On Saturday, US President Donald Trump announced that China owned video sharing platform Tik Tok will be banned on all app stores in the United States, starting from Sunday. 

According to a report in the Financial Times, existing users will still be able to use the application, but the lack of software updates will result in a decrease in the application’s user experience. 

Victoria has recorded 11 coronavirus cases overnight, as well as two deaths.

It is the state’s lowest recording since June 16, with their 14-day average dropping to below 35 cases.

Victorian Premier Dan Andrews is conducting a press conference today.

 The federal government’s National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation has forecasted that demand for housing could be cut by between a 129,000 and 232,000 dwellings over the next three years.

According to the Brisbane Times, the collapse in Australia’s population growth is linked to the lack of overseas migration in Australia this past few months due to the pandemic restrictions.

About 60 per cent of the nation's population growth over the past decade has been driven by net overseas migration, which totals 2.7 million residents. 

The Minister for agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries Mark Furner has announced that Queensland’s border arrangements for the agricultural industry has been extended for one month. 

The border exemptions have allowed NSW and Queensland agricultural workers to travel between the states to continue to perform essential agribusiness and farming activities. 

Minister Furner says that the extension will keep Queenslanders safe from COVID-19, while ensuring that the agricultural industry can continue to operate. 

The University of Queensland’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience released a report today which showed using spider venom is promising to tailor pain blockers for people with irritable bowel syndrome.

Researchers analysed 28 spiders and it was the Venezuelan Pinkfoot Goliath tarantula that showed the most promise.

Team leader Professor Richard Lewis as well as his collaborator from Flinder's University professor Stuart Brierley explained how the venom can work to inhibit the pain.

On Sunday morning, the police were called to a private address after reports of a disturbance at Ranora Avenue, but were confronted with a man in possession of a bladed weapon and shot him multiple times.

Police said they didn’t have time to deploy their tasers because the man ran at them as they got out of the car.

The shooting will be investigated by the Queensland Police Ethical Standards Command, and the Crime and Corruption Commission.

Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses reported 119 horses were killed on Australian racetracks over the 2019/2020 racing year, most commonly from catastrophic front limb injury.

Campaign Director Elio Celotto said these numbers are only the deaths caused by on-track injuries that make it to the steward's reports.

The number of deaths might be way higher than believed as there are no requirements of recording deaths that occur during training, trials, or even if the horse is taken away from the track to be killed.

US Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg died of a metastatic pancreatic cancer last Friday at the age of 87, raising questions of who would replace her. 

US President Donald Trump and the Republican party said they wanted to fill her seat right away to be assured that this government will make the decision.

Joe Biden asked to wait after the elections to make a decision that would have an impact over the US judiciary system, following the wish Justice Ginsburg made herself in her final days.