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10 things you need to know this morning in Australia A good morning and a good weekend to all.

'Extortion scheme': Buy now, pay later giants Afterpay and Klarna are engaged in a bitter feud in the Australian media Afterpay and Klarna have been exchanging blows over their different businesses this week amid calls for greater regulation.

Australia's young rich list for 2020 is dominated by wealthy tech entrepreneurs Founders from Atlassian, Canva, and Afterpay all took out the top five spots and accounted for all the billionaires on the list.

Qantas is attempting to poach loyal frequent flyers from its competitors by offering to fast-track those who make the jump The airline is offering to fast-track eligible flyers to 'gold status', granting them lounge access and a range of complimentary extras.

Delta launches the first quarantine-free travel, thanks to a new testing program that reduces infection chances on a flight to '1 in a million' Delta is trialing a new testing program that will allow passengers to travel freely to Europe.

Victoria will trial a scheme to give casual workers sick pay – and one expert says it could have long-term benefits It comes after the state government introduced paid pandemic leave for workers earlier this year.

As the end of JobKeeper 2.0 looms, a third of Australian small businesses say the loss of the subsidy will hit them hard More than four in five will see at least a moderate impact on their business when the subsidy ends.

Telstra will face penalties of up to $50 million for improperly selling phone contracts The telco sold more than 100 Indigenous consumers contracts they didn't understand and couldn't afford.

Representatives for 'Tiger King's' Joe Exotic are chasing Trump down for a pardon and spending thousands of dollars to get it The zookeeper is serving a 22-year sentence, after being found guilty of two counts of murder for hire and 17 counts of animal abuse.

AstraZeneca will likely retest its COVID-19 vaccine, CEO says after admitting an error in the first trial that may have skewed results The UK pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca is likely to run a second global trial.

Keen to run your own small business? These are the Australian industries with the best prospects right now There are still industries that are managing to stay afloat or even expand in the wake of COVID-19.

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