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Laura de Zwaan, Lecturer, Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics, Griffith University

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

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


It’s no secret that the cost of living has increased substantially over the last year, with rises of between 7.1 and 9.6 per cent for all households. So what can households do to manage these increases?

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