Community comes up with solution to cost-of-living pressures

ABC NEWS (Australia) 2024-04-06

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The cost-of-living crisis has seen a boom in gift economies, buy-nothing-groups, and community exchanges. It is estimated that one million Australian households take part in off-grid exchanges as communities find their own solution to economic pressures. For one woman, it has even put a roof over her head.
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