18/09/2025
📄 Australians slash credit card debt with tax returns
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✅Australians wiped $274m off credit card balances in July, the biggest monthly pay-down since 2022.
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✅Total personal credit card debt now sits at $17.7bn, down 0.4% year-on-year.
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✅Around 180,000 credit card accounts (2% of total) have been closed in the past year.
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✅Canstar’s Sally Tindall noted many Australians used tax refunds to clear debts entirely and close accounts.
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✅Despite progress, $17.7bn remains outstanding, accruing interest at an average rate of 18.69%.
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ℹ️ For more information about this article, please visit at https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/banking/tax-returns-go-straight-to-credit-card-debt-in-biggest-debtclearing-month-since-2022/news-story/4f0b47ce6fc52ab66882237162219c60
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