Key Points
- Cost-of-living pressures are making Australians more likely to hunt for bargains in sales than spend big before Christmas.
- Australians are expected to spend almost 24 billion dollars on discounted products during the Boxing Day Sales, according to the Australian Retailers Association.
- Hundreds gather for candlelight vigil in Sydney in honour of more than 20,000 Palestinians who have been killed in Gaza.
- Almost 92 % of Filipino adults are hopeful for the New Year 2024.
