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Cash was meant to be dying. But new RBA data tells a different story (www.sbs.com.au)
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[–] eureka@aussie.zone 5 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I've used cash a fair bit in the past year, for a few reasons. I know some food places prefer it (I ask even if I don't see a surcharge, since I have it on me anyway), one otherwise-normal shop I know simply doesn't accept card payments at all (has an ATM in the store), I know a tradie or two who offer cash-in-hand jobs in the future to bypass their regular employer's large cut, and sometimes I simply don't like banks knowing my spending habits and potentially running analytics on them.

I am surprised to see a non-trivial chunk of 18-29, compared to later age demographics, using all cash.