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FactCheck: does the average Australian family spend up to $22,000 every year on transport?

  • Written by Matthew Beck, Senior Lecturer in Infrastructure Management, University of Sydney

The release of Australia’s first Transport Affordability Index by the Australian Automobile Association (AAA) reveals the average Australian family is spending up to $22,000 every year to get around. – Australian Automobile Association, media release, August 22, 2016.

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