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10 things you need to know this morning in Australia Government fast-tracks banking royal commission recommendations.

A protester takes us inside the demonstrations in Hong Kong Thousands have gathered in Hong Kong's streets for 10 weeks of protests, causing an airport shutdown and market volatility.

Sydney is the 6th most surveilled city in the world – outside of China Heavy surveillance is often the subject of terrifying dystopian films because it goes straight to our core fear of being watched.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry celebrated the Duchess' 38th birthday by flying a private jet to an Ibiza resort nicknamed the 'billionaire's playground' Meghan Markle and Prince Harry reportedly celebrated the Duchess turning 38-years-old with a trip to Ibiza, Spain.

A rare vintage car some call the 'world's first Porsche' could go for US$20 million at auction The 1939 PorscheType 64 is set to fetch at least $US20 million at the Monterey Car Auction in Monterey, California.

9 visionary predictions tech execs like Jeff Bezos and Steve Jobs made before 2000 that came true Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Jeff Bezos all made predictions before the turn of millennium that are still coming true.

Stamp duty has tripled in some Aussie cities since 2004 and this could be the perfect time to scrap the tax altogether New analysis from Nine-owned property group Domain shows homebuyers in some cases are paying more than three times as much stamp duty than just a few years ago, renewing calls to scrap it altogether.

Jeffrey Epstein reportedly died by suicide using his jail bed sheet while his guards slept Accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide after he used his bed sheet to hang himself while in federal custody, according to the official coroner's report on his cause of death.

Alibaba just keeps growing, shrugging off Trump's trade war and China's slowing economy Chinese retail giant Alibaba has released its quarterly results showing that customers are still flocking despite an ailing domestic economy and an ongoing US-China trade war.

How this Aussie telco is fighting to disrupt the status quo, one pre-owned handset at a time Most telcos pair their phone plans with the latest handset models available.

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