By Hope NewsroomWednesday 2 Sep 2020NewsReading Time: 2 minutes
Today’s headlines from the Hope News team
COVID-19 is expected to have caused the economy to shrink by around five or six per cent for the three months to June.
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NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says she has hope for the future during the coronavirus pandemic.
But she’s expressed frustration over the lack of communication with her Queensland counterpart over border closures.
The Premier also isn’t ruling out Sydney’s New Year’s Eve fireworks going ahead during the coronavirus pandemic.
Deputy Premier John Barilaro says he expects it to be called off.
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St Paul’s College Greystanes is closed for the day after more cases of coronavirus were detected.
Students at Girraween Public School are also learning from home, after a child was diagnosed with COVID-19.
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Six more people have died of COVID-19 in Victoria in the past 24 hours.
There are 90 new cases in Victoria.
In Queensland, two new cases have been confirmed.
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Police are investigating two shootings, in the space of three hours, in Sydney’s south-west.
Nine people were inside a home at St Johns Park when shots were fired late last night.
In a separate incident, shots have also been fired at a unit in Punchbowl.
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Australian honeybees have been used to determine if their venom can be used to combat cancer.
Research published by the Nature Precision Oncology Journal has found the toxin can kill aggressive breast cancer cells with minimal side effects.
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The world’s first ‘Donation Dollar’ is being released in Australia.
It’s a one-dollar coin that can be used as normal, but is designed to be given to charity.