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Australians waste $70m a year on unused gift cards
When I was a teenager, I used my gift vouchers avidly, but in 2017 not everyone is as diligent with their gift cards.
Caitlin Fitzsimmons is the editor of Money and a regular columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, based in our Sydney newsroom.
When I was a teenager, I used my gift vouchers avidly, but in 2017 not everyone is as diligent with their gift cards.
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