10 things you need to know this morning in Australia

[View in browser]( [Logo]( [Image]( [10 things you need to know this morning in Australia]( [10 things you need to know this morning in Australia]( [This is Business Insider Australia’s morning newsletter for Thursday, December 16.]( [The pandemic turned alcohol delivery services into a booming industry. Now, government regulation is racing to catch up.]( [The pandemic turned alcohol delivery services into a booming industry. Now, government regulation is racing to catch up.]( [Companies across the industry, from the retail giants to smaller independent players which scrambled to reconfigure their business models to weather lockdowns, have emerged on the other side with a deeper reliance on online sales.]( [Sydney instant commerce platform Voly has pocketed $18 million in seed funding, as the booming sector finds footing in Australia]( [Sydney instant commerce platform Voly has pocketed $18 million in seed funding, as the booming sector finds footing in Australia]( [Voly is in a hurry to beat a small pool of competitors to market dominance in Australia, after raising $18 million in seed funding.]( [Westpac’s chairman says the bank won’t pull the plug on fossil fuel projects any time soon, because ‘this is Australia’]( [Westpac’s chairman says the bank won’t pull the plug on fossil fuel projects any time soon, because ‘this is Australia’]( [Westpac will continue to fund fossil fuel projects, its chairman says, because the economy can’t rely on renewables.]( [First-time investors have flooded the market through the pandemic. This startup wants to educate them.]( [First-time investors have flooded the market through the pandemic. This startup wants to educate them.]( [Tradervidz wants to educate Australia’s flood of first-time investors, as regulators struggle to grapple with the market’s ‘finfluencers’.]( [Letting first home buyers dip into super to buy a property would drive prices even higher, according to a new report]( [Letting first home buyers dip into super to buy a property would drive prices even higher, according to a new report]( [A new scheme toward first-home ownership pushed by members of the Coalition would increase home ownership rates but would send house prices soaring, according to modelling by progressive think tank the McKell Institute.Â]( [Cryptocurrency wealth is creating a new generation of luxury consumers in the US, Jefferies says]( [Cryptocurrency wealth is creating a new generation of luxury consumers in the US, Jefferies says]( [Young, crypto-rich spenders are splashing out for NFT artwork and expensive watches, the investment bank said.]( [Jeffrey Epstein’s estate prevented his victims from suing Ghislaine Maxwell]( [Jeffrey Epstein’s estate prevented his victims from suing Ghislaine Maxwell]( [Accusers who took part in the Epstein Victims’ Compensation Program signed a release, which Insider obtained, that prevents them from suing Maxwell.]( [Fauci says we won’t need a ‘variant-specific booster’ to fight Omicron]( [Fauci says we won’t need a ‘variant-specific booster’ to fight Omicron]( [Fauci said the current COVID-19 vaccine booster shots will enhance protection against the Omicron variant.]( [Image]( [Logo]( [Unsubscribe]( | [Privacy Policy](