As the end of the year looms, many of us are hit by the "October Slump," an period of low energy, mood, and increased irritability.

We look at why this phenomenon is hitting Australians despite the warmer weather and how to stop everything from a clicking pen to poorly folded tea towels from making you quit your job.

And in headlines today, Nationals leader David Littleproud is confident other MPs won't follow the lead of Barnaby Joyce and step away from the party amid internal tensions within the coalition; Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will land in Washington this afternoon ahead of his meeting with the US president at the White House the following day; The Israeli military has launched air strikes and artillery fire at targets in southern Gaza, dimming hopes that a US-mediated ceasefire would lead to lasting peace; London police are probing whether Prince Andrew asked an officer assigned to him as a bodyguard to dig up dirt on sexual assault accuser Virginia Giuffre; Tom Holland has admitted to Gordon Ramsey that he is out of the running to be the next James Bond, it’s reportedly because of contractual obligations to the Spiderman franchise

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