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Speaker 1: Hello, Welcome to the update. I'm Sussy Thompson. Millions of

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Speaker 1: voters in the US are heading to the polls in

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Speaker 1: key battleground states. In an exceptionally close election poll show

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Speaker 1: Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are even Eighty two million

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Speaker 1: Americans have already cast their votes, including record numbers in Georgia,

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Speaker 1: North Carolina and other battleground states that could decide the winner.

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Speaker 1: Almost all Australians surveyed by the Salvation Army, so they're

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Speaker 1: doing it tough heading into Christmas. Ninety eight percent of

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Speaker 1: respondents have just eight dollars a week to spend on

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Speaker 1: essential items, including gifts. Major Bruce Harmer says people are

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Speaker 1: sometimes forced to use personal credit to afford presents, which

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Speaker 1: puts them further in debt, and.

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Speaker 2: When the cost of living increases, they are just completely start,

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Speaker 2: some of them with as little as a dollar a day.

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Speaker 2: After they pay their expenses, they'll be left with a

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Speaker 2: dollar a day to get through until the next pay fight.

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Speaker 1: Mortgage holders are being warned not to expect an interest

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Speaker 1: rate cast by Christmas, with one Reserve Bank meeting left

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Speaker 1: for the year. The RBA says unless underlying inflation moderates

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Speaker 1: further rates won't be brought down. It concedes it failed

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Speaker 1: to predict the recent surge in government spending, which is

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Speaker 1: a drag on inflation. A fire warning for the residents

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Speaker 1: of Queensland Southwest town of Durham Bandy remains at watch

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Speaker 1: an act level. The blaze is moving towards the town,

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Speaker 1: with firefighters working to contain it. A number of power

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Speaker 1: poles have been impacted and the town has lost power.

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Speaker 1: The multi agency search for an eleven year old boy

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Speaker 1: swept into the ocean off the New South Wales Central

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Speaker 1: Coast on Sunday has been suspended. Possessions have been recovered,

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Speaker 1: but there's been no sign of the boy. Patrols will

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Speaker 1: continue by various agencies in the days aheade. The Australian

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Speaker 1: Federal Police has provided an update on its investigation into

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Speaker 1: Hesbala flags flown at a Melbourne protest in September. Fourteen

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Speaker 1: people are being investigated over the display of prohibited terrace bulls,

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Speaker 1: sport and entertainment and next in sport, Alex Demonor has

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Speaker 1: qualified for the ATP Finals in Turin, breaking a twenty

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Speaker 1: year route for Ossie tennis, not since Leyton Hewitt has

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Speaker 1: an Aussie played at the season ending event, which pits

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Speaker 1: the eight best players in the world against one another.

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Speaker 1: Celebrations have gone through the night for connections of Melbourne

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Speaker 1: Cup winner Knight's Choice trainer Sheila Laxon is now a

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Speaker 1: two time winner of the Cup and she's told nine

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Speaker 1: she can't believe it.

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Speaker 3: Oh, look, we just brought him home and we're just

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Speaker 3: take him out and put him in the paddock and

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Speaker 3: he's happy with Larry and you know, it's just honestly,

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Speaker 3: it will take some days before it really thinks in.

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Speaker 3: It is quite surreal.

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Speaker 1: In entertainment news, the Queen Consort has been forced to

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Speaker 1: pull out of her planned engagements this week after suffering

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Speaker 1: a chest infection. Buckingham Pallas says seventy seven year old

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Speaker 1: Camilla is resting at home while she recovers, but have

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Speaker 1: provided no further details of her illness. She's hopeful of

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Speaker 1: recovering in time for Remembrance Day events. And that is

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Speaker 1: the latest from the NOV podcast team. We'll see you

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Speaker 1: later on for another update. I'm Susie Thompson, M