for 'electoral matter research'

A group associated with conservative politics, C|T Group, has been given access to a database containing millions of Australian unlisted phone numbers.
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Sweden is moving away from its no-lockdown strategy and preparing strict new rules amid rising coronavirus cases

Sweden's health officials are set to unveil strict new coronavirus rules for local regions to impose. The country opted against lockdown measures in response to the first wave of the pandemic.
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An additional 75,000 Americans may have died in the spring and summer because of COVID-19, a new study found

Approximately 75,000 more Americans died from issues related to COVID-19 from the beginning of March to the beginning of August, according to a peer-reviewed study published by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University.
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Dropbox will let all employees work from home permanently as it turns its offices into WeWork-like 'collaborative spaces'

Dropbox just announced it would allow all employees to work from home permanently. The company initially ordered staff to work from home in March, during the initial outbreak of COVID-19 in the US.
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This $17,000 German-made kit gives the Tesla Model 3 a muscular makeover. Take a look at how it upgrades the most popular EV in America.

Startech, a German car-customisation firm, dropped an array of upgrades for the Tesla Model 3. The modifications available include aggressive bumpers, new wheels, a spoiler, carbon-fibre accents, and revamped interior finishes.
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How this New Zealand university minimised COVID-19 risk and effectively returned students to campus

If you've been keeping tabs on the seemingly infinite news stories of late, you'd know that New Zealand has been lauded for its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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