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The best Boxing Day Sales robot vacuum deals in Australia – live now
BEST ECOVACS ROBOT VACUUM DEALS
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ECOVACS DEEBOT N8 Robot Vacuum Cleaner – A$399 (was $999, 60% off)
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ECOVACS DEEBOT N8+ 3-in-1 Robot Vacuum Cleaner – A$699 (was $1,499, 53% off)
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ECOVACS DEEBOT OZMO T8+ Robot Vacuum Cleaner – A$799 (was $1,299, 38% off)
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ECOVACS Deebot X1 Omni Robot Vacuum Cleaner – A$2,499 (was $2,999, 17% off)
BEST IROBOT ROBOT VACUUM DEALS
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iRobot Roomba i7+ Robot Vacuum – A$1,149 (was $1,899, 39% off)
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iRobot Roomba i3 Robot Vacuum – A$719 (was $999, 28% off)
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iRobot Roomba 692 Robot Vacuum – A$358 (was $499, 28% off)
BEST OTHER ROBOT VACUUM DEALS
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Eufy RoboVac 25C – A$299 (was $399.95, 25% off)
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Eufy Boost IQ RoboVac 11S Slim – A$235 (was $399.95, 41% off)
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Roborock S7 Robot Vacuum and Mop – A$899.25 (was $1,199, 25% off)
Want more? Be sure to check out our guide to the best Boxing Day sales deals we’ve spotted online this year, here.
What is Boxing Day?
Boxing Day is the day after Christmas (December 26), and is a public holiday in Australia. Boxing Day Sales have been a thing in Australia since the 1980s. It was a chance for retailers to quickly sell off their excess inventory from the Christmas season, and traditionally involved a trip into the city, hours of queuing and navigating big crowds. Thankfully, these days you can save yourself a trip and snag a great Boxing Day deal online.
When is Boxing Day in 2022?
Boxing Day falls on Monday, December 26, the day after Christmas (December 25). However, early deals begin to pop up throughout this week leading up to Christmas, and stay online the week following. For example, Amazon Australia’s early Boxing Day deals have already kicked off.
What are the best items to buy on Boxing Day?
The Boxing Day Sales are a great time to score sizable discounts on big-ticket items like laptops, Hi-Fi, consoles and TVs. Online tech retailers will getting rid of stock to make space for the 2023 season, so keep an eye on stores like Amazon, The Good Guys, Bing Lee and Ebay. It’s also worth keeping an eye out specifically for the following products:
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Robot vacuums: If you’re here, now, then you’re clearly on the hunt for a good robot vac. The eyewatering deals above are some of the best we’ve seen on robot vacuums all year – especially on two top brands: Ecovacs and iRobot. You won’t find lower prices on these top devices until at least next Black Friday, so if you want robotically cleaned floors this year, it’s worth picking one up now!
But Boxing Day is also a great time to pick up a range of tech and general consumer goods for cheap. We’ve outlined some of the top items to buy below, but also be sure to check out our guide to the best Boxing Day deals we’ve spotted so far.
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Appliances: Expect tech and white good retailers like The Good Guys and Bing Lee to go big this Boxing Day, dropping prices on pretty much all stock. This means it’s a great time to find good deals on big items like fridges, freezers, washing machines, as well as the small ones like kettles, toasters and more.
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Games consoles: Console availability in Australia has been a challenge over the past few years, but things have definitely improved the last few months with PS5s and Xbox Series Xs readily available on Amazon and in gaming retailers. Boxing Day will no doubt bring some great prices on console accessories and games, and even on consoles if we’re lucky!
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Smartphones: Amazon offers some pretty impressive deals on smartphones the whole year around, and some of these prices should be even lower for Boxing Day.
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Toys: While many of the in-demand toys will be sold out from Christmas, any left over will be up for grabs! We recommend checking out Amazon for the best deals on Lego, especially for the massively popular Star Wars and Harry Potter sets.
-
TVs: We expect all of the leading retailers to offer some hefty deals on remaining TV stock from top brands like Samsung, Hisense, Sony, LG and Panasonic. It’s worth shopping around for the best TV deals, but you’ll likely have the best chances on The Good Guys, Bing Lee or Kogan.
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Security and VPNs: Off the back of the recent Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals, security companies will again be dropping their prices for Boxing Day – especially to Australians. If you need to renew your cybersecurity or VPN for the upcoming year, now is a great time.
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The best live Boxing Day Sales robot vacuum deals in Australia
BEST ECOVACS ROBOT VACUUM DEALS
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ECOVACS DEEBOT N8 Robot Vacuum Cleaner – A$399 (was $999, 60% off)
-
ECOVACS DEEBOT N8+ 3-in-1 Robot Vacuum Cleaner – A$699 (was $1,499, 53% off)
-
ECOVACS DEEBOT OZMO T8+ Robot Vacuum Cleaner – A$799 (was $1,299, 38% off)
-
ECOVACS Deebot X1 Omni Robot Vacuum Cleaner – A$2,499 (was $2,999, 17% off)
BEST IROBOT ROBOT VACUUM DEALS
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iRobot Roomba i7+ Robot Vacuum – A$1,149 (was $1,899, 39% off)
-
iRobot Roomba i3 Robot Vacuum – A$719 (was $999, 28% off)
-
iRobot Roomba 692 Robot Vacuum – A$358 (was $499, 28% off)
BEST OTHER ROBOT VACUUM DEALS
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Eufy RoboVac 25C – A$299 (was $399.95, 25% off)
-
Eufy Boost IQ RoboVac 11S Slim – A$235 (was $399.95, 41% off)
-
Roborock S7 Robot Vacuum and Mop – A$899.25 (was $1,199, 25% off)
Want more? Be sure to check out our guide to the best Boxing Day sales deals we’ve spotted online this year, here.
What is Boxing Day?
Boxing Day is the day after Christmas (December 26), and is a public holiday in Australia. Boxing Day Sales have been a thing in Australia since the 1980s. It was a chance for retailers to quickly sell off their excess inventory from the Christmas season, and traditionally involved a trip into the city, hours of queuing and navigating big crowds. Thankfully, these days you can save yourself a trip and snag a great Boxing Day deal online.
When is Boxing Day in 2022?
Boxing Day falls on Monday, December 26, the day after Christmas (December 25). However, early deals begin to pop up throughout this week leading up to Christmas, and stay online the week following. For example, Amazon Australia’s early Boxing Day deals have already kicked off.
What are the best items to buy on Boxing Day?
The Boxing Day Sales are a great time to score sizable discounts on big-ticket items like laptops, Hi-Fi, consoles and TVs. Online tech retailers will getting rid of stock to make space for the 2023 season, so keep an eye on stores like Amazon, The Good Guys, Bing Lee and Ebay. It’s also worth keeping an eye out specifically for the following products:
-
Robot vacuums: If you’re here, now, then you’re clearly on the hunt for a good robot vac. The eyewatering deals above are some of the best we’ve seen on robot vacuums all year – especially on two top brands: Ecovacs and iRobot. You won’t find lower prices on these top devices until at least next Black Friday, so if you want robotically cleaned floors this year, it’s worth picking one up now!
But Boxing Day is also a great time to pick up a range of tech and general consumer goods for cheap. We’ve outlined some of the top items to buy below, but also be sure to check out our guide to the best Boxing Day deals we’ve spotted so far.
-
Appliances: Expect tech and white good retailers like The Good Guys and Bing Lee to go big this Boxing Day, dropping prices on pretty much all stock. This means it’s a great time to find good deals on big items like fridges, freezers, washing machines, as well as the small ones like kettles, toasters and more.
-
Games consoles: Console availability in Australia has been a challenge over the past few years, but things have definitely improved the last few months with PS5s and Xbox Series Xs readily available on Amazon and in gaming retailers. Boxing Day will no doubt bring some great prices on console accessories and games, and even on consoles if we’re lucky!
-
Smartphones: Amazon offers some pretty impressive deals on smartphones the whole year around, and some of these prices should be even lower for Boxing Day.
-
Toys: While many of the in-demand toys will be sold out from Christmas, any left over will be up for grabs! We recommend checking out Amazon for the best deals on Lego, especially for the massively popular Star Wars and Harry Potter sets.
-
TVs: We expect all of the leading retailers to offer some hefty deals on remaining TV stock from top brands like Samsung, Hisense, Sony, LG and Panasonic. It’s worth shopping around for the best TV deals, but you’ll likely have the best chances on The Good Guys, Bing Lee or Kogan.
-
Security and VPNs: Off the back of the recent Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals, security companies will again be dropping their prices for Boxing Day – especially to Australians. If you need to renew your cybersecurity or VPN for the upcoming year, now is a great time.
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Construction starts in Australia on the world’s largest radio telescope
Astronomers are now closer to a major technological upgrade. Australia has started construction of its portion of the Square Kilometer Array, a system that should become the world’s largest radio telescope. The Australian portion, SKA-Low, will revolve around 131,072 antenna “trees” in the country’s western Wajarri country. As the name implies, the array will focus on low-frequency signals. The Guardiannotes it’s expected to be eight times more sensitive than existing telescopes, and map the cosmos about 135 times faster.
A counterpart with 197 conventional radio dishes, SKA-Mid, is coming to Meerkat National Park in South Africa’s dry, unpopulated Karoo region. That element will study mid-range frequencies. The Australian segment is a joint effort between the dedicated SKA Organization and the country’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO).
The combined array, originally envisioned in 1991, is expected to transform radio astronomy. It will mainly be helpful for studying the early universe, and might provide new insights into the formation of the first stars during the reionization period. However, it should also help investigate dark energy and its potential effect on cosmic expansion. The extreme sensitivity may even be useful in the search for extraterrestrial life, although the resolution will limit the most detailed searches to relatively close stars. Director Dr. Sarah Pierce told The Guardian the telescopes could spot an airport radar on a planet “tens of light-years away.”
Work on the Square Kilometer Array isn’t expected to finish until 2028, and it will take some time after that for scientists to collect and decipher results. As with the James Webb Space Telescope, though, the lengthy wait is expected to pay dividends. This is a generational shift that could provide new insights into the universe, not just more detail — Pearce expects SKA to shape the “next fifty years” of radio astronomy.
Australia Says Law Making Facebook and Google Pay For News Has Worked
Since the News Media Bargaining Code (PDF) took effect, the tech firms had inked more than 30 deals with media outlets compensating them for content which generated clicks and advertising dollars, said the Treasury department report, published late Thursday. “At least some of these agreements have enabled news businesses to, in particular, employ additional journalists and make other valuable investments to assist their operations,” said the report. “While views on the success or otherwise of the Code will invariably differ, we consider it is reasonable to conclude that the Code has been a success to date.”
The report mostly recommended that the government consider new methods of assessing the administration and effectiveness of the law, and did not suggest changing the law itself. But it did note the law lacked “a formal mechanism to extend the Code to other platforms”, and suggested the government order the competition regulator, which led the design of the law, to “prepare reports on this question.” Google director of government affairs and public policy in Australia Lucinda Longcroft said the company had “furthered our significant contribution to the Australian news industry” by signing deals representing 200 mastheads across the country and “the majority of these outlets are regional or local.”
Read more of this story at Slashdot.