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We’d walk to the shops and buy a cheap milk bar treat before heading to Video Ezy to rent a stack of movies.

Decades later, Video Ezy and its later peers DVD Destination and Blockbuster are no longer high street staples, but this version of treat is still going strong for me.

While I’ve matured beyond the need to rent Scream for a sixth time, a snack and film is my go-to for a night in (who can afford to go out?

Thankfully, stews are recommended for a cheap bulk meal, as I so often read in money-savings tips written by experts.

If you shop at different grocery stores because of price-gouging from major supermarkets, you’ll have no free time for other errands or socialising but you won’t notice because you’ve spent all day on the bus travelling to various food markets and getting stuck in a middle-aisle brawl at Aldi.

There doesn’t seem to be any immediate relief in sight, especially for the 1.1 million people desperately waiting for Centrelink payments, more than 60,000 applications for public housing or parents calculating their income against childcare costs.

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