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Aussies have highest debt repayments in the world

RICARDO'S BUSINESS: 45 per cent of homeowners' incomes goes towards debt repayments, the highest in the world.

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A survey shows that one in five homewoners spend more than half of their after tax income on debt repayments.

Ricardo Goncalves reports that 45 per cent of homeowners' incomes goes towards debt repayments, the highest in the world.


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