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Boxing Day spending is expected to hit a record high, supported by revived household spending after three interest rate cuts. Source link

A “significant number” of employees have been made immediately redundant as MA Security — which provides security and maintenance services to major retailers like Coles, Kmart and Amazon — enters administration. Source link

Vince Zampella has died after a crash on a scenic road north of Los Angeles, according to local broadcaster NBC4. Source link

The owner of a farm neighbouring South32’s major bauxite mine in WA claims the miner is responsible for rising salinity and reduced water availability at his property. His claims are now being probed by WA’s regulator. Source link

The Victorian government says the wind farm’s 33 turbines will generate enough electricity to power more than 130,000 homes. Source link

CBA backflips on decision not to refund low-income customers who were charged excessive fees. Meanwhile, the RBA is assessing the need for higher interest rates while gold pushes to record high. Follow the day’s events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.  Source link

It has helped keep the Liberals in power in Tasmania and lobbied on behalf of Airbnb, the salmon industry and the Catholic Church — but the PR firm, described as having “fingers in a lot of pies”, is closing down. Source link

AI. Market records. Tariffs. Penguins. TACO. It’s been a big year of economic shocks and surges as the international framework of global trade was shredded. Here’s how key players saw the year that was. Source link

The gas export industry has cost the nation dearly. East coast prices trebled soon after exports began. Source link

Stephen Cubis hides behind a charming facade, but his former lover and friends say the career con man ruined them financially and emotionally long before he was caught up in allegations of a multi-million-dollar fraud. Source link