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Shop around, take lunch, catch the bus. It is possible to ease the squeeze on your budget

  • Written by: Laura de Zwaan, Lecturer, Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics, Griffith University

This article is part of The Conversation’s series examining Australia’s cost of living crisis. Read the other articles in the series here.

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