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

Thousands of inner-city apartments are about to flood onto Sydney and Melbourne markets already struggling with oversupply Landlords are planning to dump thousands of rental apartments to avoid a cash flow crunch following the end of mortgage repayment holidays.

The Morrison government says getting international students back to Australia is a problem for the states Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has defended the support the Federal Government has offered public universities, as the sector faces billion-dollar losses.

Chinese students are being advised to avoid Australia, and it could cost universities alone more than $10 billion Education agents are advising clients that the combination of closed borders, xenophobia and safety concerns make it an unwise choice.

Australia will need to remain closed for decades if it wants to stay 100% COVID-19 free, according to the Australian Medical Association If Australia continues with its current approach to pandemic containment it could be decades before international borders reopen.

Nearly a third of Australians now say they probably won't get the COVID-19 jab, with many scared off by extremely rare side-effects Vaccine hesitancy has risen in Australia in recent months due to unsubstantiated fears.

Netanyahu rejects Biden's call for de-escalation and says Israel's Gaza offensive will continue Netanyahu on Wednesday said that he's "determined" to continue the offensive in Gaza "until its aim is met".

Google is partnering with Shopify. Sellers on Shopify will be able to show their products across Maps, Images, Search, and YouTube. Shopify sellers would be able to show products across Google's platforms, Google said, but it didn't say how or when this would happen.

Amazon extends ban on police using its controversial facial-recognition software indefinitely Amazon suspended sales of its facial-recognition technology following widespread protests against police brutality in the US.

China's new 30-day 'cooling off' period aimed at preventing divorce has some couples scalping tickets to skip the line in divorce court China's divorce rate fell by 70% in the first half of 2021 thanks to the new law.

The biggest mistakes a manager can make, according to an expert You can't expect to know how to both run a business and effectively manage the people who report to you without first learning the tricks of the trade.

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