10 things you need to know this morning in Australia

[View this email via your browser]( [Business Insider Australia]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [LinkedIn]( [Enable Images to View]( [Enable Images to View]( [10 things you need to know this morning in Australia]( Happy hump day, team. [Enable Images to View]( [Australian businesses are now more confident than they were before the pandemic, as Victoria begins the road to recovery]( NAB's latest business confidence survey has hit its highest mark in more than 12 months, and reentered positive territory for the first time since January. [Enable Images to View]( [Harvey Norman took out a Shonky Award this year for peddling a high-interest credit card to customers. Here’s who else made the list.]( Consumer advocacy group Choice announced the winners of its annual Shonky Awards, where companies are called out for taking advantage of customers. [Enable Images to View]( ['Pretty striking': The strong early results for Pfizer's vaccine have led to calls for Australia to invest more in new manufacturing tech]( Strong early results from Pfizer and BioNTech's phase 3 coronavirus vaccine trial have been welcomed by local vaccine experts, promoting renewed calls for Australia to invest in new types of vaccine manufacturing technology. [Enable Images to View]( [New regulations are on the table to force telcos to publish info about their performance and customer service]( The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is calling for telcos to publish information about their performance and customer service. [Enable Images to View]( [Enable Images to View]( [Half of Australia's international students will disappear by the middle of next year, taking more than $18 billion with them]( Australia's economy stands to lose around $18.7 billion as the number of international students living here is expected to halve next year unless borders open. [Enable Images to View]( [Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine requires 2 shots given 3 weeks apart, which could make distribution more complicated]( Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine candidate is more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19, the company announced Monday. The vaccine involves two shots administered three weeks apart. [Enable Images to View]( [Apple unveils its new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, the first laptops running Apple's homemade chip]( Apple on Tuesday unveiled its latest MacBooks: the MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro. The new laptops are the first to contain the M1 chip, Apple's new homemade chip that will replace Intel chips in its Mac line. Because all of Apple's devices will now run on the same architecture, iPhone and iPad apps will now run directly on MacBooks. [Enable Images to View]( [Click Frenzy 2020: The best deals on gadgets and electronics]( For those who are after value for money, Click Frenzy has officially kicked off at 7pm last night – offering a 53-hour window to pick up a bargain or two. [Enable Images to View]( [Struggling to manage your money? You may need financial therapy.]( Financial therapy is a practice that looks at our relationship with money and the psychological, behavioural or cognitive beliefs we have around it. [Enable Images to View]( Business Insider Australia © 2020 [Pedestrian Group]( [Unsubscribe]( • [Email to a Friend]( • [Privacy Policy](