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December is here and with just 24 days to Christmas a lot is still going on.
Here are the curated highlights or rather (mostly) lowlights
😷 If you have been getting sick a lot this year (and not just with COVID) – it's more normal than you think.
🙇🏻♂️ RBA Chairman Philip Lowe apologised this week for telling us that interest rates weren't going to rise.
💸 Poorer households are spending as much as 12% of their budget on utility costs.
🔑 The rental squeeze is getting worse – with historically low vacancy rates and costs up 18.1% across Australia.
⛏️ Gas giant Santas lost its appeal to drill near the Tiwi Islands.
🚑 Medibank is waiting to find out if they will be liable for a multi-million dollar fine for being hacked.
🧠 Elon Musk says his Neuralink chip is nearly ready – it gets implanted in your brain to help you connect to devices amongst other potential uses.
🗳️ Multi-employer bargaining is on the cards with Labor set to pass its new and controversial industrial relation's reforms.
🏠 A recent AMP report has found that six out of 10 homeowners who bought in the last 12 months are struggling to make ends meet.
⚽ In good news, Australia is still in the World Cup!
The bottom line
All signs point to a busy end of year run – now just to wait for RBA Tuesday and another likely rate rise.
