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10 things you need to know this morning in Australia Good morning.

Victoria is implementing a new 'traffic light' system to grade travellers trying to enter the state Victoria is rolling out a new permit system that will allow travellers to enter the state depending on where they have last been. It's based on red, orange and green 'zones' around Australia.

Bars, restaurants and retail had their best Christmas in years, as Australians enjoyed newfound freedom Small businesses may have enjoyed a late-year boom after enduring some of the toughest trading conditions in recent memory. New data suggests Australians have been making up for lost time, as bar, restaurant and cafe revenues boomed in December, up 10% on their level last year nationally, and more than twice that in Victoria.

Brisbane's lockdown is coming to an end, but the city will face 10 more days of enhanced restrictions Brisbane's three-day lockdown will end at 6 p.m. on Monday night. The city will be under 10 more days of restrictions however, including a mandatory mask order in shops and most indoor spaces.

'I personally felt uncomfortable': Senior Australian ministers are criticising Twitter's decision to ban Donald Trump Acting Prime Minister Michael McCormack and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg have both voiced their unease with Twitter's permanent suspension of President Donald Trump.

Google joins Microsoft and Facebook in freezing all political contributions following the Capitol siege Google will halt political contributions following the deadly siege of the US Capitol building last week. "We have frozen all NetPAC political contributions while we review and reassess its policies following last week's deeply troubling events," a Google spokesperson told Insider.

Joe Biden wants to go big with a multi-trillion-dollar stimulus package. But his economic agenda is about to collide against a Democratic drive to impeach Trump. Joe Biden is putting together another massive economic rescue plan that likely includes $US2,000 stimulus checks for Americans. During a press conference on Friday, Biden pointed to the worsening state of the economy.

What is Gab? The far-right social media site that Google and Apple banned and that is still gaining thousands of new users after Twitter and Facebook deplatformed Trump Gab is a social media platform that has become a hot spot for far-right figures like Infowars founder Alex Jones as well as white supremacist and anti-Semitic rhetoric since it launched in 2016.

Billionaire 'Bond King' Jeff Gundlach says bitcoin appears to be in 'bubble territory' "Bond King" Jeffrey Gundlach told CNBC on Monday bitcoin hit "bubble territory" once it passed $US23,000, and he doesn't feel comfortable with the coin's current levels.

'We literally had to create a virtual program out of necessity within 48 hours': How this youth outreach program had to promptly shift to online support groups to continue helping young Australians Since 1985, Youth Insearch has helped over 30,000 young people to rebuild their lives and currently assists around 1,000 young people per year across NSW, VIC & QLD.

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