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These are my top 3 must-buys from the SteelSeries Black Friday sale — there's never been a better (and cheaper) time to upgrade

I've picked the absolute best 3 items from the SteelSeries Black Friday sale, and a bunch of other discounts you need to know about.

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Australia took its interest rate medicine – and it has poisoned our living standards

Even as we spent less, the Reserve Bank kept raising rates – and now household disposable income is back to what it was in 2015

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The NT and ACT might have small populations but their economies are growing faster than the bigger states

The Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory have won bragging rights for having the fastest growing economies within Australia.

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Does Trump’s US victory mean Albanese will lose the next Australian election?

The countries share a 4.1% unemployment rate. What other clues might indicate the political fate of Australia?

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If you haven't come back to Diablo 4 yet, Blizzard has just made it really easy for you to catch up and even try out the Spiritborn class for free

Blizzard have just announced a bunch of new updates to tempt back old players, from Welcome Back packs to boos characters and a chance to try the Spiritborn without purchasing Vessel of Hatred.

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Australians’ wages increase faster than inflation for fourth quarter running

ABS confirms wage price index rose an annual rate of 3.5% in September quarter, bringing some relief to households battling cost of living pressures

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Another senior TV executive leaves Nine – as it happened

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You can now drop $900 on the best gaming handheld with all the storage, but there's already one way to save a couple hundred dollars

The ASUS ROG Ally X is about to get a new variant with an absurd 2TB of SSD storage that'll cost $900, but Best Buy is giving buyers one way to save already.

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Peter Dutton wrong to say homebuilding has halved under Labor

The opposition leader has falsely claimed that the number of new homes being built has fallen from 210,000 a year during the Coalition’s previous reign to about 100,000 under Labor.

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The worst thing about Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is that they built a straight-up cheat into the game [UPDATE]

Black Ops 6 has a legal wallhack built right into the game, and it's absolutely terrible.

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Sam Altman believes AGI is "achievable with current hardware" — but it could absurdly require "$7 trillion and many years to build 36 semiconductor plants and additional data centers"

In a recent Reddit AMA (ask me anything) session, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other top executives discussed intricate details about the company's future and upcoming products and services.

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"$10 billion investment in OpenAI, and Copilot sucks compared to ChatGPT": Microsoft staffers and customers lament Copilot's warm and inviting update — a "step backward" and "absolutely ruined"

According to a new report, Microsoft staffers say the new Copilot update has ruined the experience and is a step backward compared to the previous version.

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Household spending 'surprisingly soft' despite tax cuts

Australians are still watching their pennies even as consumers report more confidence in the future state of their finances.

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Inflation may be about to hit a three-year low. Does that mean the cost-of-living crisis is over?

Not really, because CPI is just one factor. A better measure of how we’re faring is household disposable income

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Stalking rates in Australia are still shockingly high – one simple strategy might help

New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reveals one in seven adult Australians have been stalked in their lifetime: one in five women and one in 15 men.

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Strong Australian jobs figures lower expectations of pre-Christmas interest rate cut

Unemployment rate in September was 4.1% – making it unlikely the Reserve Bank will cut interest rates this year

AAP

Action needed as Australia's dementia deaths surge

Dementia Australia says urgent preventative action is needed to tackle the incurable disease, the second-highest cause of death in the nation in 2023.

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Household spending flat despite retail boost, tax cuts

The economy is still struggling along with flat household spending despite an uptick in retail turnover and income tax cuts beginning to flow.

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Labor’s 11th-hour decision on LGBTQ+ census questions prompted weekend scramble, documents reveal

Australian Bureau of Statistics officers cancelled media briefings and social media promotion after Albanese government’s last-minute decision

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Australia’s population passes 27 million milestone after post-pandemic migration boost

ABS data shows the jump from 26 to 27 million people by March 2024 took just one-and-three-quarter years, ‘far quicker than the average’

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Australia’s unemployment rate unchanged at 4.2%, dampening hope of RBA interest rate cut

ABS figures show employers added 47,500 positions last month, above forecasts

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Census will now include questions on sexual orientation and gender identity

The Albanese government has shifted again on the 2026 census, now saying it will include questions on both sexual orientation and gender identity.

The Guardian - AU

‘We have listened’: gender identity question added to Australia’s 2026 census after federal government backflip

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says LGBTQ+ community ‘will count’ in survey with new topic covering sexual orientation and gender to be included

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Census to include sexual orientation, gender topics

The 2026 census will include questions on sexual orientation and gender identity, following backlash against the federal government by the LGBTIQ+ community.

The Guardian - AU

Despite all the doom and gloom on Australia’s economy, could the worst be behind us?

We hear about the ‘weakest growth in decades’ and being ‘smashed’ by the RBA, but positive tidings abound – if you want to look for them

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