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10 things you need to know this morning in Australia Good morning, all.

'Desperate for work': The gig economy is booming but the jobs it's creating aren't the ones Australia needs Unemployment in Australia plummeted to 6.8% in August, with the creation of 111,000 new jobs. However, economists and data provided to Business Insider Australia suggest that much of that jobs growth may have gone to the gig economy as Australians are faced with little choice but to take insecure jobs.

Food delivery drivers in Australia are making just $10 an hour after costs, according to a new survey New data shows Australian food delivery riders are making just $10 an hour on average after costs. 90% of riders told the Transport Workers Union (TWU) that they have seen their wages decrease during the pandemic, as more workers compete for deliveries.

Queensland is extending its border bubble to include more of northern NSW, allowing more people to enter the state without an exemption Queensland will extend its border bubble with New South Wales from October 1. An additional 41 postcodes along the NSW-Queensland border, as well as several communities further down the cast, will be included, meaning residents can travel to Queensland without an exemption.

Coles has signed a new deal that will see it generate 90% of its electricity needs in Queensland from renewable sources Coles signed a 10 year agreement with clean energy company CleanCo, which will see the supermarket giant generate 90% of electricity for its Queensland stores from wind and solar farms.

The coronavirus has killed at least 200,000 people in the United States, another grim milestone for the pandemic At least 200,000 Americans have been killed by the coronavirus, according to the latest data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. The latest figure comes amid intensifying pressure for the United States to develop a coronavirus vaccine.

Facebook said it might stop operating in Europe if the EU suspends all data transfers to the US Facebook said it may stop operating its core app and Instagram in Europe if it's forced to suspend transfers of European Union data back to the US.

Boris Johnson tells people to work from home and says coronavirus restrictions could last for the next 6 months Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday told workers to stay at home if they can as a second coronavirus wave grips the UK. He announced new restrictions for the hospitality and leisure industries and said they could last for another six months.

217 new emoji have been approved and will be coming to your phone in 2021 — see them all Unicode approved 217 new emoji for 2021. There are a few new smiley faces, and most are skin tone and gender variations. These emoji are Emoji 13.1, as Emoji 14 was pushed back because of COVID-19.

How this New Zealand university had a contact tracing system up and running in four weeks to minimise COVID-19 transmission If you've been keeping tabs on the seemingly infinite news stories of late, you'd know that New Zealand has been lauded for its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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