Copy link Copied Copy link Copied Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Already a subscriber? Login Australians have halved their spending on essentials in the past year, but cutting a subscription to their favourite streaming service or ending takeaway meals appears to be a notch too far in the national belt-tightening. CommBank’s latest analysis of what its customers are putting their money towards found spending on streaming services grew 13 per cent in the year to September, while food delivery spending climbed 6 per cent.

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